Rowntree vows to back Munster youth after Zebre win

A clutch of the Reds' next generation featured in Cork on Saturday.

Mon, 03 Oct, 2022 - 06:04

Simon Lewis

Munster’s academy players have been promised more game time in the BKT URC by Graham Rowntree after a quartet of young guns made their presence felt against Zebre Parma.

The head coach gave a debut to Conor Philips, 23, and a URC bow to fellow starting wing Patrick Campbell, 20, in the 21-5 victory at Musgrave Park on Saturday evening while lock Edwin Edogbo, 19, got a second run off the bench following a first senior appearance at Dragons six days earlier and back-rower Ruadhan Quinn became Munster’s youngest player of the professional era when the 18-year-old was brought on for the final seven minutes of an otherwise frustrating second half in Cork.