Fans paint the town red as 20,000 head for Dublin

MUNSTER was awash in a sea of red yesterday as rugby fever gripped the province in preparation for tomorrow’s Heineken Cup semi -final clash against Leinster.

Up to 20,000 fans are expected to travel from all parts of Munster to Lansdowne Road for what has been described by Pat Geraghty of Munster Rugby as “the biggest game in the Heineken Cup for years”.

All trains from Cork, Kerry and Limerick to Dublin before tomorrow’s match are booked out and traffic delays are expected on the main roads from the south to the capital as thousands more fans make their way to Lansdowne Road by car or bus.