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20th Feb 2015

Video: Jerry Flannery on the GAA skills and wonder tries of Munster’s next generation

The province's scrum coach has high hopes for the future

Patrick McCarry

Red dawn for Munster

Munster coach Jerry Flannery took time out to speak about the next generation of players that are getting their chance to shine, now that Paul O’Connell & co. are off chasing Six Nations glory.

Munster beat Cardiff Blues, last weekend, to move second in the Guinness PRO12. Central to the victory were performances by Rory Scannell, Darren Sweetnam and Jack O’Donoghue, who scored a superb try.

Flannery has praised Scannell’s “mental toughness”, noted Sweetnam’s GAA skills [he is a former Cork hurler], and feels O’Donoghue ‘keeps getting better, every time I see him play’.

With tries like this, Munster fans would definitely agree with ‘Fla’:

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