Donal Lenihan: Patience a virtue as Munster see green shoots at last 

While I don’t expect Munster to be seriously contending for silverware this season, we are beginning to see encouraging signs on the field. 

FLYING START: Munster's Charlie O’Shea leaps over Gavin Coombes and Leinster's James Ryan. Pic: Ben Brady/Inpho

BEN O’CONNOR’S excellent try at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday night was significant in so many ways, not least for the losing bonus point mined out of nothing at the death. 

It was the least Munster deserved for their efforts over the course of the 80 minutes.