Munster's actual average PPE this season is 2.43 — below the elite benchmark of 2.8. Eight of their 15 games fell under that threshold, and the cost is significant: +73.9 points left on the pitch across the season, or roughly +4.9 pts/game.
Of those eight underperforming games, two are particularly striking because they were decided by small margins: the home loss to Leinster (8–13) and the home loss to Castres (29–31). A 2.8 PPE floor in both would flip both results, moving Munster from 8W–7L to 10W–5L.
The Bath away defeat (14–40) and Ulster away loss (3–28) would not be rescued by improved red-zone efficiency alone — those were matches where volume was also an issue. The real prize is in high-entry, low-conversion games like Edinburgh (11 entries @ 1.8 PPE) and Connacht (11 entries @ 1.5 PPE) where the ball is getting in but not converting.