McMillan heaps praise on Munster captain Beirne after stellar Croker performance 

Munster's Tadhg Beirne and Craig Casey celebrate. Pic: Tom Maher/Inpho

Clayton McMillan praised captain Tadhg Beirne for epitomising Munster’s derby-winning performance and said his team could be proud of the way they scored an emphatic 31-14 bonus-point URC victory over arch rivals Leinster on Saturday.

Munster came from 7-0 down after six minutes to score 31 unanswered points to stretch their winning start to the new campaign to four wins from four as they defeated Leinster for the first time since the 2023 URC semi-final and ended an 11-year run of away regular season defeats to the Boys in Blue.