Graham Rowntree: The Leinster-Munster rivalry 'is shifting'

No moral victory but this was encouraging in its own way for Munster

Munster's Head Coach Graham Rowntree

Not the result Graham Rowntree wanted in Dublin on Saturday night but the Munster coach had no regrets heading back down the road after a performance which he believes feeds into the sense of a rivalry that is returning to something closer to parity.

The visitors managed to claim a 10-0 lead in the opening exchanges and, while being held to just six more points after that, they fought the good fight against a stacked Leinster side and fell just five points short on a scoreline that finished 21-16.