Comeback win will stand to Munster - Graham Rowntree

Munster head coach Graham Rowntree believes his side will benefit from their come-from-behind win over Ulster as they turn towards the play-offs, having secured the top seed for the BKT United Rugby Championship knockouts.

The defending champions came from 24-14 down to edge past Ulster 29-24 in a thrilling Thomond Park interpro, securing home advantage throughout the play-offs, and setting up a quarter-final against Ospreys next Friday.

"It will stand to us," the Munster coach said, after they claimed their ninth win in a row in the competition.

"There's plenty of bits to review, but a lot of our errors were individual errors, and then it was composure in the last 10 metres of the field.

"I'm delighted with our attitude there, we went for the corner, mauled them over, our scrum was in good nick and we used it as a good platform for penalties. It will stand to us.

"It wasn't perfect, we go into the play-offs Friday night, we have a few sore bodies, we'll see how they pulled through and name a team in the middle of the week."

Ulster had been the better side before Munster unloaded their bench in the second half, and the introduction of Gavin Coombes, Oli Jager, Tom Ahern and John Hodnett was instrumental, as the home side's set-piece got on top, and their extra power saw them secure quick ruck ball which stretched Ulster in the final 25 minutes.

Tries for Calvin Nash and Shane Daly got them within reach of Ulster, before Eoghan Clark finished off a well-worked maul to nudge Munster ahead with just over 10 minutes to go, while Jack Crowley's late penalty was the insurance score.

"We found a way, it's an overused expression, but we found a way to win the game.

"The bench was big again. When you go 6:2 [split] and lose a back [Rory