Andrew Trimble: Coaching handover bound to slow Munster progress

'Where is the incentive for Van Graan or Larkham to pick a Patrick Campbell or any of the young lads who have burst onto the scene?'

Munster coach Johann van Graan will be moving on in the summer having lined up a role with Bath, while Stephen Larkham is also departing, with Australia his next port of call.

Andrew Trimble feels Munster’s long-term development could be stifled by the fact that their two main coaches are working their notice between now and the end of the season.

Johann van Graan and Stephen Larkham will both be moving on come the summer, the former to Bath and the latter to Australia, and it leaves the club in a strange sort of limbo as they negotiate the period between now and then.