Billy Holland: We must heed French lesson

Billy Holland knows Munster will need to take heed of the French lessons learned in Castres two days ago as they look ahead to another, tougher, Gallic test on Saturday.

The province huffed and puffed at Stade Pierre Fabre on Sunday and came away with a somewhat fortunate 17-17 draw against the Top 14 strugglers. Whether the two points banked prove to be a boon or a bust to Pool 4 ambitions remains to be seen.

For now, the focus is a Racing 92 side that opened their account with a narrow defeat of Matt O’Connor’s Leicester Tigers in Paris on Saturday and one that demonstrated true grit when it last pitched up in Limerick.