Proud Clayton McMillan takes positives from opening-night defeat to Glasgow

The Thomond Park chief says he saw green shoots in the URC opener.

Munster's Jack O'Donoghue after the game. Pic :P INPHO/Tom O'Hanlon

Clayton McMillan saw enough in Munster’s performance to give him confidence for the rest of the season despite seeing his side open their United Rugby Championship campaign with a 26-20 home defeat to Glasgow Warriors in Limerick on Saturday evening.

Munster had led 17-7 against a Glasgow side which had won the URC in 2025 and were last season’s regular-season table toppers, yet they spent much of the second half under goal-line pressure which eventually told as three tries from the visitors after the break brought up a try bonus point for the Scots and left McMillan’s side with a losing bonus point.