Second row injuries may force Graham Rowntree into market

“I’m not going to start stressing about that yet, that will be tomorrow’s job. Tonight I need to calm down, watch the game again, see what we can get better at with what we’ve got.” 

INJURY ISSUES: Munster Head Coach Graham Rowntree with the media. Pic Credit ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Graham Rowntree may be forced to seek short-term replacement forwards following a costly narrow defeat to Leinster on Tuesday night that saw a trio of Munster’s first-choice pack go down injured.

The reigning URC champions may be finishing 2023 with one more league point, 24, after eight rounds of the season, than the 23 they collected from their 10 games to the end of 2022 but Rowntree’s squad has taken a physical pummelling in the process, and nowhere greater than in the second row.