Another litmus test awaits as Munster jostle Italians for URC real-estate 

There is plenty at stake in this meeting of the URC’s sixth and seventh-placed teams

NEXT TASK: Munster head coach Graham Rowntree. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

There was a time at Munster, a week on from a glamorous away day in Toulouse when the resumption of league action and a trip to Italy would have been treated with that “after the Lord Mayor’s show” level of disinterest. Not anymore.

If anything, Saturday’s BKT United Rugby Championship meeting with Benetton in Treviso represents as much of a litmus test of Munster’s development this season as last Sunday’s Heineken Champions Cup pool finale at the home of the French giants.