We must keep driving the standards on

GUINNESS PRO12:

That is certainly what assistant coach Ian Costello feels as he looks to send a team minus 10 Irish internationals out with a defensive strategy to combat the Welsh region’s appetite for unstructured play. Saracens posed a similarly dangerous threat in the Champions Cup last Friday at Thomond Park but the Irish province successfully dealt with the kick-chase game plan that has reaped so many tries for the English side.

And having shut down Saracens in a 14-3 win that sent Munster to the top of Pool 1 after back to back wins, Costello will ask for the same again in Wales tonight against a team whose 10th place in the table he feels is no reflection of their abilities.