Donal Lenihan: These painful Munster moments will frame a new chapter
Munster's Diarmuid Barron, Peter O'Mahony and head coach Johann Van Graan after the game Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan
Saturday’s magnificent spectacle at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin was a throwback to the past in more ways than one. It even carried the obligatory pain at the end, a rite of passage for Munster players and supporter’s in the early noughties.
Even the drive up from Cork, with every second car and bus on the road bedecked in red, rekindled fond memories the great days when the Heineken Cup was in its infancy and Munster attracted a following from far and wide, united by a common cause.
