Player development the priority for Munster A, says Mick O’Driscoll

Munster’s participation in the British and Irish Cup is as much about player development as a desire to add silverware to the club’s trophy cabinet, according to coach Mick O’Driscoll.

Having lost the opening encounter of the campaign away to London Scottish, Munster A produced a dogged display in Kinsale on Friday night to get a much-needed win against English side Yorkshire Carnegie. O’Driscoll was pleased, given Yorkshire’s lofty position in the English Championship.

“They’re a quality side, second in the Championship in England, they have a much bigger squad and we have to be pleased to come away with the win. It wasn’t perfect but the weather conditions were a big factor. We managed relatively well in the first half. Rory [Scannell] put us in some good positions when we had the wind at our backs.