David Wallace warms to Rassie Erasmus's plan

David Wallace is confident Rassie Erasmus can succeed where Rob Penney struggled and land on a style of play that utilises Munster’s traditional strengths up front while making the most of a promising back line.

Penney tried to move Munster away from a dogged, forward-based game towards an open, varied style more prevalent in New Zealand but it never fully gelled.

Erasmus arrived in Ireland this summer after a four-year stint as South Africa’s high-performance general manager. A key part of that role was the development of a uniform style of play to be incorporated across all Springbok representative sides. CJ Stander spoke some months ago about how Erasmus would bring a more open game to the province as director of rugby but it remains to be seen what transpires on the ground.