Graham Rowntree targets victory over Northampton

Graham Rowntree has targeted victory at Northampton Saints this Sunday as the minimum target for his Munster side following this narrow defeat to European royalty

SETTLER: Matthis Lebel of Toulouse scores his side's first try despite the tackle of Shane Daly of Munster during the Heineken Champions Cup Pool B Round 1 match between Munster and Toulouse at Thomond Park in Limerick. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

MUNSTER 13 TOULOUSE 18

Graham Rowntree has targeted victory at Northampton Saints next Sunday as the minimum target for his Munster side following this narrow defeat to European royalty. Yet while qualification for the knockout stages has become an uphill battle for his developing team, the head coach insisted none of the momentum gathered by three wins in a row prior to Sunday’s Heineken Champions Cup opener would be lost as a result of a performance that ordinarily would have been good enough for victory.