Munster get the job done with winning start against Benetton Treviso

Munster 32 Benetton Treviso 7

Whatever way you get there, a winning start is vital to a team’s hopes of progressing from the pool stages and in that regard, the Champions Cup bonus-point victory over Pro12 strugglers Treviso represented mission accomplished.

There may not have been the drama of those 40 phases and that Ronan O’Gara drop goal against Northampton in 2011, or the suspense of Ian Keatley’s game-winning kick at Sale 14 months ago, but this hard-fought and entirely deserved win with maximum points was every bit as satisfying to head coach Anthony Foley.