Munster aren’t in the habit of doing favours for Leinster but the 100 minute assault they subjected Toulouse to the weekend before last did the men in blue no harm on Saturday. While it was not the main reason for Leinster outclassing their opponents so comprehensively, it was clear that coming back to Dublin a …
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Fine margins. Key moments. These are the clichés that invariably get bandied about in the aftermath of a narrow defeat but it’s the truth when analysing Munster’s loss to Toulouse. You don’t get a finer margin or more of a key moment than a penalty whizzing past the wrong side of the post by a …
As far as Six Nations tournaments go, 2022 was a pretty good one. Some brilliant rugby, nail-biting contests and the everything coming right down to the final game combined to make it a very memorable. Looking back on all five rounds, here are some of my standout performers and moments. Player of the tournament – …
The good, bad and the scarcely believable moments of the 2022 Six Nations Championship Read More »
The first time I heard about the Swiss cheese effect was shortly after Rob Penney arrived to coach Munster in 2012. It’s a concept used in risk analysis which states that ‘although many layers of defence lie between hazards, there are flaws in each layer that if aligned, can allow the accident to occur’. Rob …
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