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Munster galvanise Irish hopes
NOT a bad way to round off a long, tiring but, ultimately, extremely positive season for Irish rugby.
Schmidt must take blame for witless display
In boxing parlance, the champions of Europe lost in a non-title bout on Saturday. However, the manner rather than the scale of the loss will hurt the Leinster players and management more, because they played without wit or vision against what even now is an inferior force.
McGahan delights in Red Army taking 'huge' step forward
TONY McGAHAN believes Munster's thrilling Magners League Grand Final victory over Leinster will be "huge" for the province as they build for the future.
Players Ratings
Munster: 15 FELIX JONES 7: Lively showing from the young full-back whose return from injury has been extremely productive and gives him an outside World Cup shot.
Munster named Magners League champions
Leinster's double dreams were wrecked by arch-rivals Munster who deservedly finished the season as Magners League champions.
Reds show greater appetite as controlled frenzy stifles Leinster
Normally in matches like this there are no winners, just survivors. The truth is always and only in the action, and in this pulsating match Munster proved that when they really, really absolutely have to, they can pull one out of the bag.
Munster's old fire is too hot for tired Blues
When these sides met nearly two months ago, Munster put such a premium on winning that there was nowhere for them to go if they didn't deliver. They did, of course. It wasn't that much different in front 25,822 spectators in Thomond Park last night.
Perfect stage for cullen to show world Cup worth
If you could have scripted a fixture to crown the season, this would most definitely have been it. And if anyone out there thinks that there is a single member of the new European champions dreading the trek to Limerick, then think again.
Munster in real danger of being left behind
In just over 10 months in charge, Joe Schmidt has achieved what I for one in October would have considered impossible. There is a wonderful symmetry to the way Leinster have been playing rugby this season.
Thomond eruptions to make iceland look like a penny candle
Leo Cullen hurdled the barriers separating him from the Leinster Academy youngsters. They were mad about him and delighted he made so much of them.
