Munster head to Cardiff on a wing and a prayer

IN the search for the Holy Grail of European rugby, Munster fans are hoping for divine intervention.

Leaving little to chance, anxious supporters are flocking to a special shrine in a Limerick church in the hope that Heaven might look favourably on their favourite sons.

Fr Liam Ryan at the Augustinian Church in O’Connell Street, who set up the altar, has also penned a special prayer for the 40,000 or so Munster supporters travelling to Cardiff for Saturday’s final.

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