Munster’s travelling fans draw short straw

GLOUCESTER was one tough mother of a weekend.

Fri, 16 Jan, 2004 - 00:00

Hugh Farrelly

Wonderful town, wonderful fans, wonderful atmosphere, terrible match.

Defence aside, our lads just didn’t play. A bad day at the office, not helped by the fact that the majority of the team were doing nixers with the Irish squad in the build-up.

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