Munster count cost as vital Cup warm-up lost to weather

MUNSTER have been left to count more than the financial cost of an aborted trip to Llanelli on Saturday.

The weekend trip will cost Munster in excess of €15,000, but far more worrying is the fact that the team go into Saturday’s Heineken Cup without preparatory test.

Scottish referee Rob Dickson over-ruled Munster and Llanelli officials who were willing to play their Celtic League clash, despite the poor condition of the pitch at Stradey Park, and called off the game less than an hour before the scheduled 5.30 kick-off.