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The Scottish View

6th September 2008 By Munster Rugby

The Scottish View

Edinburgh were outmuscled up front and out-smarted wide but whereas the home side ‘toiled to give vent to their attacking style despite the persistent rain and wind’, good old Munster, ‘slowed it down, pushed the boundaries of legal play around the breakdown, as they do these days without a second thought’,

That’s according to David Ferguson writing in The Scotsman newspaper today. He also acknowledged that Munster picked off chances with clinical efficiency and that they “appeared the sharper side on the park”.

In the piece, Edinburgh coach Andy Robinson is quoted saying that  “they (Munster) know how to stop us playing”, Munster’s task obviously made all the easier by Ferguson’s observation that “the hosts continued to play into Munster’s hands with sloppy kicks and directionless running”.

Robinson however, speaking to Bill Lothian in the Evening News conceded, “They had two cracking scores and deserved to win.” with Lothian asking, ” Who, among those 5443 fans who braved a wet and windy night at Scottish rugby HQ would argue with that.” ?

According to the Daily Record, Edinburgh, “started out full of confidence but suffered stage fright when it really mattered as streetwise Munster dealt out a lesson in keeping control and turning pressure into points”.
 


 

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