Craig Casey hoping for better things to come after breakthrough season

Craig Casey of Munster with supporters after the United Rugby Championship match between Munster and Connacht at Thomond Park. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Craig Casey would have been entitled to walk out of the Aviva Stadium after the whooping Ireland gave to the USA last June and consider the season just done to be nothing less than a resounding success.

Twelve starts and another seven appearances off the bench for Munster represented a breakthrough for the young out-half in and of itself but then there was the Test debut against Italy and two more caps to follow.