Grounded: red army happy to halt travels

FOR ONCE, Munster’s red army are glad to be grounded.

The province’s European rugby odyssey has taken them to the exotic reaches of Spain and the south of France, but this year, try counts and bonus points will present a Heineken Cup quarter-final against Perpignan in plain old Dublin. Maybe Munster’s luck is turning.

Instead, Leinster will bid to beard the lion in his own den - away to Toulouse is the draw from hell, but yesterday’s outstanding 35-23 victory in Bath will whet the appetite for greater scalps.