Plenty of positives to take for both sides following enthralling opening URC encounter at Thomond Park
Munster's Craig Casey shows his delight at the final whistle following the exciting victory over Connacht at Thomond Park, Limerick. Photograph: James Crombie/Inphoreturned with a bang and if this is any kind of yardstick or barometer then we’re in for a blast.
In all, Munster made 15 clean breaks to a dozen by Connacht in a game featuring 55 missed tackles or 55 defenders beaten – depending on your viewpoint. Suffice to say that the attacking coaches were a mite more pleased than their defensive counterparts, while Graham Rowntree hailed a result which, by comparison, his counterpart Pete Wilkins said was a bitter pill to swallow.
“That showed quite a bit of resolve. I think we are getting better at it still; not putting ourselves in those positions is the other side of it, but we’re getting pretty good at it.” Also demonstrating the kind of hard-nosed approach he’ll need as captain, for all their attacking rugby, Prendergast said: “We didn’t come here to play Harlem Globetrotters stuff. We came here to win an interpro. We’ll be extremely disappointed, we’ll have stuff to fix defensively, in our kicking game, set-piece defence as well. But overall we’ll continue to build and become a better side.”
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