Rowntree 'very comfortable' with life after Healy 

Neither Carbery nor Crowley featured at Musgrave Park as Munster claimed a valuable bonus-point win that propelled them, finally, into the top half of the BKT United Rugby Championship table with six rounds of the regular season to play.

QUICK WORD: Munster’s Ben Healy offers instruction during the URC win over Emirates Lions at Musgrave Park on Friday night. Healy’s display was impressive but Graham Rowntree is confident his squad can cope when the Tipperary man leaves. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

The return of Joey Carbery and Jack Crowley to the Munster selection mix this week ahead of Northampton Saints visit to Thomond Park next Saturday should provide an insight to exactly how much the coaching ticket will miss Ben Healy next season.

As sorry as Graham Rowntree is to see the Scottish-qualified fly-half leave for Edinburgh this summer, a sentiment reiterated following Healy’s starting performance in last Friday’s 33-3 victory over the Lions, the head coach made it clear that the playmakers that remain will do just fine in the 23-year-old’s absence.