A cautionary tale from Castres that Munster would do well to heed

Leinster appeared to be cruising along gracefully by the time they docked in Toulouse for a sixth-round pool game against the locals back in January of 2002, writes Brendan O'Brien

A cautionary tale from Castres that Munster would do well to heed

Leinster appeared to be cruising along gracefully by the time they docked in Toulouse for a sixth-round pool game against the locals back in January of 2002, writes Brendan O'Brien

Fifteen games unbeaten, they’d claimed wins in all five of their European ties prior to that weekend. Their hosts were already out and, basically, killing time until the return of the Top 14.

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