It's been described as the greatest match since the battle of Clontarf in 1014. The sun is set to shine, the centre of the universe is Lansdowne Road and both Munster and Leinster have everything to play for. If you've got a ticket consider yourself lucky. This will be a game to go down in history.

It's a deathly serious business on the pitch and on the sidelines, and both sides watched their rivals keenly two weeks ago. As Tribune rugby correspondent Ciaran Cronin writes today there was the slightest glimpse of a breakthrough when Munster supporters applauded Leinster tries. Even if afterwards they said it was because they were more confident of beating Leinster in a semi-final in Dublin than Toulouse in their hometown.

Last night and this morning all roads led to Dublin. Iarnrod Eireann laid on seven trains to take fans from Limerick, Cork and Kerry to the capital and extra flights took off from Shannon. Over 21,000 Munster fans have tickets for the game and thousands more are travelling without tickets. Fans from both sides are prepared to pay almost any price to get to Lansdowne Road, but even the touts can't oblige this time.

Besides the Ryder Cup, today's match is the biggest event in Ireland this year. Regardless of the outcome it's a win-win for sport and a win-win for rugby with an Irish team heading to Cardiff for the showdown next month. May the best team win.