Jury still out on improving Munster

Munster 49 Cardiff Blues 18

Mon, 18 Oct, 2004 - 01:00
Charlie Mulqueen

Judgement is reserved on Munster’s prospects for a season about to turn serious in six days’ time with the visit of Harlequins to Thomond Park for the first round of the Heineken Cup.

There were positives to be taken from Saturday’s thrashing of Cardiff, most notably the ever-improving form of man of the match Christian Cullen, but there were just as many negatives.

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