Thomond ready for the next roar

THE Limerick skyline has been changing over the last 20 months.

The sweeping arches of the iconic new stands at the redeveloped Thomond Park lean impressively over Ireland’s proudest rugby city. Tonight, the gates open to Munster’s very own theatre of dreams and, for that matter, theatre of screams as Munster take on Ulster in an Under-20 Interprovincial.

Over two years ago, at the unveiling of the design of Munster Rugby’s crown jewel, Hugh Murray of Murray O Laoire architects said that the two new stands would enhance the legendary intensity of the Munster experience. On first impressions, his team of experts appear to have got the measurements just right.