And it keeps getting better

ONE hundred Heineken Cup games later, yesterday’s quarter-final victory over the Ospreys at Thomond Park was an historic occasion for European champions Munster.

And it keeps getting better

And the 101st won’t be bad either. Croke Park will now house an all-Irish semi final on Saturday May 2 after Leinster’s amazing triumph over Harlequins at the Stoop. Heady days indeed, and a mouth-watering prospect that will raise the profile of Irish club rugby to unprecedented heights.

Momentarily, Munster can bask in the plaudits of another ferocious 80-minute exhibition. It was a special day for the champions, whose inaugural European fixture 13 years ago was against Swansea, one part of the Neath-Swansea alliance that makes up the Ospreys.

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