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MOST HEAD COACHES will tell you that being the big boss means you’re redirected from the very thing that drew you to the career in the first place – a love of hands-on coaching – but there is no tearing Graham Rowntree away from the scrum.
Munster opened the doors of Thomond Park to a small group of journalists yesterday, inviting them to watch their main training session of the week for the second time in two years. While this access remains rare, the content of the session was familiar to those present in January 2023, when Munster were still getting to grips with a high-speed, high-intensity approach to training that was distinctly different to how things were done before.
19-year-old centre Gene O’Leary Kareem, who Munster have high hopes for, was among the latest academy inductees training yesterday, getting plenty of opportunities to show his skills. Only a few months ago, O’Leary Kareem was training with his schoolmates in PBC Cork, now he’s training opposite Alex Nankivell.
Most eyes were on Thaakir Abrahams, everyone keen for the latest glimpse of his razor-sharp footwork and searing acceleration. The South African wing is said to have quickly won over his new team-mates on and off the pitch. “We were rubbish in the early parts of that game,” said Rowntree. “We were rubbish with some of the stuff we were doing around the contact work. We’ll only be better for it.
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