Prendergast and Munster keen to repay Red Army at Páirc Uí Chaoimh 

Last week's defeat left Prendergast, his fellow coaches and the players determined to redeem themselves in the eyes of their supporters this weekend and repay the 4000-strong travelling army which followed them to England for round one. 

Munster's Shane Daly. Pic: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

After an aerial battering in Bath last Saturday, there was an assault of a different kind on Munster as they trained in the teeth of Storm Bram on Tuesday at their High Performance Centre.

“It was horrific,” senior coach Mike Prendergast said of the conditions at training in Limerick but the same could be said of the opening 30 minutes at The Rec when Munster went 28-0 down off costly errors in the air giving access to their 22, from where Champions Cup hosts Bath’s powerhouse pack wreaked havoc.