No.8 CJ Stander peeled off the back and his strength powered the Munster forward through Leinster’s half-backs and over the line. Byrne again delivered with the difficult conversion and with 45 minutes gone, the home side were 15 points to the good at 27-12. Munster fought back again, first through a long-range Carbery penalty. Then, once more, it was the forwards who unlocked an otherwise excellent Leinster defence, converting pressure into penalties and turning the screw through its scrummaging. And yet again, anything Carbery did, Byrne matched, his penalty 10 minutes from time widening the gap once more for Leinster, this time enough see off a game Munster effort.

Source: Evening echo October 06, 2018 19:07 UTC