Updated: Saturday, 27 Dec 2014 15:36 | Comments
Anthony Foley has hailed his players' ability to adapt to the conditions in their Pro12 derby win over Leinster, and said he wants them to push on in a consistent manner.
Munster put in a dominant display Thomond Park to see off a disappointing Leinster side 28-13.
With both sides shorn of many front-line players, Munster's players stepped up to the mark, and Foley lauded their efforts.
"We're delighted. I think we were down over 20 players in our squad going into this game," Foley told RTÉ Sport after the game. "I think Leinster have something similar, I imagine, but you didn't hear either side complain.
"We got out and gave a good account of ourselves. It's been good to get a derby win. It's been hard for the last few weeks; we lost games we should have won. And it's hard, nobody wants to hear excuses so we don't give them.
"What we'd like to do is: get those performances, and make them consistent. We've done that a few times this year but also we've let a few teams off the hook."
"What we'd like to do is: get those performances, and make them consistent. We've done that a few times this year but also we've let a few teams off the hook" - Anthony Foley
Foley was also happy with how his team dealt with the elements; they played well into a blustery wind in the first half.
He said: "We weren't sure it was going to stay as strong, but we felt we'd be best attacking them and keeping the ball, and making sure they couldn't get into their game, and they had to defend us for long periods."
Going in ahead at half-time, Munster sought to nullify Leinster's running game, Foley said. He was content with Munster's kicking efforts.
"We needed to make sure the kick-kick game was good," he said. "We needed to also do what we did in the first half in the second half, even though we had the elements behind us, just to make sure we didn't kick too much ball away and end up defending for long periods and lose rhythm out of the game. We kept our rhythm in the second half."
Foley said Munster had learned lessons from their disappointing loss last week to Glasgow, where they gave up a nine-point half-time lead to eventually lose 23-19.
"The boys are learning the whole time," he said. "We made sure we came out in the second half and made sure we kept playing. We put a lot into the corners, kept forcing them to make mistakes. We're very happy to come away from this game with four points."
Foley's Leinster counterpart Matt O'Connor had few complaints about the result and said that Munster had wanted the win more.
"I thought they were a little bit more desperate than us at stages," O'Connor said. "They worked that little bit harder to get the 50-50s, and errors compounded by errors gave them entry into the game."
O'Connor said that the sin-binning after 53 minutes of Darragh Fanning had "made it very hard to change the game. Half an hour on the clock, and you go down to 14 men, you're holding on then for dear life."
Foley was also happy with how his team dealt with the elements; they played well into a blustery wind in the first half.
"We weren't sure it was going to stay as strong, but we felt we'd be best attacking them and keeping the ball, and making sure they couldn't get into their game, and they had to defend us for long periods."
Going in ahead at half-time, Munster sought to nullify Leinster's running game, Foley said. He was content with Munster's kicking efforts.
"We needed to make sure the kick-kick game was good. We needed to also do what we did in the first half in the second half, even though we had the elements behind us, just to make sure we didn't kick too much ball away and end up defending for long periods and lose rhythm out of the game. We kept our rhythm in the second half."
Foley said Munster had learned lessons from their disappointing loss last week to Glasgow, where they gave up a nine-point half-time lead to eventually lose 23-19.
"The boys are learning the whole time," he said. "We made sure we came out in the second half and made sure we kept playing. We put a lot into the corners, kept forcing them to make mistakes. We're very happy to come away from this game with four points."
Foley's Leinster counterpart, Matt O'Connor, had few complaints about the result and said that Munster had wanted the win more.
"I thought they were a little bit more desperate than us at stages," O'Connor said. "They worked that little bit harder to get the 50-50s, and errors compounded by errors gave them entry into the game."
O'Connor said that the sin-binning after 53 minutes of Darragh Fanning had "made it very hard to change the game. Half an hour on the clock, and you go down to 14 men, you're holding on then for dear life."
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