New Munster, old dog, hard road

AFTER only a few minutes of Saturday’s Heineken Cup contest at the Madejski Stadium, it became abundantly clear just why we love this tournament so much.

The pace, intensity, commitment and physicality right from the off was from a different stratosphere to anything we have witnessed so far this season.

It’s been a difficult week for Munster rugby. Off the field there was a changing of the guard with the iconic Moss Keane being laid to rest. The minute’s silence in his honour fittingly turned into a minute’s appreciation. With the benefit of hindsight that was appropriate. Mossie just didn’t do silence very well.