Munster's dry-weather profile proves to be a challenge as they suffer a disappointing home defeat to Northampton Saints in rainy conditions.
Gavan Casey LET’S GET DOWN to brass tacks: Munster are a dry-weather team. That’s not a comment on their attitude, nor is it even intended to be insulting. It is simply the reality of their squad profile, and it was the cold reality behind tonight’s hugely disappointing home defeat to Northampton Saints .
Graham Rowntree’s side have proven themselves on a dry track as recently as their exhilarating success at the Stade Mayol last weekend, when they inflicted upon Toulon only a fifth ever home defeat in their European history. It’s no coincidence, either, that their astonishing crusade through the championship rounds of last season’s URC took place while it was dry overhead and firm underfoot in Glasgow, Dublin and Cape Town. In neat weather that lends itself to high ball-in-play time, Mike Prendergast’s attack can feel irrepressible and Munster, by extension, can look irresistible. But when the first buckets of Orange Warning-worthy rain were tipped over Thomond Park during the final third of tonight’s encounter with Northampton, that sinking feeling was all too familia
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