Family fortunes at all-time high for Scannells at Munster

Rory Scannell is warming to the challenge of becoming Munster’s emergency out-half.

Scannell was called on to replace the injured Tyler Bleyendaal after just seven minutes of Saturday night’s Guinness PRO12 clash with Glasgow at Musgrave Park and it was his second half penalty that ultimately secured a narrow but deserved 10-7 win to keep Munster on course for a home semi-final.

“My introduction was unexpected, it was early doors when I came on and we looked in control. Then they scored late on, we had had a few mistakes in attack and in the end we had to produce a huge defensive performance to hold out. But credit to our guys and especially the younger guys like Conor Oliver, these guys really stood up in our defensive performance.”