The 2026 Six “Nations”

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European Cup Rugby

The two days when Munster played Heineken Cup semi-finals in Lansdowne Road in 2004 and 2006 are probably the two most intoxicating rugby days ever on this island, no, they definitely are. They mixed the best of the old with the best of the new. The best of the old was the indomitable amateur spirit that existed within that Munster team, the sheer Munsterness of it. The best of the old was the setting. The two terraces. The three terraces. The venerable stands. The cottages in the corner. A …