Yet repeated breakdown indiscipline led to a referee’s warning for Castres as Munster piled pressure on their line and the next penalty saw Whitehouse yellow card centre Thomas Combezou on 31 minutes. Replacement prop Daniel Kotze followed him within a minute of coming on midway through the second half as the Castres scrum capitulated and conceded a penalty Munster more than deserved. Penalties conceded: Munster 6 Castres 18Injuries: Munster lost Dave Kilcoyne to an early injury, the loosehead prop hobbling off on 17 minutes to put his Ireland Six Nations involvement in doubt. Opting for a scrum, Munster flung the ball wide through Conor Murray, Rory Scannell and Zebo to put ace-poacher Earls over in the left corner. CJ Stander was held up on a bulldozing drive past the line, but a bout of scrum pressure saw Castres leak a succession of penalties.

Source: Evening echo January 21, 2018 18:00 UTC