Rassie warns against reading too much into Munster eight-try win against Cheetahs

Munster 51 - Cheetahs 18: Munster coach Rassie Erasmus has warned against reading too much into the province’s eight try-rout of his native Toyota Cheetahs in a hopelessly one-sided Guinness PRO14 game at Thomond Park on Saturday.

The Cheetahs make their way back to South Africa having conceded 93 points in humiliating hammerings against Ulster and Munster leaving many adherents of the new look PRO14 wondering whether the Cheetahs and the Southern Kings are more of a hindrance than a help in the attempts to upgrade the tournament to a stature enjoyed by the English Premiership and the French Championship.

The competition has been bedevilled over the last five years or so by the dire shortcomings of the Italian duo and what we have seen over the past couple of weeks suggests that the South Africans are little better.