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Article: Valentine's is D-day for ERC on semi clash; Big game, big ground: Lansdowne Road is gripped as Ronan O'Gara spreads the ball out wide during Munster's 30-6 demolition of Leinster in the 2006 semi-final the big two's only previous Heineken Cup meeting ...And not a bad old substitute: Ireland take on England at Croke Park two years ago in the Six Nations.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- January 28, 2009
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Byline: JOE CALLAGHAN
THE GAA will face a St Valentine's Day dilemma over whether to open up Croke Park for an all-Irish Heineken Cup semi-final.
The prospect of Munster and Leinster meeting in the last four is now a very live one after the two rivals ended up in the same half of yesterday's draw and there was an immediate clamour for such a mouth-watering tie to be played at the country's biggest sporting arena.
As things stand, only international matches can take place at GAA HQ but should Munster and Leinster progress through their respective quarter-finals, against the Ospreys and Harlequins, there will be a repeat of the 2005/06 season ...