Rowntree relieved to leave with bonus after challenging week

The Welsh region’s five-try second-half performance took some of the gloss off a victory

Munster Head Coach Graham Rowntree

Graham Rowntree admitted he was relieved to leave Musgrave Park with a bonus-point victory over Scarlets at the end of an emotional week for Munster following the deaths of Tom Tierney and Brian O’Brien.

The two Munster stalwarts were each buried in Limerick in the days leading up to Friday night’s BKT URC clash with former scrum-half and IRFU National Talent Coach Tierney having worked closely with the province’s young National Training Squad players before his sudden death last weekend at the age of 46.