After so many years of pain, Munster can call themselves a champion team again.
SOMETIMES, THE RIGHT person just happens to find themselves in the right place at the right time. Munster had never planned for Graham Rowntree to be their head coach this season, but plans change, and in his first year at the helm the former Leicester prop has re-energised a sleeping giant of Irish sport.
Without downplaying his other qualities as a coach, Rowntree gets Munster. Just listen to the way he speaks of life in Limerick, or how he quickly paid tribute to “the people we’ve lost” after yesterday’s win. Just look at the people he brought in around him – former Munster player Mike Prendergast to run the attack, former Munster player Denis Leamy to drill the defence and former Munster player Andi Kyriacou stepping up from the Academy to take charge of the forwards.
James Crombie / INPHO Munster’s Craig Casey and Jeremy Loughman celebrate. James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO In Cape Town yesterday they should have won by more. They crossed for five tries but only two stood. They caused the Stormers all sorts of problems before a second half wobble, which set them up for one of those typically heroic defensive stands.
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