Gloucester are taking nothing for granted

THE lingering memory of last year’s devastating Heineken Cup defeat to Munster will ensure that Gloucester will take nothing for granted in Saturday’s crunch Pool Five encounter at Thomond Park.

Last season the Zurich Premiership side travelled to Limerick having won the home leg at Kingsholm. The rest of course is history as Munster went on to record a 33-6 victory that knocked the English champions out of the competition in the most incredible circumstances.

Henry Paul has good reason to remember Thomond - last season he was replaced after 61 minutes. Last Saturday, his man of the match performance went some way towards erasing the misery inflicted by Munster.