New coaching ticket needs Munster voice — but not mine

Munster may end close to home in their quest to replace Rob Penney next season, but they are duty-bound to trawl the world for the best coaching ticket available.

In global rugby terms, Munster is a prestige posting. Only when opposition coaches and players experience the rawness of rugby passion here do they understand what we mean about it being something like a religious experience.

There will be coaching options from both hemispheres to choose from, but there has to be a Munster voice providing considerable input into the next Munster management team. And the obvious candidate is Anthony Foley. Don’t get hung up on the job title. In some respects job titles are irrelevant — good coaches just want to work with good coaches.