Tommy Martin: There is a scent of something promising in the Munster air 

In another world, a nicer one, the ugly little win over Castres would be quickly swallowed ahead of another big crowd and another crack at Leinster. But it’s not a nice world

FESTIVE CHEER: Munster supporters celebrate after Jack O’Donoghue’s try in the 19-13 win over Castres in last Saturday’s Champions Cup clash at Thomond Park. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Normality slipped out the back door quietly last Saturday night.

Benjamin Urdapilleta sent it on its way from Thomond Park, without so much as a by-your-leave. Castres’s veteran Argentinian out-half kicked the ball out of play with the clock in the red and his team within striking distance of Munster. He’d seen enough and you couldn’t blame him, though we knew this was the last time a big crowd would gather on these shores until, oh who knows. It was that kind of night.