Bernard Jackman: Munster have shown it’s not about how you start a season, but how you finish it

Munster players, including Jean Kleyn, Niall Scannell, Josh Wycherley, Craig Casey, RG Snyman and Diarmuid Barron, celebrate after winning the United Rugby Championship final at DHL Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa

Bernard Jackman

Paul O’Connell’s battle cry during his career was: ‘Let’s be the best at the things that don’t require talent.’ It became part of the DNA of the many different Munster teams he played in.

It’s been a pretty barren period since he and his generation retired, but this Munster squad will surely change that. Yesterday was the start of that change.