McGahan fumes at sloppy Munster

MUNSTER squandered the opportunity to solidify their position at the summit of the Magners League standings as they slumped to a one-point defeat at the hands of Treviso at the Stadio di Monigo yesterday.

While the final scoreline suggested that Tony McGahan’s troops had been unlucky; in truth, the one-point margin of defeat flattered them. After a bright opening, the quality of their play deteriorated horribly as the half wore on and they were fortunate to have only gone in only 6-3 down at the interval, with Treviso fly-half Willem de Waal having outscored his opposite number Paul Warwick by two penalties to one.

Munster’s set-piece, which had malfunctioned in the opening 40 minutes, completely broke down after the interval and Treviso capitalised, sending flanker Gonzalo Padró over for the game’s opening try on 59 minutes.