HER rugby-star boyfriend may have been dumped from this year's Heineken Cup -- but that hasn't stopped Una Healy setting herself up for another disappointment.

The Saturdays singer has risked the ire of Leinster fans by wading in behind Munster as both sides prepare for the Heineken Cup semi-finals.

In fact she's predicting that Munster will go one better than their Leinster rivals and will win this year's European Cup.

Despite Munster knocking boyfriend Ben Foden's side Northampton Saints out of the Cup in the last round, Una has nailed her Munster colours to the mast in advance of their semi-final with Biarritz on May 2 -- Leinster will play Toulouse on May 1 in France. "Munster are definitely going to win, they are just so hungry for it -- I'm behind them 100pc," she said.

"I love Munster and I'll always support them. When Ben plays, obviously I would support him and even though they lost to Munster in their last game, we went out afterwards in Limerick and there was such a good atmosphere.

"Northampton weren't sore losers -- they got treated so well by the Munster fans and there's really good camaraderie between the two teams. For me, it's always a win-win situation whenever Ben plays Munster. I'm always happy for both teams and I don't get upset either way."

The flame-haired beauty has been dating the strapping star for the past 18 months and recently moved in with him into a plush pad near Luton.

But the singer, who met the sports star after he contacted her agent, has revealed how she and the Northampton player have never once lined out on holiday together.

"There's periods where it does get tough trying to spend quality time together," she continued.

"For the last couple of months, things have been a lot quieter which is really nice and at the moment, we're both home every evening so we are seeing each other a lot. It will get tough again in the summer when he goes to Australia doing his summer tour.

"We've never been on a holiday together, not since we met. We just never had the opportunity. It does mean that when we see each other, we've got loads to talk about because he's very interested in what I do and I love to follow the rugby and I'm really supportive of him."

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- Melanie Finn, Showbusiness Editor