Munster 'more determined and hardened' ahead of South African sojourn 

he head coach has been cheered by a frank and open review with the squad of the performance against Glasgow.

INTO THE SHARK TANK: Head coach Graham Rowntree and Defence coach Denis Leamy during a Munster Rugby squad training session at Thomond Park. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Beaten, a little battered but certainly unbowed, Munster departed for Durban more determined and hardened by their chastening home defeat to Glasgow last Saturday.

Graham Rowntree’s squad will touch down by the Indian Ocean late on Wednesday afternoon with their head coach acknowledging they will need to produce their best performance of the season this Saturday if they are to defeat the Sharks at their Kings Park stronghold and progress to the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final.