Munster's class of 1994: The greatest team you never saw

Leinster will be presented with the URC’s new Irish Shield after today’s game at the Aviva Stadium, but what of the team that won the last interpro of the amateur era

Peter Clohessy and Mick Galwey were two of the stalwarts of the 1994 team. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Not every revolution is televised. RTÉ’s Sports Stadium was still going strong when Munster claimed a first interpro title in 16 years back in 1994. Almost five hours were being aired on Network 2 on your average Saturday at the time but provincial rugby wasn’t part of the picture.

The national broadcaster was otherwise engaged when Munster opened their series by edging past Ulster by a single point in Musgrave Park on a mid-November Saturday afternoon. And the cameras were pointed elsewhere again when Munster routed Connacht by 40 points in Thomond Park a month later to round off the ‘Grand Slam’.