The perfect night to bring out the Bok

WE MIGHT as well have been on the high veldt.

Whenever Munster are trying to sell life in Cork, Limerick, or points in between, to future southern hemisphere recruitment targets, last night’s game should feature heavily in the recruiting DVD. The evening was balmy, the wind ruffled the hair gently and a dab of sunscreen wouldn’t have been out of the question, late September or no.

Supporters in red who trooped in with a view to casting an eye over Munster’s latest acquisition weren’t disappointed. Jean De Villiers, lately of the Republic of South Africa but latterly of the Limerick Soviet, duly took up his starting place in the centre, provoking a certain amount of anticipatory hand-rubbing in Musgrave Park, not to mention a round of applause when announced in the line-up.