One of the greatest days in the Munster history was undoubtedly the 18th January when, against all the odds, they defeated Gloucester to reach the quarter final of the Heineken Cup. A video of that Heineken Cup game will be on sale throughout the country from Friday next (March 6th). The video, using RTE footage of the game, has been produced by Empire Media Productions, one of the leading independent video production companies in Britain.

EMP have in past produced, "And Then There Were Six The Story of the Five Nations Championship.", "Legends of Welsh Rugby." and "Bill McLaren Rugby At It s Best."

Titled, "The Miracle Match it s a 90 minute production introduced by Mick Galwey, featuring interviews with captain Jim Williams and several players, capturing what has been described as "the greatest day in Munster s Heineken Cup history. "

Explaining how the project came about, Munster Branch Commercial Executive, Maria Aylward said, We were approached by Empire Media who wanted to produce a video of the game. Co-incidentally our offices in Cork and Limerick had been inundated with enquiries from people wanting to know how they could get their hands on a video of the game. So the proposal came at a very good time from our point of view. It gave us the opportunity to promote rugby not just in this province but throughput the country and we were delighted to give it the go-ahead."

The video will cost 16.95 will have its official launch next Thursday morning in Cork and Limerick. It will go on sale in outlets nationwide from Friday and will be available from the Munster Branch offices in Thomond Park and Musgrave Park from Monday (March 10th). It will also be on sale in the Club shops at Lansdowne Road on Saturday (9th).