Munster must change to survive
Top of the list has to be Harlequins’ raid on a packed Stade de France where Dean Richards side recorded an outstanding win over Stade Francais. Leicester and Perpignan served up a game of intense physicality at Welford Road while Glasgow Warriors gave a welcome fillip to Scottish rugby in another absorbing 66 point classic at the Rec before eventually losing narrowly to Bath.
Prior to Munster’s game against Clermont Auvergne, French clubs had lost five of their six encounters over the weekend — to that point, Toulouse were the only winners. They look very strong again this season with the return of Freddie Michalak from the Natal Sharks providing them with all kinds of options. The really exciting thing is that every side gets to repeat the dose again next weekend in this highly entertaining phase of back to back matches.
