Congratulations Munster - A victory for timeless values

MUNSTER made a wonderful contribution to the ongoing task the French set themselves when they began their revolution in 1789, by winning their second Heineken European Cup in Cardiff on Saturday.

To realise their dreams Munster had to do what those revolutionaries of more than two centuries ago did: confront and defeat the aristocrats of Europe.

Toulouse are one of a handful of teams entitled to claim to be European sporting aristocracy but Saturday’s Reign of Terror, led so splendidly by the not-an-inch, toe-to-toe Munster forwards, confirmed the arrival of a new order. The aristocrats had to make room for a team determined not to be denied at the last hurdle for a third time.