Tadhg Beirne: 'Let’s be honest about it, the style of the game has gone backwards'

“Everyone plays the game differently, don't they? We're trying to bring tempo, sometimes we need to be better at it,” Beirne said. “But a game like that, it just felt like the scrums were a bit messy. I’d say we probably lost by 15 minutes and just reset scrums. It was just so frustrating."

BACKWARDS: Munster's Tadhg Beirne feels that they way the game is currnently being played is going backwards. Picture: ©INPHO/Andrew Conan

URC: Munster 8 Leinster 13

It was a disgruntled Tadhg Beirne that faced the media at Thomond Park on Saturday night yet the frustration exhibited by the Munster captain was not just caused by another loss on home turf to derby rivals Leinster but borne from the direction of travel rugby is heading.