Trips to Stade Pierre Fabre always seem to be on the wild side.
Murray Kinsella Reports from Castres IT’S EARLY ON Friday morning in Dublin Airport and the Red Army are getting ready to board a red-eye flight. Gavin Coombes is chief among their thoughts.
There is excitement about highly-rated 20-year-old Brian Gleeson getting a start at number eight, though, and supporters still fly out full of hope that Munster can back up their encouraging win against Stade Français. They end up missing Coombes’ gainline-winning power in an attacking display that is lateral and lacking punch.
Advertisement Crowley appears to have escaped without injury but he’s one of a few Munster players who would surely love a chance to replay the game in Castres. Team performances are never all down to the out-half but Crowley is someone who takes that burden on himself and will be disappointed with an outing that began and finished with missed kicks to touch that might have put Munster into try-scoring positions.
Along the walls of the wide corridor under the main stand are photos of CO’s great past players such as Gérard Cholley, Lionel Nallet, Yannick Caballero, Rodrigo Capo Ortega, robotic kicking machine Romain Teulet, and current boss Jeremy Davidson, who was captain from 1998 to 2000.
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