Confrontation is key for Munster

I managed to take in two games last Saturday, one as an interested spectator, the other in a professional capacity.

Both involved former teams of mine, one an AIL clash between age-old rivals Cork Con and Garryowen, the other a crucial RaboDirect contest between Munster and Cardiff Blues. Despite the perceived gulf in class between the amateur and professional game, both my former teams lost for the same reason.

As Mike Ross pointed out in an interview at the weekend, “Rugby is first and foremost a game of physical confrontation.”