Champions Cup: Toulon 27 Munster 25Some familiar themes from Munster’s great European heritage emerged after this narrow defeat in France on Sunday afternoon. Yet from Munster’s point of view, the picture is only looking so hopeful thanks to the final-play intervention at Stade Felix Mayol when Jack Crowley and Ruadhan Quinn held up a diving Tomas Albornoz over the visitors’ tryline. Had Toulon’s Argentina fly-half scored, it would have delivered a try bonus point for the French club and taken away Munster’s losing bonus point in the process, making progress to the knockout stages all the more difficult. It was that reaction, from Crowley and Quinn, which helped to deliver that precious point away from home. A week on from a painful 28-3 URC loss at Ulster it was a much-improved performance for the Munster head coach to digest.

Source: Irish Examiner January 12, 2026 01:00 UTC