Crowley: 'From a technical point of view we didn’t get our split in terms of the backs right'

The 23-year-old Corkman has been striving alongside his coaches and team-mates to regain the attacking groove that powered Graham Rowntree’s side to the URC title last May.

ATTACKING GROOVE: Jack Crowley has been striving alongside his coaches and team-mates to regain the attacking groove that powered Graham Rowntree’s side to the URC title last May. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

As the playmaker at the controls, fly-half Jack Crowley knows Munster have to rediscover the attacking rhythm that has made them so exciting to watch in recent months if his side are to get their Champions Cup pool campaign up and running at Exeter Chiefs on Sunday.

Last Saturday’s 17-17 draw at home to tournament newcomers Bayonne was met not only by near silence from the home supporters at Thomond Park but also with an unsparingly honest review in the Munster team room 36 hours later.