Munster season preview: A new, exciting era begins but the same questions remain

TIME IS NIGH: Munster head coach Graham Rowntree, right, with Munster attack coach Mike Prendergast. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

After an anti-climactic end to the Johann van Graan era at Munster Rugby and a trophy drought now extending into a 12th season, what should we expect from the close-season regime change? Can the changes at the top kick-start a push for honours or does the advent of a fifth different head coach since Tony McGahan’s 2011 Magners League final victory spell another campaign of resetting objectives that requires supporters to exercise yet another large dollop of patience?

Just days before the big kick-off to the 2022-23 campaign, we ask some key questions to establish just exactly where Munster are at.