Heineken Cup - Semi-final a contest to savour

THE mouth-watering prospect of a semi-final clash between Munster and Leinster in the European rugby championship is tempered only by the fact that just one of Ireland’s provincial teams will reach the final in Cardiff.

It was a weekend of contrasts, with one team putting on a display of scintillating rugby and the other surviving through sheer guts and dogged determination.

It promises to be a contest to savour when the backs and forwards of Ireland’s Triple Crown team face one another.