Denis Leamy: 'What we've seen over the last month from our boys, training, has been excellent'

we're very confident in the way we want to play the game and I think that has got us a number of wins over the last while and the run-in now, over the next couple of months, it's going to be very difficult."

UPWARD CURVE: Defence Coach Denis Leamy is impressed with the upward curve of Munster after shaky start. Pic: ©INPHO/Tom Maher

A bounce following the announcement of Clayton McMillan’s arrival as boss for next season is a little premature but Munster have been boosted by the returns of key players for Friday’s URC clash at home to Edinburgh.

John Hodnett and Calvin Nash have been released from Ireland camp while Alex Nankivell and Sean O’Brien are set to make their comebacks from respective hamstring and leg injuries for the Virgin Media Park fixture in Cork (7:35pm).