At last, reasons for Munster to be cheerful

After a summer of pessimism where Munster’s name has rarely been mentioned among the Guinness PRO12 favourites this was some way to start the season.

Rassie Erasmus’men had travelled across the Irish Sea shorn of several key players through injury and internationals being who are being eased back into action

The Scarlets, on the other hand, brought out their big guns for their home opener. In the backline alone there were full internationals in the form of Liam Williams, DTH van der Merwe, Scott Williams, Rhys Patchell and Gareth Davies. A certain Jonathan Davies was on the bench.