Blast ye, heroes of ’78, ye made our lives a misery

While Munster’s 1978 history-makers still leave off their defeat of the All Blacks 30 years ago, their legacy cast a giant shadow over those who followed. Like Donal Lenihan.

OH YES, the class of ’78, the most famous Munster team of the amateur era. It is hard to believe that 30 years have passed since that famous day in Thomond Park and the mystique that now surrounds that fixture. As a Munster player, living in the shadow of that great side in the years that followed certainly wasn’t easy.

Their legacy cast a big shadow.