Jack Crowley modestly refused to take credit for kicking the winning points as Munster stunned Leinster in the URC semi-finals.
Trailing 15-13 with just three minutes left, Munster worked their way upfield and into position for the out-half to land the sweetest of kicks between the posts.
Graham Rowntree's side then held out for a famous one-point victory that sets up a BKT United Rugby Championship final against the DHL Stormers, who earlier beat Connacht, in Cape Town in two weeks’ time.
"The moment itself is something but it’s more the 77 other minutes before that that the boys put in," Crowley told RTÉ Sport.
"The forwards coming our with it in the corner, the effort that the backs put in, the 23.
"Then you go beyond that to the lads back home who aren’t on the pitch today.
"That’s what goes into today. That moment it goes over the bar that's what you practice for, that’s what you are there to do, you have to do that, it’s the effort that the boys put in, far beyond the 23.
"It’s an unbelievable effort, both coaches and squad. It’s more than a moment.
"Look, we’re in a final, that’s where you want to be. [I] haven’t registered it yet.
"We have to give credit to Leinster today. All week we had to give them respect as a quality side.
"They are not in the [Champions Cup] final next week for no reason. The squad they have, the quality they have, we had to give them the utmost respect.
"You saw what it took to even beat them. This is their place and all due respect to them."
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Munster skipper Peter O’Mahony hailed the composure of Crowley, who started at centre but moved inside when Ben Healy went off injured at the start of the second half.
"It was an important one for us, we don't have a good record up here, not the last few years anyway," added the Ireland wing forward.
"It took a big performance from us, a bit scrappy in the second half, struggled at times, discipline-wise but we hung in there and gave ourselves a chance.
"We were lucky. I think Frawls [Ciaran Frawley] missed a conversion so it left us within three points and Jack had the balls to knock it over and here we go."
Meanwhile, Leinster boss Leo Cullen, whose side were also beaten in the semi-final last year by the Vodacom Bulls, said Munster won "fair and square.
"It was a tight game, we were in the lead with a few minutes to go and credit to Munster, they worked their way from their end of the field and Jack Crowley steps up and knocks over a drop goal and we don’t get another opportunity," he said.
"It was a close game like we talked about leading into the game beforehand.
"For us, during the course of the game there were definitely bits we can do better.
"We’d some young guys out there and it’s a great learning for them, pretty painful now but credit to Munster, they won the game fair and square."
All of their attention will now turn to the Heineken Champions Cup final in the Aviva Stadium next weekend, where the four-time winners face defending championship La Rochelle.
"That’s the thing, we’ve got to pick ourselves up pretty quickly now so," he added.
"It’s so difficult to compete on two fronts but we’ll have some guys coming back into the mix now so it’s a huge challenge for us.
"We are down to one competition now so everything has to go into next week."
