Donal Lenihan: Munster’s Achilles’ heel remains the lack of variety and creativity in attack

Munster’s staid kicking and attacking approach left you wondering just what Johann van Graan’s side are trying to achieve

Dejected Munster players after the United Rugby Championship match between Ospreys and Munster at Liberty Stadium in Swansea, Wales. Photo by Ben Evans/Sportsfile

Despite its rather grandiose title, the United Rugby Championship - URC to this column for the remainder of the season - has already proved more engaging than any of its predecessors since the emergence of the Celtic League back in 2001.

Since then we’ve experienced the Magners League, RaboDirect PRO12, the Guinness PRO12, and PRO14 through to the current format which, in a move with potential implications for the international calendar, includes South Africa’s leading four provincial sides. With a minimum of one Heineken Champions Cup slot on offer for them in the season after next, how long before we see the Springboks join an expanded Six Nations championship?