Red Army face challenging Welsh trip

LLANELLI Scarlets and Munster will launch this season’s Heineken Cup quarter-final schedule with a Friday night showdown at Stradey Park, a fixture sure to challenge the resourcefulness of Munster’s loyal fans.

Red Army face challenging Welsh trip

Though tournament organisers ERC also announced the dates and kick-off times of the other games — which involve English heavyweights Wasps and Leicester playing on different days — attention will be focused on the reigning European champions’ visit to Stradey Park on Friday, March 30 at 7.30pm.

Travel agent Pat Dawson of Dawson Travel outlined the challenges Munster fans are likely to face: “It’s not a great arrangement because of two problems. The main difficulty is the fact that there’ll be only 2,700 tickets available, but the other problem is that Friday is a bad time for a game.

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