In an interview with the Irish Times, Munster boss Tony McGahan talks about the pressure he is under to deliver some silverware this season.
"By most normal standards, it would have been deemed a singularly competitive campaign. Despite being ravaged by injuries - five of their first-choice pack and a key back started less than half their games - they reached the semi-finals of both competitions only to lose both away from home. But this is Munster.
"When they did enjoy a relatively settled spell of games they reached their peaks – Perpignan and Treviso in January, Northampton in the quarter-finals. What rankled though was the manner in which they lost to Leinster and Biarritz, especially the way the latter blitzed the Munster scrum.
"It must have made for a lonely end-of-season and long summer for Tony McGahan. 'I suppose any job has its pitfalls or its obstacles, whether you’re a top or middle club or one down near the bottom, but I was lucky enough to be here for a few years before I took over the coach’s head role so I knew the expectations from everyone involved - players, management, the branch, all the fans, not only in Munster but across the world. It doesn’t make it easy but you still enjoy it and that hasn’t changed.'"
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