Murray and Earls still 'hugely important' for Munster after being left out

MIDWAY THROUGH THE first half of Munster’s win over Northampton at Thomond Park last weekend, BT Sport offered us jarring back-to-back shots.

Murray and Earls have been first-choice starters for Munster for well over a decade which is what made it such a strange sight. Last weekend, head coach Graham Rowntree and his assistants made the call to leave both out of their matchday 23. “They’re hugely important for us, massively important for us,” said Prendergast. “They reacted as I thought they would, they’re two incredibly professional guys that have been around the block and they’re incredibly helpful on the pitch and off the pitch in meetings.

“Every week, we sit down and thoroughly go through how we’ll select our team on form and how we train. It was tough for them last week but this is a new week. They’ve been incredibly professional in terms of how they’ve applied themselves.” Earls, meanwhile, is highly respected and valued by Farrell, although he missed the autumn series last year due to injury.Nations Analysis Get Murray Kinsella’s exclusive analysis of Ireland’s Six Nations campaign this springBut Prendergast underlined that Munster must be true to themselves in their decision-making around selection.

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