Timing is right for Munster to correct Aviva record
There's a feeling in the air that Munster have got their timing right, both on and off the pitch.
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There's a feeling in the air that Munster have got their timing right, both on and off the pitch.
Perhaps these two-legged knockout ties will catch on. The suspense of a tight, tense and relentlessly physical contest was prolonged into the final minutes in Limerick when it remained impossible to call a winner; at least until Damian de Allende’s try, eight minutes from time, that proved the knockout blow. Munster emerge battered but victorious from a high-class collision between unstoppable force and immovable object, and with a last-eight match against either Ulster or Toulouse looming into view.
Peter O'Mahony, Joey Carbery and Simon Zebo have all been restored to the Munster team for their crunch Heineken Champions Cup last 16 second leg against Exeter Chiefs tomorrow (3pm).
If perception is reality, the appointment of Graham Rowntree to head coach will have been a popular one in the Munster dressing room.
The 33-year-old Zimbabwean-born player joined Exeter from the Stormers in 2013 and went on to play 193 games for the Chiefs, scoring 37 tries.
Exeter will take a narrow lead to Limerick next weekend after edging out Munster 13-8 in a tense Heineken Champions Cup round-of-16 clash at Sandy Park.
Rory McIlroy's kept himself in contention heading into the weekend's action at the Masters.
A near flawless second round of 68 has propelled Shane Lowry into the role of genuine contender at the Masters.