John Ryan says Rassie Erasmus taking Munster back to their roots

Dragons 16 Munster 20: John Ryan believes Munster are going back to their roots under Rassie Erasmus following their hard-fought win over the Newport Gwent Dragons.

Munster secured back-to-back wins on Welsh soil for the first time since November 2014 with a powerful display against an improving Dragons outfit at Rodney Parade. A strong scrum and line-out platform allowed Munster to go ahead through Jean Kleyn’s first try for the club in the first half and a second-half score from Cian Bohane proved to be the difference between the two sides.

“We are coming on from last season, we had a poor season and we need to build because we have already seen that the league is getting very competitive,” said man-of-the-match Ryan. “There are no automatic four or five point victories like maybe there were in previous seasons.