All eyes on the Heineken Cup

IT will be only the eighth Heineken Cup, but such a glittering array of past images heralded its launch in Donnybrook yesterday, it is easy to understand how significant the event has become.

The most lingering memory is of David Humphreys lifting the Heineken Cup as Lansdowne Road was engulfed in a red sea. And as highlights of that emotional victory played to the assembled players and press in RTÉ, Andy Ward allowed himself a little smile. Memories, huh.

Lansdowne Road is, of course, the venue for this year’s final. After the