No reason why we can’t win Friday night: Graham Rowntree

Graham Rowntree. Picture: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Battle-hardened. Graham Rowntree applied the term to the Munster squad at least half a dozen times as he looked forward to Friday’s reunion with Leinster and the messaging was all too clear.

As Leo Cullen swapped out the first XV which had squeaked past Munster in the Guinness PRO14 restart the previous weekend, the southern province were regrouping for their game against Connacht by making just five changes to their pack, three of which were injury-enforced.