'In the corner of my eye I caught that Rog was back...' - Leamy reclimbs the 41 steps to heaven

REELING IN THE YEARS: Denis Leamy during the Heineken Cup match versus Northampton Saints at Thomond Park, 2011. Pic: Diarmuid Greene / SPORTSFILE

Watching it back 11-and-a-bit years later still has you on the end of your seat, your nerves on edge and heart in mouth, and that’s just as an onlooker.

What Denis Leamy remembers of Munster’s 41 phases and the Ronan O’Gara drop goal that finally sunk Northampton Saints the last time they visited Thomond Park is as crystal clear as the images that still unfold on YouTube.