Squad depth more likely to be tested on New Year’s Day visit to Ulster
“Then you lead into Leinster this week, a huge game, and you test yourself against the best. They have showed that over the couple few years and even more so this season. They have probably added even a small bit more to their game in terms of their attack shape etc and in terms of their maul and it’s something we have to be well prepared for.”
“But in terms of the occasion and everything, having crowds back and 26,000 people filling Thomond Park, we are really looking forward to it and we have spoken about that all week.” Prendergast is justified in his belief that Munster’s game has progressed since their 27-13 loss at the Aviva Stadium in October, and has shown relevant clips to his players in order to stress the point.“We were still getting used to how we trained, training quicker, training smaller teams with quicker game-based stuff and when you look at two months ago to now, our ability to move quicker on both sides of the ball is something that’s coming through.
Munster have lost nine of their last ten meetings with Leinster, including three-in-a-row at Thomond Park, so to end that sequence would be further affirmation of the progress they are making and a significant boost for the organisation and fan base. “It would be huge,” admitted Prendergast. “Since the Bulls game there has been aspects of our game that have moved on week by week and I think if we were to finish off the year by [beating] Europe’s top team it would be a massive, massive win for us, confidence-wise and just moving forward. It would be huge.”
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