Graham Rowntree’s third season as Munster boss begins this evening against Connacht.
GRAHAM ROWNTREE KNEW there were some raised eyebrows when he got the Munster job in 2022. He got the feeling that people were wondering, ‘Are you up to this?’
But it all came good as Munster went on a magnificent run away from home to claim the URC title with a brilliant win over the Stormers in Cape Town. “I’ve been through some things that I hadn’t, with the injury crisis, players retiring, players coming off national contracts, their negotiations.“There’s a lot to manage and I’m very lucky I’ve got some good people around me, Cossie being one of them. Great coaches, a great coaching team that’s going to keep us pointing the right way.
Although he had been with Munster for three years as an assistant before taking the top job, Rowntree admits he didn’t expect just how much there is to keep on top of aside from rugby coaching. Being Munster head coach means doing a fair bit of fire-fighting.“I’d deign to suggest we’re quite well followed and there’s a few clicks around us as a province but you only experience that when you’re in it and two years down the line.
Rowntree is happy that today marks the start of the flow of game after game after game pretty much all the way through to Saturday 14 June when Munster will hope to be involved in the URC Grand Final.
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