Prendergast: 'Reality is there can’t be any slip-ups because of the way the league is after panning out'

Such is the bunched nature of the 16-team table that there are just four points separating Benetton in fourth and Connacht in 10th but Munster attack coach Mike Prendergast recognises there is little room for error.

Fri, 01 Mar, 2024 - 06:51

Simon Lewis

The Munster management will go into tonight’s home match against Zebre Parma telling their players they are now in must-win territory for the rest of the URC regular season.

This evening’s round 11 clash is the first of eight games before the play-offs with the defending champions currently outside the top eight qualifying places in ninth. Such is the bunched nature of the 16-team table that there are just four points separating Benetton in fourth and Connacht in 10th but Munster attack coach Mike Prendergast recognises there is little room for error between now and the end of the 18-match league campaign if the province is to keep its bid for back-to-back titles alive to its conclusion in June.