“On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch Because we know when add up all those inches, that’s gonna make the f**king difference between winning and losing! Between living and dying! ” – Tony D’Amato.
The Connacht men know only too well that it is these inches that will determine their fate in this years Championship. Muldoon and Co returned to the dressing room with the dirt of the Munster try line under their fingernails but not the points. They laid siege to the whitewash for the final 10 minutes without let up. It was like the boxer knowing that only a KO would suffice in the last round of the title fight …….. he hammers his opponent on the ropes but just can’t score the vital knockout! Munster’s new guard have lost nothing of their forefathers willingness to put their bodies on the line for the famous crest.
Munster take a giant leap towards a guaranteed semi final slot. Connacht still languish on the bottom but for how long? With western momentum building one wonders for just how long Ulster can swim ahead of the shark in the race for European rugby next year ………………..
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