Penney: Munster trio did Ireland proud

Like every bar, school, water cooler and gathering point in the land this week, the Munster team room has heard numerous discussions about the remarkable events at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

That epic between Ireland and New Zealand has got the nation talking rugby and for Munster head coach Rob Penney the conversation has been specifically about the All Blacks’ impressive comeback from 19-0 down to snatching an historic victory deep into stoppage time, a quality his players should be trying to emulate.

“(The game) is never gone, there is always a sting in the tail,” New Zealander Penney said yesterday of his compatriots’ sense of belief, not just on Sunday in Dublin, but 24 hours earlier when the country’s rugby league team pulled a victory out of the fire in similar circumstances over England to reach that code’s World Cup final..