'We had some real ding-dongs, we’re about to have one now' - Munster braced for historic Páirc occasion 

SLICE OF HISTORY: Head coach Graham Rowntree and Edwin Edogbo. ©INPHO/James Crombie

The last time South Africa played Munster in 1970, GAA members were banned from even watching, never mind hosting a rugby match on its cherished soil.

A year out from the abolition of Rule 27, the thought of Páirc Uí Chaoimh staging such a fixture would have been fanciful at best.