Oct 17, 2026 · 28 min · 10 segments
In the fourth and final Bank Of Ireland Rugby Roadshow, Will O’Callahan was joined on stage at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork by Andy Dunne, and Munster legend Alan Quinlan. This was a special show, as it…
Alan QuinlanGuestWill O'CallahanHost
Andy DunneGuestLike, when you mentioned, uh, you've reeled off a lot of the characters there.
To get over the line in '06, particularly for the first one, like, you need those type of guys when you're going to war, don't you?
Um, you know, it would've been wonderful to see Golliv lift that trophy in 2000, you know, and that was probably one against the head.
Um, we had a couple of big disappointments with, with, you know, a couple of semifinals and, um, came very close a few times, quarterfinals.
It was gutting, uh, and, and we felt that we were getting closer and closer, and then we might have a setback and ...
I always believed it was for the best interest, those meetings were, and nobody had agendas.
And I think it, similar happened every year after we were out of Europe, whether that was the final or semifinal, because we got a taste of what could be.
When Declan came in, Declan Kidney came in in 1997, a lot of us were just starting out.
Um, and he told us, "Someday we'll win a European Cup," and genuinely didn't really understand.
Um, I thought we were just supposed to beat a big English team on, on a weekend and have a few drinks and celebrate and, and not be kinda challenging.
You know, 'cause mentally, the, the mental kind of belief of, of beating the Toulouses and the Biarritzes and, you know, the Leicesters and all these big teams, that we didn't kind of visualize ourselves being there.
So it was the start of a really special journey and, and, you know, I suppose the Munster fans came on board and, and it, it just became a great time for everybody in a sense of, um, we were on a European stage and, and, you know, I had friends from Tipperary who still tell me that they're the best weekends of their lives.
Like, when you mentioned, uh, you've reeled off a lot of the characters there.
To get over the line in '06, particularly for the first one, like, you need those type of guys when you're going to war, don't you?
Um, you know, it would've been wonderful to see Golliv lift that trophy in 2000, you know, and that was probably one against the head.
Um, we had a couple of big disappointments with, with, you know, a couple of semifinals and, um, came very close a few times, quarterfinals.
It was gutting, uh, and, and we felt that we were getting closer and closer, and then we might have a setback and ...
I always believed it was for the best interest, those meetings were, and nobody had agendas.
And I think it, similar happened every year after we were out of Europe, whether that was the final or semifinal, because we got a taste of what could be.
When Declan came in, Declan Kidney came in in 1997, a lot of us were just starting out.
Um, and he told us, "Someday we'll win a European Cup," and genuinely didn't really understand.
Um, I thought we were just supposed to beat a big English team on, on a weekend and have a few drinks and celebrate and, and not be kinda challenging.
You know, 'cause mentally, the, the mental kind of belief of, of beating the Toulouses and the Biarritzes and, you know, the Leicesters and all these big teams, that we didn't kind of visualize ourselves being there.
So it was the start of a really special journey and, and, you know, I suppose the Munster fans came on board and, and it, it just became a great time for everybody in a sense of, um, we were on a European stage and, and, you know, I had friends from Tipperary who still tell me that they're the best weekends of their lives.
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