Meanwhile, Tigers coach Australian Pat Howard refuses to be awed by either  Thomond Park or the side who have made it so famous. Howard, who returns to his native land at the end of this season said, Eventually all records go. Munster dont have that record in the Magners League. Edinburgh went there this season and beat them.

And as for the place itself as far as Howard is concerned ?  Its just a field, just 15 guys. Theres not as much mystery to it as you would imagine.

Munster have already qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition for a record ninth successive year. A win on Saturday would probably earn them a home quarter-final.

In the event of them achieving that, a venue has not yet been confirmed.

ERC will require that Munster nominate a venue by February 12th but until then there will be no further ticket information relating to the quarter final.

In the event of an away quarter-final Munster will have no ticket information
until mid February.

The quarter-finals are scheduled for the weekend of March 31st.

Munster: S Payne; J Kelly, B Murphy, L Mafi, I Dowling; R O'Gara, P Stringer; M Horan, F Sheahan, J Hayes; D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell capt; M O'Driscoll, D Wallace, D Leamy. Replacements: J Flannery, F Pucciariello, A Foley, J Coughlan, T OLeary, J Manning, C Cullen.