Foley praises charges but still looking for consistency

Munster head coach Anthony Foley praised his players for ending a three-game losing streak with victory over Leinster but called for greater consistency in their performances as they head into the second half of the season.

Foley’s team will have little time to sit back and enjoy this Guinness Pro12 victory over their old foes with a visit to Connacht on New Year’s Day next on the horizon but as enjoyable as the 28-13 win was for the head coach, he will be at pains to remind his players there are still plenty of tough challenges ahead in this campaign and the back-to-back Champions Cup losses to Clermont followed by a squandered opportunity to win away at Glasgow have not been forgotten.

“The one thing I’ll hit them with is that we want a consistent performance like that. You want it over a period of time and you want that performance against Clermont, you want it for more than 40 minutes against Glasgow,” Foley said. “You want more. You want to be selfish because when they play with that intent and physicality, from my eyes that’s what I like to see; that’s what I like a Munster team to play like, and be that ruthless.