‘It will swing’ – Munster optimistic poor run of form will come to an end

Munster wing Shane Daly believes that his side can change their fortunes after being winless in their last three games.

The United Rugby Championship holders lost 22-9 to rivals Connacht last time out which followed their defeats to Leinster and Exeter Chiefs the two games before that.

Injury woes

The dip in form comes through a growing injury list that includes 17 players sidelined, with new signing Oli Jager and back-row Jack O’Donoghue the latest casualties on that list.

The Irish province have a break this weekend before turning their attention to the Champions Cup where they travel to Toulon in search of a result.

Daly understands there is pressure on his side but insists that there is confidence within the Munster squad that a turning point will come soon.

“There’s no-one going to sit and tell you we’re under pressure or that we don’t think we’re going to turn this around because we’ve been in worse positions than this,” Daly said.

“So we’re very confident it will swing. It just takes one of these games to go our way.

“We’re looking at every game to be that [turning-point] game.

“We have what we need. We’ve won these tough games away on the road before so we really believe in what we’re doing.

“[Monday was] very frustrating again but a lot of the stuff we were doing was actually quite good, it was just losing balls and simple things so we need to just trust our own plan because we know it works, it won us the league last year.”

Accountability

The wing admits that it is a difficult period for the team morale but insists there is accountability as the side looks to move forward.

“It can be tough but we have a really good coaching staff that stay positive regardless of what has happened the week before,” he added.

“They’re incredibly honest on a Monday morning, there’s no shying away from some of the stuff that happens in the games but as soon as we put that to bed we’re looking forward to the next game and trying to really put a plan together to win our next match.

“So the Mondays are probably tough after these results but in fairness the squad and the coaches are incredibly good at moving on from results like these.”

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