But I must admit that I'm looking forward to it . . . I'll be up against exactly the same front row against Munster as I was against the Irish, so it will certainly be interesting for me. I guess it's a chance of some quick revenge But this is going to be very tough. Munster is going to be a huge game for us at a big ground. We had quite a big support in the game against the Blues in Cardiff earlier in the season but I think that we might be outnumbered in Dublin, but I'm sure our fans will be there in force and making a lot of noise. We took a trip to Barcelona last week and did some work down there and it was good to get some solid preparation under our belts by taking a trip to somewhere like the Nou Camp. We know Lansdowne Road is an impressive place.

A lot of guys would have been there before. Perpignan have already played there twice, winning a semi-final in 2003 before losing out in the decider at the same venue.

But the Nou Camp was another ball game altogether . . . quite literally.

That is the ground but the game itself will be very tough.

Heineken Cup games themselves are test level games as far as intensity goes. And I've not played many test matches, but from the ones I have been involved in, I can't tell the difference between them and games I've played in the Heineken Cup. I've been on the bench in a few Heineken finals with Leicester Tigers, played some huge, huge games such as semi-finals and quarter-finals and they have all had the same intensity as you get in the international arena. In fact, it's almost even more intimate in the Heineken Cup because you're with your friends, the players you train and play with day in day out, and you all know what you've been through together to get to that stage. That's why it means so much to win the Heineken Cup.

It has been great for me to get a bit of Six Nations action with England this season, although obviously we were disappointed not to get a result against Ireland at Twickenham . . . but it's all test rugby experience. It has been a bit funny jumping from the two camps, England at international level and then Perpignan at club level. The French and English games have different approaches . . .

not better or worse, just different.

Maybe at times in England there's an argument that says things can be over coached, especially with the younger age groups. In Perpignan it's just about playing with your heads up and seeing what happens, what's on.

In fact, we hardly have any structure at Perpignan. We have a couple of line-out calls and we know which side we're going to play and that's about it. But we'd like a little bit more consistency in our game. I guess you get that through a good structure, but sometimes this approach works for us and sometimes it doesn't. We just love to go out there and play. We're a good group of players and we play for each other . . . that's so important to us. So hopefully things will work out at the weekend.