We must keep the Munster way, insists new director of rugby insists

Rassie Erasmus has stressed the importance of maintaining the “Munster way” during his three-year term as the province’s coach and he insisted homegrown coaches, such as Anthony ‘Axel’ Foley, were integral to that ambition.

Foley remains head coach, the role he inherited from Rob Penney in June 2014, and his title remains in the final year of his contract, but the arrival of South African Erasmus as Munster’s first director of rugby has seen his role downgraded to that of lineout and breakdown coach.

Jerry Flannery remains as scrum coach and another former Munster player, Felix Jones, starts his coaching career as the province’s attack and skills coach 11 months after being forced to retire through injury at the age of 27.