Leicester became the first side to retain the European Cup in a scintillating 15-9 victory against Munster Rugby at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium, on this day in 2002.

The defending champions lifted the trophy after scoring a pair of tries, with the Tigers’ own Irishman Geordan Murphy and Austin Healey proving crucial, the latter producing a delightful dummy for Leicester’s second try.

Three penalties from Ronan O’Gara were scant reward for a battling display from the Irish province.

Leicester captain Martin Johnson spoke to ChampionsCupRugby.com about the match, saying: “I always had the sense in that one that we were on top and we had a couple of tries disallowed, one by yours truly which I’ll never understand why!

“It was one of those games where we had to win it and we did. At the end of it, there wasn’t any elation or anything like that, it was more relief in that we had done what we needed to do and won it again.

“It was far different to when you are winning the first one because I think when you hear stories about teams in loads of sports over the years when they are trying to repeat things, it’s a very different proposition to when you are just winning it for the first time.”

2002 – Leicester Tigers 15 Munster Rugby 9