Classic cup semi when Red Army bested Chicago Bulls of rugby

The Munster team celebrate their win over Toulouse from left Ian Fleming, Frank Sheahan, Anthony Horgan, Tom Tierney, David Wallace, and Alan Quinlan. Picture: Matt Browne/SPORTSFILE

A Toulouse team calendar, the visiting press officer throwing down the gauntlet on the eve of the match and a half-time lesson in messing with opponents’ heads.

Such were the ingredients 20 years ago when Munster beat the French giants in Bordeaux in their first Heineken Cup semi-final appearance, delivered with a taste of Toulouse’s own stylish medicine.