Craig Casey was happy with his night's work after grabbing a brace in Munster’s demolition job on Dragons.
Johann van Graan’s side ran in ten tries against their hapless Welsh opponents, who have now lost nine in a row against Munster.
Casey and Gavin Coombes were released from Ireland’s mini-training camp this week to get some game time in the United Rugby Championship.
The scrum-half didn’t feature in the opening two games of the Guinness Six Nations but came on as a replacement in the 57-6 win over Italy last Sunday.
Asked if he was proving a point with his all-action performance in the 64-3 win, Casey told TG4: "You can say that but it’s all about getting back into the system and trying to play to the team’s ability, not trying to force your hand too much, that’s when things go wrong.
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"Obviously [you want to] play your best like every week and just being calm under pressure and hopefully I was tonight.
"Coming home to Munster, it’s easy enough, you’ve been there the whole season and the lads are very accommodating, they fill you in.
"I got the plays, got up to speed and Jack Crowley helped me along so it was good and hopefully now build for the next two games of the Six Nations."
Munster, who moved to third in the standings with the bonus-point win, travel to South Africa this morning for their rearranged games against the Vodacom Bulls and the Emirates Lions.
Head coach van Graan said: "We had some very good individual performances from our side.
"It was important to get a good win before we go on tour from certain guys who want to get back into the national team.
"Obviously, Chris Farrell, Craig Casey, Gavin Coombes, Mike Haley, guys that are pushing it.
"Josh Wycherley had his first start, I thought Alex Kendellen was excellent from the bench for that 40. Really good effort from everybody involved.
"[It’s a] massive challenge, the Bulls at Loftus will be big, the Lions. I think all the South African teams came here in the cold, now we’ve got to go to the heat.
"I looked at the temperatures, it will be hot in South Africa, you’ve got to deal with the altitude and Bulls and Lions teams that are very difficult to beat at Loftus and Ellis Park.
"It’s a great challenge for the lads, we’ll lose a few more players to the national team so we’ll see just before the flight who we have but we are really looking forward to the next two weeks to go and measure ourselves against the South African teams in their back yard."
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