Let’s drive on, says O’Connell

AN unbeaten start to the Heineken Cup campaign will not mean any letting up in Munster’s need for improvement, or results in the RaboDirect Pro12, captain Paul O’Connell has promised.

With two rounds of the Heineken Cup in the books, there can be few who could have predicted that Saturday night’s league clash between Munster and Edinburgh at Thomond Park would be a meeting of two of the form teams in Europe.

Both Munster and the Scots have provided plenty of drama in the opening weeks of the competition, the Irish province eking out wins against the odds at home to Pool 1 rivals Northampton and, last Saturday, in France against Castres.