Halstead revelling in his new home

WHEN Munster came calling in the early summer of 2005, Trevor Halstead was betwixt and between. Should he stay with the Natal Sharks or seek a new challenge in a country and with a team he didn’t know a whole lot about.

He chose the second option and tomorrow his experience, powerful defence and game breaking bursts from first centre will be key factors as Munster tackle Perpignan in the quarter-final of the Heineken European Cup at Lansdowne Road.

It’s the prospect of that kind of fixture that sends the competitive juices coursing through the veins of the 29 year-old, 6’ 1”, 15 stone 11 lbs Springbok who has played in front of similarly packed houses at Kings Park, Durban, and Ellis Park, Johannesburg, to name but two famous South African grounds.