Beaming Best relives Thomond dream day

Ulster hooker Rory Best didn’t hide his delight at being back in Thomond Park for a media engagement last week.

It was his first visit to the stadium since his province’s Heineken Cup quarter-final victory over their Munster hosts on April 8 — an afternoon Best admits will be “one of the big memories of my club career”.

That win, and the manner in which it was achieved, will be a major building block in the preparations for the European decider against Leinster at Twickenham on May 19.