New coaches, new hope, same old questions: Can Munster finally find consistency?

Clayton McMillan’s second season begins with injuries, new coaches and a daunting run of fixtures putting Munster under pressure

Irish Rugby Strength and Conditioning Coach Aled Walters and Munster Head Coach Clayton McMillan. Pic: INPHO/Nick Elliott

Clayton McMillan can hardly have expected his maiden season as head coach to have played out as it did last time around, with a URC quarter-final hammering at the Bulls on the pitch and a corporate meltdown off it.

It all left the New Zealander questioning whether everyone within Munster Rugby was pulling in the same direction and no wonder.