Penney: No legislating for mistakes made against Glasgow

Munster coach Rob Penney yesterday declared that no coaching could compensate for some of the mistakes made by his charges in the build up to Sunday’s Heineken Cup quarter-final clash with Harlequins at the Stoop.

As Penney contemplated Munster’s crushing defeat to Glasgow last weekend, he did so wary that Doug Howlett is struggling to overcome shoulder and knee injuries that will probably rule him out. The New Zealander has been given a 40-60 chance of making the cut when the team is announced tomorrow.

The good news is that Paul O’Connell is now moving into top gear, Conor Murray is ready to go at scrum half, Donnacha Ryan appears to be coming back into good shape and Simon Zebo has a better than average chance of making it back for his first game in nine weeks.