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 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.