‘Our defence is up there with one of the best in the league’ – Graham Rowntree hails Denis Leamy’s Munster impact

Graham Rowntree: 'We were a bit angsty at half-time because we hadn’t got things our own way but we stuck to the plan.' Photo: Sportsfile

Cian Tracey

The moods inside the Munster and Connacht camps could best be defined by the demeanour of the respective head coaches at Thomond Park on Saturday evening.

Shortly after a deflated Pete Wilkins attempted to ease the growing sense of panic around Connacht’s fate for this season and next, Graham Rowntree followed his counterpart into the press conference sipping a cold can of beer.