Penney awaits reaction from humbled Munster

Munster head coach Rob Penney will discover whether the blow torch treatment he dispensed to his squad this week had the desired effect this evening.

Munster welcome Rabo-Direct Pro12 champions Ospreys to Thomond Park looking to stop the rot after back-to-back defeats in the league that have left the province six points off the play-off qualification places. Penney and his coaches read their players the proverbial riot act at a team meeting in Mitchelstown on Wednesday in the wake of a miserable 34-10 defeat at Treviso.

Asked if the Munster players had shown a clear determination to put things right, Penney replied: “We’ll find out on Saturday night. Words are cheap. Anyone can say what they want, it’s the actions that will be credible in the statement that they’ll have made, or not made.”