Thomond factor won’t faze Ulster, says Heaslip

JAMIE HEASLIP believes Brian McLaughlin’s Ulster will travel to Limerick for next April’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Munster with less to fear than most.

Heaslip reasoned: “I was thinking about that, because didn’t Ulster go down there a few years ago and win? So that will stand to them and Ulster are playing some nice rugby. They could just as easily have won that game in Clermont (last Saturday). That (Stade Marcel Michelin) is a tough place to go and get a result so I don’t think they will have too much problem going to Thomond Park.

“It will be an unbelievable atmosphere because it will be sold out. There are going to be a good few more Munster supporters but Ulster will travel on the day so it might as well feel like a home game for them.”