‘Killer instinct’ pleases coach

It mightn’t have been a performance to set the pulses racing but Munster still got the new campaign off to a five-try, bonus point start by hammering the hapless Dragons - even without a dozen of their World Cup-tied players on duty in Japan.

Munster’s Darren Sweetnam juggles with the ball in Saturday’s Guinness PRO14 clash with Dragons in Thomond Park. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

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