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Victory over defending champions Leicester Tigers in a dramatic Welford Road quarter-final completed the first leg of a daunting away "double" Munster must achieve to reach the Dublin final on May 24.
"There's a sense of deja vu for me in facing Toulouse again because we played them in the final round of pool matches when I was at Leinster last year," said coach Alan Gaffney.
"We'd won all five games prior to that but we went down 43-7 out there. That defeat meant Leinster had to go to Leicester for the quarter-final and we lost.
"Toulouse are a very, very good side and full of quality players. They can play the game any way they want.
"It will be good to meet up with Trevor Brennan again, having worked with him at Leinster. If anyone has had a difficult draw this season, it is Munster, but this side always has the belief it can do it.
"We will go in to the game in Toulouse with confidence but we will also show Toulouse great respect. We can play beyond the performance we produced at Leicester and we'll need to.
"We didn't build phases in the first half and we got a bit panicky. To go to Leicester and win reasonably comprehensively was great."
International flanker Alan Quinlan added: "We didn't want to go out of the Heineken Cup. We had confidence in our pack and we knew what we had to do.
"One thing this Munster team isn't lacking is heart, passion and commitment. We always give 110 percent.
"The reason we play the game is to play games like the one at Leicester and this semi-final in Toulouse. It was a huge battle up front and we're expecting the same thing in Toulouse.
"As far as Leicester are concerned, we aspire to do what they have done. It was very intense and very physical and we knew if we didn't perform, we'd be in for a hiding.
"We've been in this position before and we mustn't lose our focus. We've got to keep our feet on the ground. It was a huge win for us at Leicester, and we must take confidence from it, but there are still two games to go before anyone wins the Heineken Cup."
