Tasty entrees before the main events

More than 7,000 fans watched Connacht battle with Munster in Galway on Saturday night.

Over the weekend, the ‘house full’ sign was also up at the RDS for the clash of Leinster and the Ospreys. There won’t be an empty space at the 26,600 capacity Thomond Park for Saturday’s meeting of Munster and Leinster and much can be said for Ravenhill when Aironi come calling on Friday night.

And yet there’s more, much more to come, as these games in essence are only the starters on the menu in the build-up to the Easter weekend’s Heineken Cup battles in Dublin and Limerick.