Leamy eager for Munster to embrace challenge of continuing unbeaten run

Defence coach Denis Leamy does not want minds to stray beyond this Saturday’s objective of beating Connacht, yet he wants his players the challenge of finishing the regular season with wins all the way.

CONNACHT PREP: Joey Carbery, right, with Jack Crowley and Mike Haley during Munster rugby squad training at University of Limerick in Limerick. Pic: Brendan Moran, Sportsfile

Munster have been urged to embrace the challenge of securing a top-two finish in the URC standings with a victory in all three of their remaining regular season fixtures.

Six league wins in a row, five of them with a try bonus point, have catapulted the defending titleholders into third place, and Graham Rowntree’s have returned home from South Africa with confidence boosting victories at altitude against the Bulls and Lions ahead of this Saturday’s derby clash with Connacht at Thomond Park.