Andy Farrell coaxing new tune from Ulster players can be inspiration for Munster’s inbetweeners

There are a host of players at the Munster High Performance Centre in Limerick who must have taken note of the changing demographics in the Ireland squad.

ON THE FRINGES: Munster players like Calvin Nash, Gavin Coombes and Shane Daly have all spent varying degrees of time in Ireland camp. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

There really hasn’t been enough made of Andy Farrell’s grumpy shot across his own bows after Ireland’s opening Six Nations loss to France.

The head coach knows the media, and he knows how to use it. His observation that his team had lacked “intent” and “fight” in the course of that convincing and worrying setback in Paris was a very public and pointed admonition of his men.