'Resilient' Gavin Coombes finds positives from adversity 

West Cork native Coombes wasn’t happy with his form at the start of the season.

INWARD-LOOKING: Munster’s Gavin Coombes arrives at Kingspan Stadium prior to their clash with Ulster. Pic: Ryan Byrne/Inpho

It wasn’t hindsight or the frankly ridiculous 35 tackles that Gavin Coombes made against Ulster in Belfast last Friday that got people thinking again about Munster’s decision to omit the No 8 for the previous week’s Champions Cup tie in Castres.

Resting the 27-year-old for the trip to Stade Pierre-Fabre had the fanbase talking long before kick-off in the south of France.