Munster’s Jack Crowley kicks a conversion during the Investec Champions Cup match against Castres Olympique at Thomond Park; he missed three out of four Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile
For the pockets of Munster fans dotted around Barack Obama Plaza late on Saturday night, the final nail in the coffin at the end of a dark day for their province occurred when Zombie was played on the loudspeaker.
Before Dolores O’Riordan had even sung the first line, the shell-shocked faces wearing red jerseys sunk into their chips, as they began to come to terms with the sobering reality that for only the second time in Munster’s proud history, the knockout stages of the Challenge Cup beckon, away to Exeter Chiefs.