One of the most arresting images to emerge after Ireland's victory against the All Blacks in Chicago on Saturday night was of Paul O'Connell and Doug Howlett together in the stand at Soldier Field.
Delight was written across O'Connell's face for what had been achieved by the Irish team.
Despite being an All Black legend - their top try scorer of all-time - there was also a smile on Doug Howlett's face. Howlett spent six seasons with Munster and still works for the province as a commercial ambassador.
The 38-year-old told MunsterRugby.ie about what it was like to watch the game with Paul O'Connell.
It was hard not to be thrilled for Ireland, they deserved to win because of the way they played and I don't think anybody can doubt that. It was mixed emotions for me I guess, it was the team that I grew up playing with versus some of my mates from the Irish team. There's actually only one player from the current All Blacks, Jerome Kaino, who I played with.
It was great to see my mates in the Irish team finally get a success against the All Blacks. I was watching it with Paul O'Connell and we were both going through the emotion, every moment, every impact meant something.
It was a real Test match and great to be able to witness. The images of Paul and I were just special moments were we managed to catch the eye of some of our former Munster team-mates and it was just a fantastic occasion.
In 2008, Howlett had what he calls of the best moments of his career as he was part of the Munster side which narrowly lost to the All Blacks at Thomond Park.
On Friday night, the current group of Munster players get to experience something similar as they play the Maori All Blacks. Howlett believes it will be a night to savour.
One of the highlights of my career, playing against the All Blacks as a Munster man and there are similarities going into this weekend's game. Not many of the internationals are available and that was exactly the way it was when we went into the All Blacks game and every man who put on the jersey that day played the game of their life and that's what it's going to take again.
Sometimes, guys just need an opportunity and in an environment like that, in front of a full Thomond Park, playing against an international team, it's going to be a great occasion.
Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
