By Brendan O’BrienThe jury may be out on Munster after the opening five rounds of the Guinness PRO14 but Stuart Lancaster has seen enough to declare that the province is stronger now than it was last season when falling one hurdle short of Pro14 and European deciders. “Munster are a team the players know pretty well. “This is a team that has lost twice in European semi-finals, so they’re top of the European game. We faced a full strength Connacht team (last weekend), which Munster probably didn’t with Ulster, and I thought we came through well. “And with the way Munster defend he will be in that backfield once or twice.

Source: Irish Examiner October 03, 2018 05:15 UTC