Munster shouldn’t worry about who’s next at Thomond

And then there was eight, writes Donal Lenihan. 

Incredibly 14 sides from all corners of Europe still entertained a mathematical chance of joining Leinster, the sole qualifiers to that point, when their game against Montpellier kick-started proceedings in Round 6 in France at lunchtime on Saturday.

By yesterday morning, four more teams had fallen by the wayside while a three-hour delay to the scheduled kick-off time in Thomond Park, due to torrential rain, meant the drama surrounding the identification of the four quarter-final ties was extended even further.