Clayton McMillan: Rowntree departure will only add fuel to Munster's fire

“It’s a team that has been selected in collaboration with the All Blacks coaching staff so these are guys that are viewed as next cab off the rank.”

ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE: All Black XV head coach Clayton McMillan believes Graham Rowntree's departure will add fuel to Munster's fire. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

News of Graham Rowntree’s surprise exit as Munster head coach might have prompted some prospective opponents into resting easier ahead of an appointment at Thomond Park. Not an All Blacks team. Not this week.

If the sound of fireworks near the team hotel in Limerick on Halloween night wasn’t enough to keep head All Blacks XV head coach Clayton McMillan on his toes then there was the knowledge with it that he was speaking exactly 46 years to the day since Munster’s most famous win.