Something endearing about this evolving Munster squad

If the ERC need to remind its constituent partners of what it is that makes the Heineken Cup a riveting tournament, just replay at their next board meeting the last five minutes of action at Perpignan’s Stade Aime Giral and the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

It was rugby theatre at its very best.

To France first. There is something about this emerging group of Munster players that endears. Technically flawed and tactically naive they may be, but somehow they survive.