McGahan and Booth look on the bright side after group of death trauma

THERE was much to reflect on for both coaches after Munster had overcome London Irish with both Tony McGahan and Toby Booth left to plan for a second half of the season without Heineken Cup rugby to look forward to.

The rugby calendar, which moves into Six Nations season for the next six weeks, has given both men the chance to regroup after severely disappointing European campaigns that has seen Toulon emerge ahead of them and Ospreys from the dreaded ERC group of death.

McGahan is the one going out of the competition with a victory and he welcomed the chance to head back to Magners League action next month with something of a feelgood factor following the 28-14 victory on Saturday.