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Top spot pleases McGahan

Image: McGahan: Content with top spot

Munster coach Tony McGahan is happy to see his side on top of Pool One ahead of back-to-back clashes with Perpignan.

Warwick believes Irish province are still "a work in progress"

Munster coach Tony McGahan has warned his side that they face tougher challenges ahead in the Heineken Cup after their 41-10 win over Treviso. The Magners League side bounced back from their loss away to Northampton with a bonus-point triumph over the Italians. Tries from Brendan Williams and Andrew Vilk gave Treviso a shock 10-0 lead after 25 minutes before Munster reeled off 41 points without reply. The win puts McGahan's side top of Pool One ahead of back-to-back clashes with Perpignan when the competition resumes in December.

Difficult situation

"To be sitting last in the pool coming into this game and to have six points now, we are happy with that," he said. "But we realise that, come December, Perpignan in back-to-back games is going to be a difficult situation. "We have put ourselves in as good a position as we could have given where we came from in the past two weeks." Full-back Paul Warwick, who scored one of the home side's seven tries, feels Munster are improving, though he insists they are still a "work in progress". "We are certainly improving. It is a slow process, obviously," he said. "In terms of that game we knew that if we were doing the right things at the 60-minute mark we could wear them down.
Improvement
"People were talking about a shock result at half-time and things like that, but we did not have any sense of panic. "We knew Treviso would pose a good threat to us across the field and they really stuck it to us. They took the opportunities and capitalised on a lot of our mistakes. "Today's performance was a step in the right direction. There are facets of the game which were good and areas which need a lot of improvement. "We're confident we are heading in the right direction but are still a work in progress."