A familiar dance and a perennial partner, but Munster have work to do to ensure Saturday’s Champions Cup pool finale against old foes Castres does not turn into a last waltz of the campaign. The 27-25 defeat at Stade Felix Mayol was avoidable, with a yellow card just before half-time for captain Tadhg Beirne preceding 14 points for the home side in his absence. “That’s probably the one area that let us down, or inhibited our ability to win that game, our discipline,” McMillan said on Friday. So those are the things we try and work on as skills, just like any other part of the game. You know, it’s going to be a real battle.”McMillan stretched that analogy further when noting the strength of the Castres team being sent to Thomond Park, predicting a “war”.

Source: Irish Examiner January 17, 2026 09:05 UTC