Strategy changes will take time, warns Walsh

Munster attack coach Brian Walsh has warned reinstating some of the province’s core rugby values after the Rob Penney era’s "wide-wide" offensive strategy will take some time.

The new coaching regime, led by Anthony Foley, will aim to get its first Guinness Pro12 victory of the season at Benetton Treviso tonight following a sorry opening-day defeat to Edinburgh at Thomond Park last Friday.

That continued an unenviable losing streak at their spiritual Limerick home, a third Thomond defeat in succession, previous head coach Penney’s two-year tenure having fizzled out with regular season league losses to Glasgow and Ulster.