McGahan relieved to be back on track

MUNSTER coach Tony McGahan, his management team and players, enter the international break with their confidence levels boosted by Saturday’s bonus point Magners League win over Ulster at Thomond Park.

But one win wouldn’t paper over the cracks of their poor early season form and McGahan and company will spend the coming weeks analysing and assessing why the province has looked a shadow of itself in both League and Cup competitions.

It remains to be seen whether the November international break is a good or bad thing but undoubtedly victory over high flying Ulster has certainly helped to get the team back on track. Munster stepped up several gears on their debacle in Edinburgh a week earlier providing very welcome solace for the Red Army who will be largely inactive between now and the next Magners League game away to the Ospreys on December 5. Paul O’Connell and company will need to hit the ground running that night given that six days later they face Perpignan in a crucial Heineken Cup game at Thomond Park.