Attack is the best form of defence. Defence is the best form of attack. Take your pick. Munster operated off both principles and mashed the two together against Leinster to form a rugby ideology that they executed to devastating effect.
Clayton McMillan’s side were worthy winners, a victory all the more praiseworthy when considering the adverse circumstances in which they operated for large swathes of the match.
The metrics would have caused a lesser team to buckle. Munster made 271 tackles – Leinster in comparison 117 – had just 35 per cent possession, 31 per cent territory and conceded 14 penalties to their opponents seven.
Anyone appraised of those figures before the game would have assumed, reasonably, a substantial Leinster win and not a 31-14 shellacking for the home side.
Munster brought a real sense of devil to their detail, superbly combative
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