Rugby: Epics of past should be left lie, say coaches

THE past, like that old adage about sleeping dogs, should be left lie, if Dean Ryan and Alan Gaffney are to believed.

The respective coaches of Gloucester and Munster are too busy with the business of renewing their Heineken Cup rivalry on Saturday at Kingsholm Park to be concerned with talk of last year's epics.

The problem is they are alone in the sentiment. The rugby communities of Munster, Gloucester and perhaps beyond are still enthralled by tales of 2003, and are talking of little else this week.