Gearoid Prendergast: 'We can’t hide from that but the holistic piece is what we want to develop as well'

Such is the alignment between senior coaches right the way down to the start of the pathway overseen by Prendergast that the academy boss felt no need to advance the cause of his players

Sat, 31 Aug, 2024 - 06:55

Simon Lewis

Munster’s pre-season preparations step up a notch on Saturday with a trip to Bath and another opportunity for Graham Rowntree to cast an eye on the development of his next-generation players.

With the province’s Ireland senior and U20 internationals only just back on the training pitch following the summer tour to South Africa and the World Rugby U20 Championship respectively, this will be the first of two pre-season outings - Gloucester visit Cork’s Virgin Media Park next Friday – in which the head coach can run the rule over some of his newest additions to the squad, recent academy graduates and the current crop of would-be senior professionals.