There will be a full house at Croke Park as Leinster host Munster in the URC, but I'm sure that 30 to 40,000 of those 80,000 will be Munster card holders wearing red.
In effect, it will be more of a neutral venue, which I think will be an incredible atmosphere and a brilliant occasion. I can't wait for it.
This game takes on a life of its own.
You listen to the Munster camp talking during the week. A lot of those players were brought up in a GAA background. To get the opportunity to play in Croke Park is incredible.
With Leinster, the days are gone when the team was centred around Dublin 4. A lot of those guys are from Wexford, Carlow, Kildare, and they grew up in a GAA background.
It's a one-off occasion, and you don't get an opportunity like that too often.
It was 2009 when Munster and Leinster faced off in Croke Park on that famous day, so this is special.
Munster's game against Zebre was awful. Nothing worked, and it was back to the drawing board on the Monday morning after that.
They stood up in Cork against the Ospreys last week in what were atrocious conditions. They had to win, they did win, and they kept their opponents to zero. But this is a challenge of a very different nature.
When I saw the Leinster team selected to face Benetton last week, it was incredible.
You had 14 Ireland internationals and some young fella called RG Snyman thrown in to the second row as the foreigner with two World Cup medals!
The pressure is on Munster to perform, but the pressure is on Leinster to win. They're expected to win and have all the aces. I think they will win, but I expect Munster to produce a performance ranked with when they won the URC two years ago.
It's going to be a brilliant occasion.
Ulster v Connacht, with due respect to the provinces, has the appearance of a minor match, even though it's after the senior match.
Ulster have had a hard time. They had a really difficult trip to South Africa in the last two weeks.
I've been really impressed with Connacht. The opening game against Munster was a cracker that they could have won.
They came back from the dead against the Sharks, and I really like the way they're playing.
However, Ulster will have a huge crowd behind them playing at home. I expect Ulster to just pip it, but I wouldn't be shocked in any way if Connacht turn the tables on them.
