Beirne and Snyman return as Munster look to avenge Thomond defeat

Clearly, there will need to be an improvement on the first-half performance that allowed Glasgow to open a 31-0 lead inside the opening 44 minutes at Thomond Park

RECOVERED: RG Snyman. Pic: INPHO/Ben Brady

After such a rollercoaster season, even by Munster’s standards, it is understandable that the coaching staff will head to Scotstoun for Saturday night’s BKT United Rugby Championship quarter-final against a formidable Glasgow Warriors side insisting only positives lie on the path before them.

The past five weeks have provided a microcosm of those ups and downs, starting with a heavy home URC defeat to Glasgow at Thomond Park and a chastening Heineken Champions Cup knockout exit at the hands of the Sharks in Durban that threatened to send Graham Rowntree and his new coaching ticket’s first season in charge into freefall.