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I watched three professional football games last week in Spain. One in Murcia in La Liga. The second in Torrevieja and the third in San Javier. I also found time to watch the Champions League Semi-Final's on Television and I also played a bit of ball with the grandson. What a holiday.

Over the last seven days, stock in the Munster brand has soared to an all-time high. Victory over Saracens at the Ricoh Arena last Sunday means Munster will contest their second Heineken Cup Final in three seasons at the end of May.

This weekend Munster will look to take another giant step in their quest to win a second Heineken Cup in three seasons.

I have been travelling a fair bit lately across England. My new-found freedom from professional football has allowed me to avail of and utilise fully the time granted to me by events at Cork City last season.

Last weekend's disappointing defeat away to table-topping Leinster at the RDS has all but ended Munster's slim hopes of capturing this season's Magners League. Coupled with the fact that the province is now out of the running for the title, coach Declan Kidney also has the added headache of the untimely injuries picked-up by half-back pairing Ronan O'Gara and Peter Stringer.

The consequences of Munster's emphatic quarter-final victory against Gloucester last weekend have been far reaching to say the least.

Hello Punters:- Looking back on last Saturday's Grand National Day, I wonder was it my imagination playing tricks on me, or was I completely mistaken, for the usual frenetic race mentality seemed to me to be missing from the betting shops, with no long waiting to get one's bet on, or indeed, no extended queues at the paying out end either.

On Saturday evening, in a hostile and all too familiar setting, Munster will take to the field in their tenth consecutive Heineken Cup quarter-final.