Fisher: Munster may face ‘angst’ adapting to Penney’s style

Former Munster forwards coach Laurie Fisher believes the province’s current game plan under head coach Rob Penney could cause ongoing “angst” at his old club.

As a member of Jake White’s coaching staff at the ACT Brumbies, Fisher will today be helping to plot the downfall of the British and Irish Lions, when the tourists face Australia’s leading Super XV side at Canberra Stadium.

Yet he has been keeping close tabs on the Irish province he served from 2008-11 under Tony McGahan, whose successor Penney guided to the Heineken Cup semi-final in his first campaign but not before attracting criticism for the style of rugby he is imposing. New Zealander Penney wants his squad to play what they see in front of them and for his forwards to be equally comfortable out on the wings as going around the corner or up the middle, something Fisher views as at odds with the traditional Munster way of doing things.