Munster better connected and more cohesive after away day adventures

COVETED: Munster captain Peter O’Mahony and head coach Graham Rowntree speaking during a press conference alongside the URC trophy. Pic: INPHO/James Crombie

It will not be a video clip that fires up Munster in their BKT URC Grand Final against the Stormers on Saturday evening, Graham Rowntree is sure of that.

The Munster boss insisted on Friday that his squad had not travelled from one end of the earth to the other just to get riled up by the leaked video of their opponents celebrating Leinster’s knockout blow from the boot of Jack Crowley in the semi-final 14 days ago. Instead it is that journey to Cape Town and the five previous away games on the road that have propelled their progress to this sold-out DHL Stadium decider, which will provide all the motivation necessary in the province’s efforts to end an 11-year trophy drought.