14 years of pain for Munster to continue; Needles rules in the GAA

Defeat to Toulouse last weekend meant that Munster’s European silverware drought extends to 14 years. Only Keith Earls survives from the squad that beat, funnily enough, Toulouse in the 2008 final in Cardiff. In his column this morning, Johnny Watterson looks at the difference in quality between that 2008 squad and today. Such a comparison lends one to question the general attitude towards Munster’s failures: “Why should Munster expect more success is perhaps the correct question, rather than why should they not expect more success?” Moving east towards the capital, Leinster is a side that has experienced its own fair share of failure since their last Champions Cup title in 2018. Rónan Kelleher was just an academy player back then, and he has been speaking about ho …

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