Geneva braced as Munster hordes invade for historic Heineken Cup clash

MUNSTER’S next European destination, Geneva, is bracing itself for the mother of all invasions as the Red Army gears itself up for its historic first Heineken pool match in the Swiss Alpine city on Sunday.

An estimated 10,000 Munster supporters are expected to descend on the picturesque city of just 180,000 inhabitants, arriving to the 30,000 seater Stade de Geneve by plane, train and automobile.

While there was understandable anger amongst Munster supporters at ERC’s decision to fix Munster’s Heineken Cup round five tie against Bourgoin for a Sunday — their third-in-a-row in this year’s Heineken Cup campaign — a number of the travel agents chartering flights to the match are almost fully booked.