Munster’s Donncha O’Callaghan in no mood to let down the fans ahead of the Toulon's visit to Thomond Park. The Irish Times Keith Duggan reports.
"This isn't quite a last stand for Munster but around the famous ground in Limerick this week, there was a growing sense that Munster – team and raucous fans – will have to concoct one of those days if they are to prevail against Toulon.
The French team, shimmering with wealth and a motley crew of superstars are seeking to inflict a third defeat in succession on the Irish club. A defeat here could seriously debilitate Munster’s season even as if just beginning. The losses to Leinster in the Magners League and London Irish in their opening Heineken Cup match were competitive.
Still, three on the trot would make for a black October. And the Munster players are in a familiar place: smarting and desperate for a return to what they know best.
“It is what gets you across the line,” Donncha O’Callaghan said of the Thomond Park atmosphere that has acquired an international mystique since European club competition caught hold."
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