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1st December 2021
02:48pm GMT

"For now," Larkham stated, "my focus is very much with Munster Rugby and with a long season ahead I will savour every moment of working within this great environment as we continue to build in the right direction."On the latest House of Rugby URC episode [LISTEN from 26:30 below], Cave gave his take on how Munster's attack has fared under Larkham since he arrived in 2019. [caption id="attachment_242596" align="aligncenter" width="640"]
Munster senior coach Stephen Larkham pictured at Thomond Park in September 2021. (Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile)[/caption]
"I don't know if it's a controversial viewpoint," Darren Cave began, "but I haven't been overly impressed with his [tenure] at Munster. "When he signed, I was like, 'Woah'. That's a guy who you used to get up and watch in Super 12 rugby, and that great Brumbies team he was part of. I was thinking, 'Their attack is going to be unbelievable'. "Now, I think their attack has been okay but, from the outside, I would say that his impact on Munster Rugby has been pretty underwhelming."https://www.instagram.com/p/CWrBKa6sSlF/
"These things take time, as you said," Cave conceded, "and maybe I had an unrealistic expectation of what he was going to come in and do. I just remember that he was a player from that 90s and 2000s era that was so exciting. "I remember being in with Ireland and Leinster had a play called 'Brumbies'. Alan Gaffney had it with Leinster then it came in as an Ireland play. It was a tip of the cap to how innovative that team was, with George Gregan, Larkham, Joe Roff, Stirling Mortlock and those sort of guys. "For the guy that was the brains of that Brumbies team to come over to Munster, if I was a fan I would have been buzzing. They've been grand, but I expected better than grand."Larkham still has the remainder of the season to help Munster to some silverware, their first since 2011. If he can leave, not long after a trophy is held aloft by a Munster captain, he may be remembered more fondly yet. WATCH THAT EPISODE HERE:
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