Eyes turn quickly towards Europe

IF this is a phoney war, then Toulon will be completely bamboozled when they sit down and watch the video of Munster’s final Magners League match before returning to European duty next Sunday in the south of France.

Given the Munster players’ ability to play out of their skins when required on the most important occasions, there will be little for next weekend’s Heineken Cup opponents to glean from this narrow victory over Glasgow Warriors at Musgrave Park.

Munster park their Magners League campaign temporarily with a healthy nine-point lead at the top of the table after their 22-20 win in Cork. And they will turn their minds quickly to the must-win trip to Toulon satisfied that they appear to be continuing to climb out of the ditch into which they were deposited by Ospreys in Wales on December 18.