Red Army will enjoy dose of yellow fever

Munster supporters won’t have to walk more than 20 minutes tomorrow to satisfy all their needs on a pivotal day in the province’s history in a competition which they have graced from the outset.

Most of the 1,000 supporters would have expected to make the journey to the middle of France on the back of a win in Thomond Park last weekend but the immediate upshot of losing to a French side for the first time at the Limerick venue is that they have to win at Stade Marcel Michelin tomorrow.

That shouldn’t be a problem you might think, given that Castres, currently bottom of the Top 14, and a Montpellier side who have lost half their games this season, have managed to win at Stade Marcel Michelin in the past seven months.