'I'll always be Munster' but Van Graan tight-lipped on reasons for exit

Head coach Johann van Graan during Munster training at UL yesterday, the day after it was announced he would be leaving at the end of the season. Picture: Bryan Keane/Inpho

Johann van Graan has insisted Munster’s season will not be derailed by his decision to leave the province next summer and that his squad’s focus is firmly fixed on Saturday’s European clash at home to Castres.

Munster on Tuesday announced their head coach will depart when his contract expires on June 30, 2022, with English Premiership strugglers Bath yesterday confirming they were the reason for the South African’s apparent U-turn on a prior decision to extend his stay in Limerick by another two years.