Satisfied O’Gara hails tactics as key to victory

A TYPICAL Munster European night in Thomond Park. An utterly dominant pack decisively outplaying a giant Bourgoin eight, blowing them backwards in mauls both defensive and offensive.

An atypical Munster European night in Thomond Park: brilliant backline, attacks coming from all angles, threat in every corner, potential in every pass.

Where once the men in red were over-dependent on a dominant pack to produce the scores, with the backline doing the business in defence, now it’s a 15-man effort on both sides of the ball, a fact accepted by open-side flanker David Wallace who was pivotal in the link role.

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