All positives for van Graan after dismantling the Dragons

'Our structure was very good, we scored some nice tries and the fact that we didn’t concede a try was good. Our kicking game was good and for me what was important was at half-time we said we wanted to keep up the intensity for 80 minutes and I believe we did that.'
All positives for van Graan after dismantling the Dragons

Munster head coach Johann van Graan after the bonus point win against the Dragons

One more try would have seen Munster score their biggest ever league win but Johann van Graan was pleased with the way his men kept going for the jugular long after the five points were in the bag.

Munster also ran in ten tries when they scored a 68-3 win over the Southern Kings two seasons ago and while the opposition offered by the Newport side wasn’t much better this time round than that produced from the Port Elizabeth outfit a couple of years ago, van Graan was understandably pleased with the display at Thomond Park.

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