Tailor-made Thomond provides everything but a win

MAYBE the excitement got the better of him. Either that or the pitchside MC at Thomond Park just isn’t much of a rugby fan.

Shortly after 7 pm, he walked out onto the pitch to ‘warm up’ the growing crowd and his opener was a doozie. “We’re getting ready for the biggest game here for a long, long time,” he boomed.

Oh yeah? Tony McGahan and the entire province of Munster might disagree with that, buddy. Not to mention the All Blacks. Or the hundreds of fans sporting rugby jersies, training kits and caps. Not just Irish green but Munster red and Wallaby gold.