Munster play 'scintillating' rugby but still not 'ruthless' enough for Rowntree

Rowntree saw parallels in his team;'s performance from the previous round, when Munster won 42-7 at Scarlets.

Shane Daly of Munster beats the tackle from Giovanni Licata of Zebre Parma on his way to scoring his side's seventh try. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Munster boss Graham Rowntree praised his side’s scintillating rugby to deliver a URC bonus-point victory over Zebre Parma in Cork on Friday night but said he had wanted them to be more ruthless.

The URC champions moved back into the play-off positions in the top half of the league table with a seven-try to four, 45-29 win over the Italian side at Virgin Media Park. A try in each half from academy back-rower Ruadhan Quinn, and further scores from man of the match Mike Haley, RG Snyman, Sean O’Brien, Antoine Frisch and Shane Daly got the job done in this Round 11 fixture, although three second-half tries for the visitors helped them to a try bonus point in defeat.