Donal Lenihan: Write down the time and place Munster and its loyal followers re-embraced

In years to come, many of the young boys and girls in tears when Conor Murray and Ben Healy had the misfortune to miss their kicks in the dreaded penalty shootout, will relay to their own kids that they were in Lansdowne Road that day

EMOTION: Munster's Simon Zebo with his parents Arthur and Lynda after the heartbreaking loss in Dublin last Saturday. Pic: Dan Sheridan, Inpho

SATURDAY last in Dublin was special, in so many ways, on the day Munster rugby rediscovered its soul.

Credit for that goes, firstly, to those in Munster’s commercial department for taking the early decision to initiate a ticket-pricing initiative that made it financially attractive for families to attend the Champions Cup quarter-final without having to break the bank.