Munster need to learn from past mistakes to overcome Leinster, says Craig Casey

When Munster get chances, they have to take them, the scrum half insists. 

LEARN FROM MISTAKES: Craig Casey and Diarmuid Barron arrive for training this week. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Craig Casey understands what it will take to claim a first Thomond Park win over Leinster in five years this St Stephen’s Day and he knows it will involve learning some valuable lessons from last Sunday’s Champions Cup defeat at Exeter Chiefs.

The Ireland scrum-half played a part in some of Munster’s most fluent and exciting attacking play at Sandy Park as the URC champions sucked in and then stretched Exeter’s defence to breaking point over the first 50 minutes of their Pool 3 encounter last weekend. Yet 50 minutes of excellent play was not nearly enough to keep a quality Chiefs side at bay and Casey acknowledges the same will not be sufficient to prevent a clinical, in-form Leinster outfit out in Limerick next Tuesday.