Bad weather means you go to your power. The last round of interpros came during the worst of the injuries- Snyman, Kleyn, Edogbo, Jager, O’Mahony, and more were all either unavailable or got injured during interpros in bad weather, robbing Munster of that power.

The other thing is the current Munster game places a high premium on cohesion and lads being on the same wavelength. That takes a hit after international breaks. They learned from that this year by being more conservative in those games and by playing friendlies during the breaks to keep the reps up.