Stephen Larkham on Munster departure: 'There are always regrets along the way'

Senior Coach Stephen Larkham at Munster Rugby Squad Training, UL on Tuesday.

Stephen Larkham admitted there were still pros and cons attached to his decision to leave Munster at the end of the season and return to Canberra but he will do so feeling a much better-equipped coach for his time in Irish rugby.

The senior coach landed the first of two bombshells from the Munster management when he informed the senior squad in late November he would be turning down a new contract next summer and instead taking the head coach’s job at his hometown Brumbies. The second gut punch for a group of players finally warming to the stability of a settled coaching ticket came three weeks later when head coach Johann van Graan made a similar declaration, informing them of his decision to up sticks after five seasons and move to Bath for next season.