Graham Rowntree was left to rue one other pricey harm checklist, however the defiant Munster head coach was pleased with the character that his younger aspect confirmed in defeat to Leinster.
unster confirmed flashes of what they’re making an attempt to do beneath this new teaching employees, however in the end Leinster had been too robust, as their expertise informed ultimately.
As Leinster marched to a sixth consecutive win to begin the season, Munster fell to a fourth defeat, which piles the strain on forward of the go to of Ulster to Thomond Park subsequent weekend.
Rowntree must rapidly decide up his gamers and go once more earlier than the URC breaks for the November window.
“I am pleased with the lads, I simply informed them there, I am pleased with them,” Rowntree stated.
“There is a sombre temper in there (dressing room), some younger males who wished to do higher. I believed they deserved higher than the scoreline.
“However I am pleased with them. I requested them to battle, maintain preventing, get off the ground, maintain preventing. I requested them to be courageous and so they did that.
“I believed they deserved extra from that recreation. They managed the yellow playing cards fairly effectively. Tight recreation at half-time after which we had a raft of accidents, which did not assist momentum. After which a few key alternatives the place we gave them entry to our 22 and they’re distinctive there.”
With Johnny Sexton dictating issues alongside a plethora of key Eire gamers, Leinster had the nous to repel most of what Munster threw at them all through an absorbing derby contest.
“You may’t deny the expertise that they have on the sector and the way they play the sport and the way they kicked tactically,” Rowntree continued.
“There isn’t any denying we had lots of younger males however they are going to be higher for that have. I can not let you know once more how proud I’m of their effort.
“There is a little bit of expertise there (bench) in comparison with ours. Tight recreation wasn’t it? Tight margins on the finish there. We had been on their line.
“You may’t deny the expertise they’ve on the sector however that is the place we’re. That is the state of affairs and we’ll drive via it.”
With Ulster coming to Limerick subsequent weekend, Munster require a giant response, however with a mounting harm checklist to take care of once more this week, it would not get any simpler for Rowntree.
“That is simple however we drive on,” the Munster boss added.
“We maintain enhancing. I am seeing parts of our recreation coming via, parts of how we’re coaching coming via as I did final week.
“We maintain driving that and take a look at what we will do higher. It has been difficult. The harm checklist has been mounting. Everybody will get accidents, I am not blaming that, it is a reality.
“There’s lots of younger males there having to step up and so they’re studying. They’re going to be higher for it. We’ll have a really sincere evaluation once more and we drive on.”