Munster settle on selection as Prendergast seeks attacking cohesion in Toulon

Prendergast was at pains to point out that the reasons for Munster’s defeat at Ulster last time out were not due to a lack of experience.

COHESION: Munster look set to revert to consistent team selection with the return of their Ireland internationals for this Sunday’s Champions Cup pool clash at Toulon with Mike Prendergast hoping he will finally get some cohesive attack play after a half-season of squad rotation. Picture: ©INPHO/Tom O’Hanlon

Munster look set to revert to consistent team selection with the return of their Ireland internationals for this Sunday’s Champions Cup pool clash at Toulon with Mike Prendergast hoping he will finally get some cohesive attack play after a half-season of squad rotation.

A chastening night at Ulster’s hands in Belfast last Friday and a second URC derby loss inside a week has seen head coach Clayton McMillan’s commitment to growing squad depth through game time come at the expense of attacking fluency, with Munster failing to cross the whitewash in a 28-3 defeat in round nine having lost 13-8 in Limerick to Leinster on December 27. There were 10 changes in between games, including the enforced rest under IRFU player welfare guidelines afforded to captain Tadhg Beirne, scrum-half Craig Casey, fly-half Jack Crowley and outside centre Tom Farrell.