Munster head coach Graham Rowntree has plenty to work on after his side’s defeat to Zebre
While all four provincial teams hit the URC ground with a reasonable degree of intensity off the starting blocks, it was a much more muted return at the second time of asking. Two wins from four is never a stat to sneer at and yet, there was a general feeling of under-performance – with Connacht’s second-half comeback at the Dexcom Stadium the most redeeming feature.
Already Leinster top the table with a maximum return of 10 from 10. They put away the Dragons as expected with a mundane first half followed by a much more efficient second. To transform the narrow half-time lead (10-6) with a second-half 24-pointer without reply was emphatic, but they know that even with the bulk of the shadow squad in action they can perform much better than that.
