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Dave Kilcoyne: Munster have so much potential for growth

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Dave Kilcoyne believes it is only a matter of time before the work Munster are doing in training is replicated in matches.The Ireland prop rates the new coaching ticket's high-tempo approach to training as among the best he has experienced.Munster registered their first win of the Graham Rowntree era against Zebre on Saturday but it was another but the overriding feeling at the final whistle was frustration after they went scoreless for the final 52 minutes and missed out on a try bonus point."They need to evolve their game - expand their game and cut out the errors" @Munsterrugby @TheRealEddieOS @darrencave13 #rterugby #againstthehead pic.twitter.com/R4MUFViULIThey remain a work in progress but Kilcoyne is adamant they are heading in the right direction."If you look at how we're training this year, I've been at Munster a long, long time and we are training at a tempo that I've never trained at with Munster before," said Kilcoyne."Our sessions are excellent in terms of putting skills under pressure at high tempo, and that's what we need."I think it definitely took us a while to get used to it.

We're slowly getting into it."The relief [at beating Zebre], we're happy enough with the win. We wanted the bonus point, there's no point in shying away from that.

I thought at half-time we would have."But as I've already alluded to, the growth prospect is huge inside so that's what we're all trying to do - fulfil that potential."Where are the supporting cast at @Munsterrugby?, asks @TheRealEddieOS #rterugby againstthehead pic.twitter.com/xWUFtk89wDKilcoyne got another 49 minutes under his belt against Zebre, with Rowntree remarking that the 33-year-old is in the best shape of his career.Having been sidelined for seven months with

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