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Article: Munster should pick up the tempo on home soil
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- October 17, 2009
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POOL ONE MUNSTER v TREVISO : SPORTING ONE or two bruises from the
brickbats, individual and collective, that have been hurled in their
direction in recent weeks, Munster find themselves in the comforting
surroundings of their Limerick citadel. It's not just the territory
that's familiar.:
In European campaigns past, the Irish province had invariably
opted to cross the Irish Sea on the opening weekend of the Heineken
Cup, typically returning brandishing a bonus point in defeat.
Franklin's Gardens followed the dog-eared script in terms of the
result, albeit that Munster came agonisingly close to filching a
victory that at one point in the second half resembled a dot on the
horizon.
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