Coughlan: Players have a hell of a lot more to give

MUNSTER’S James Coughlan has dismissed suggestions the current playing squad are past their prime.

The post mortems which followed the province’s Heineken Cup exit haven’t made for pretty reading but Coughlan insisted the elder members ‘have a hell of a lot still to give’ while he also highlighted the talent emerging from the Academy ranks.

Coughlan explained: “Johnny Wilkinson made a great point a couple of years ago. He said he was never as good as people said when things were good but he was never as bad as people said when things were bad. I think the truth about us is probably like that and that’s how I’d look at it.”