Seán O'Brien: Munster can handle pressure points

Try-scorer O'Brien knows every game now a must-win for the province.

MUST-WIN BASIS: Seán O’Brien of Munster celebrates after scoring a try during the United Rugby Championship match between Scarlets and Munster. Pic: Gruffydd Thomas, Sportsfile

Munster try scorer Seán O’Brien believes the URC champions can handle the pressure of being must-win territory as they build momentum for a push into the end of season play-offs.

O’Brien scored his second try in as many league starts last Friday as Munster strung back-to-back URC wins together for the first time in the 2023-24 campaign with a 45-29 bonus-point victory over Zebre Parma at Virgin Media Park. Their success on a bitterly cold night in Cork moved them from ninth in the table into the play-off places with seven rounds of the regular season to go, results elsewhere over the weekend leaving them in sixth place, level on 39 points with both Ulster a place above them and Edinburgh in fourth.