• Munster 19-31 LeicesterThe history of this fixture features some remarkable and unlikely wins away from domestic for both teams,so Munster will be clinging to that going to Welford Road on Sunday for the return leg. And hanging on is what they are doing now. The figure three features large for both teams: the Reds have lost three in a row between Pro12 and Champions Cup, and their interest in the latter is now very difficult for them to sustain with trips to Leicester and Paris to come. The Tigers on the other hand are three from three in this competition. And looking very happy approximately it.
Filling Welford Road is hardly a novel event, or but it will be made easier next weekend by the input of the travelling Munster fans. Self-styled The dauntless and Faithful,it’s at times like this they earn their title. Their team played loads of rugby in the first half at a bitterly cold Thomond Park, where 22261 showed up, and had very diminutive to note for it.
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Source: theguardian.com