The progress that Mike Prendergast's attack is making is the most eye-catching thing about this Munster side:
Murray Kinsella Reports from Toulouse NORMALLY, A DEFEAT bursts the bubble and deflates the momentum a team has built up.
They lost to les Toulousains but gave them a fright. But for Ben Healy’s yellow card and a couple of missed conversions, it might have been a famous victory that Munster were celebrating. Hodnett’s first-half effort demonstrated that Munster can mix it at close quarters with one of the most powerful teams around, while their ability to rebound from a dire first quarter was impressive too. 11-0 down after 17 minutes, Munster steadied themselves and worked their way back into the game to lead twice in the second half.
Rowntree and his coaches are getting more from players who Munster fans might have worried had hit their ceiling. Brave selection calls in recent weeks have been successful. They’re not picking on reputation or experience but on form and the players’ skillsets being suited to the task at hand. In doing so, they are creating far more competition for places than before. It’s a positive environment, but no one can be too comfortable.
However, Rowntree calmly dealt with that poor start to the season, kept his entire playing squad and backroom set-up on task, and is now reaping greater rewards. Nothing has been decided yet and there is always scope for this to turn back the other way, but right now it feels like Munster are onto a good thing.
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