The southern province have three teenagers on their bench to face the Dragons, and it was always going to be Tony Butler at out-half.
Gavan Casey IF YOU WERE Tony Butler and you happened to flick through the sports news this week, you could have been forgiven for being annoyed.
It would have been a different story behind the scenes in UL this week, mind. With Rowntree at the helm, it was always going to be Butler. Rowntree set his stall out to that effect during the early throes of his first year in charge, when he named Ruadhán Quinn in his Round 3 matchday squad to play Zebre.
Munster will have seven current academy players involved against the Dragons but it’s the inclusion of three in particular — one of whom is today’s starting out-half — which feel especially emblematic of the strides the province have made in the area of talent recruitment in recent years. Cork hurling has lost a centre-back who probably would have gone on to captain his county at senior level. Munster Rugby has gained a fullback who did things over his last couple of years of schools rugby which should excite fans across the province.
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