How Leinster must adjust to maintain dominance over Munster

Munster's Chris Farrell is tackled by Ed Byrne of Leinster. Picture: ©INPHO/Billy Stickland

It says much about Munster’s progress after an extended period under Johann van Graan’s new coaching ticket that the province emerged from lockdown looking an altogether more dangerous proposition than before rugby ground to a halt.

Their performance in the Guinness PRO14 restart game against Leinster certainly made the unbeaten champions sit up and take notice and though Leo Cullen’s side prevailed 27-25 at Aviva Stadium 13 days ago, Munster’s impact on that game and their subsequent seven-try victory over Connacht has forced a rethink in terms of the way tonight’s league semi-final will be approached.