Champions Cup. Official: Toulouse’s quarter-final against Munster relocated to Dublin!
By Remy Messegue
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This is information that has been circulating since Saturday and the European qualifications of Munster (against Exeter, aggregate score 34-23) and Toulouse (against Ulster, aggregate score 49-50), and it is now official. Munster will not host Stade Toulousain in its usual lair of Thomond Park. The reason ? A concert by Ed Sheeran is due to take place that weekend in Limerick in the Munster stadium which must, in fact, relocate its European quarter-final.
A relocation 200 kilometers away
Instead, the Munstermen defeat Ugo Mola’s proteges at Aviva Stadium from Dublin, more than 200 kilometers from their house. A long trip therefore for the Red Army and its supporters. The Aviva Stadium is the stadium that hosts Ireland the matches of the national team but also and especially those of the … Leinster.
This same Leinster as the Munster or Toulouse could end up in the next round in this same stage of theAviva Stadium if the Leinster players overcome the English of Leicester in the quarter-finals.
Perhaps a godsend for the Toulousans who will try to defend their title whatever the stage…
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