Daily News; White Plains (July 02, 2005)
Author: Mclean, Glenn
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Graham Mourie's 1978 All Blacks took the Northern Hemisphere by storm, securing this country's first ever Grand Slam. Just one team lowered the All Blacks' colours on that tour, previously unheralded Munster. GLENN McLEAN talks to Mourie about that fateful day
ONE hundred thousand people say they were at Thomond Park that day. Ninety thousand of them are liars, but few care in Limerick, where Munster's 12-0 victory in 1978 is still talked about over the darkest of pints on the coldest of winter nights.Just a Game? Yeah, Right
For men and women of this uncompromising place, Munster's victory on that day is their greatest achievement, sporting or otherwise.
Songs have been written, Munster men immortalised in faded scriptures.Now, a book has hit the shelves with recollections from players and supporters. Stand Up and Fight, When Munster Beat the All Blacks, is penned by London-based journalist Alan Engli...Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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