Munster take first big steps for Penney

Edinburgh 18 Munster 23

A new coaching regime had cautioned that their fledgling project to get Munster playing exciting, expansive rugby would take some time to establish and an error-strewn pre-season had confirmed that this was at least something incoming head coach Rob Penney was right about.

So when Edinburgh turned over Munster ball from a ruck under their posts half an hour into Saturday’s RaboDirect Pro12 opener, worked it to halfway through a missed tackle or two and then released their Dutch-born try machine for his second of three tries, supporters could have been forgiven for contemplating a season sitting on their hands.