SIMON LEWIS: Opportunity knocks for new breed of reds

Heineken Cup survival at Thomond Park.

A do-or-die moment. We have been to this tipping point so many times before with Munster it is almost a cliché.

Yet as the two-time champions prepare to welcome moneybags Racing Metro to Limerick tomorrow, there will be one actor in the drama missing an episode for the first time in this perennial series of last-minute penalties, last-kick drop goals and last-ditch try-saving tackles.