Munster v Exeter

Exeter Chiefs take on Munster in the first leg of the last 16 knockout round of the European Heineken Champions Cup.

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Munster will take on Exeter in the Champions Cup without captain Peter O'Mahony and out-half Joey Carbery, who are both ruled out with injury.

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Rory Scannell in action against Exeter during the pre-season clash at Sandy Park. Inpho. Munster face Exeter Chiefs on Saturday evening at Sandy Park in the ...

Progress to the quarter-finals will be decided by aggregate scores over two legs. Munster face Exeter Chiefs on Saturday evening at Sandy Park in the first-ever weekend of Champions Cup two-legged knock-out fixtures. Munster face Exeter Chiefs on Saturday evening at Sandy Park in the first-ever weekend of Champions Cup two-legged knock-out fixtures.

Munster head to the south-west of England for the first leg of their last 16 clash with Exeter Chiefs.

Exeter are struggling, and Munster are in the ascendancy The Chiefs are now down to 13-men Exeter isolate farrell, get him stuck in a 2v1 situation, Woodburn powers towards the line and Earls somehow forces a knock on one metre out from the line. Munster couldn't reduce the deficit any further and will be happy enough to only trail by five points, heading into next weeks second leg tie at Thomond Park. Munster started to dominate the breakdown and after some ill-discipline from Exeter, the Chiefs suddenly found themselves down to 13-men after two yellow cards. In an absorbing contest at Sandy Park, Exeter just about got the better of Munster in a truly dramatic Heineken Champions Cup last 16 tie.

Exeter Chiefs: Stuart Hogg; Olly Woodburn, Henry Slade, Ian Whitten, Tom O'Flaherty, Joe Simmonds, Sam Maunder, Alec Hepburn, Alex Yeandle, Harry Williams, ...

All the build-up to the European Heineken Champions Cup game, live play-by-play action, reaction, highlights, interviews, analysis and stats from Sandy ...

Munster take the three points. Olly Woodburn shown the yellow card! We’ve seen it a few times this season. Keith Earls powers down the line and feeds Daly for a fine finish. Incredible! Henry Slade flies out of the line looking for an intercept try. Exe must be so frustrated with that. 13-8 13-8 Exeter end the game pounding the Munster line but, for the third time today, they are held up. 13-8 13-8 Your number will not be used for any purpose other than to update you on all things Exeter Chiefs.

AN INJURY hampered Munster travel to take on Exeter in the European Champions Cup this weekend.The Irish province will be without the likes of Peter O.

What happened the last time the two sides met? What are the odds? What are the teams? Exeter, meanwhile, are at 3/10 to emerge victorious on home soil, while the draw is at 18/1. When is it on and what time is throw-in? What TV channel is it on and can I stream it?

MUNSTER HAVE BEEN dealt another blow ahead of their Champions Cup clash with Exeter at Sandy Park this evening [KO 5.30pm, BT Sport] after left wing Simon ...

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Munster traveled to Exeter this evening in the Heineken Champions Cup round of 16 first leg with the English giants down a number of key players.

Exeter came close to winning the Gallagher Premiership last year, eventually finishing second. Zebo joins the likes of Irish stars Peter O’Mahony, Joy Carberry and Andrew Conway on the injury list for today’s game. Johan van Gran’s side was already down several men due to injury.

Exeter Chiefs may rue their inability to convert a number of excellent chances as a battling Munster limited their opponents' advantage to 13-8 going into the second leg of their Champions Cup tie. The Irishmen have a number of injuries to contend with ...

Registering is free, faster than Jonny May, and also gets you access to commenting, personalisation, and competitions. Munster’s goal line defence was incredible, however, and forced the Chiefs into errors in the 22. You have 1 article left before you need to join up to read more. They were the only points of a tight third quarter, with Exeter then losing Woodburn, who was yellow-carded following an arm to the head of a Munster player, and Schickerling following foul play near his own line. It was still 13-3 in Exeter’s favour going into the final 15 minutes – Stuart Hogg and Ben Healy trading three-pointers – but the visitors scored a crucial try to keep the tie in the balance. The Irishmen have a number of injuries to contend with and it showed as they struggled to contain the English side, but they showed tremendous heart throughout.

A severely depleted Munster side hung on for a 13-8 defeat to Exeter at Sandy Park in the first leg of their Heineken Champions Cup last-16 clash.

Exeter defended magnificently with Woodburn and Schickerling off, and they almost added a third try during the dying seconds, but Keith Earls tracked back to deny Woodburn, who knocked on after making a clean break. They were the only points of a tight third quarter, with Exeter then losing Woodburn, who was yellow-carded following an arm to the head of Niall Scannell, and Schickerling following foul play near his own line. Exeter responded to that double setback superbly, though, when Hogg dropped a goal – the first of his career – from just inside Munster’s half and restored a 10-point gap. Exeter continued to dominate in terms of possession and territory, and they almost claimed a second try midway through the half when skipper Jack Yeandle almost burrowed his way over. But injury-hit Munster rallied after Exeter were reduced to 13 men for a quarter of the second period when wing Olly Woodburn and replacement prop Patrick Schickerling received yellow cards in rapid succession. A severely depleted Munster side hung on for a 13-8 defeat to Exeter at Sandy Park in the first leg of their Heineken Champions Cup last-16 clash.

Exeter Chiefs: Stuart Hogg; Olly Woodburn, Henry Slade, Ian Whitten, Tom O'Flaherty, Joe Simmonds, Sam Maunder, Alec Hepburn, Alex Yeandle, Harry Williams, ...

Johann van Graan's squad for the trip to the English south-west had already lost captain Peter O'Mahony and fellow Ireland internationals Tadhg Beirne, Joey ...

Johann van Graan’s squad for the trip to the English south-west had already lost captain Peter O’Mahony and fellow Ireland internationals Tadhg Beirne, Joey Carbery, Andrew Conway, Gavin Coombes and Dave Kilcoyne to injury for this away opener of a back-to-back tie to be decided on aggregate scores. : S Buckley, J Wycherley, J Ryan, J Jenkins, T Ahern, C Casey, R Scannell, J O’Sullivan.: S Buckley, J Wycherley, J Ryan, J Jenkins, T Ahern, C Casey, R Scannell, J O’Sullivan. : M Haley; K Earls, C Farrell, D de Allende, S Daly; B Healy, C Murray; J Loughman, N Scannell, S Archer; J Kleyn, F Wycherley; J O’Donoghue - captain, J Hodnett, A Kendellen.: M Haley; K Earls, C Farrell, D de Allende, S Daly; B Healy, C Murray; J Loughman, N Scannell, S Archer; J Kleyn, F Wycherley; J O’Donoghue - captain, J Hodnett, A Kendellen.

England trio Henry Slade, Sam Simmonds and Harry Williams return to the Exeter line-up to face Munster.

"If you perform like that, nine times out of 10, you win the game, and we've won the game. "There were a lot of small margins in the game, and we need to be accurate for 80 minutes." You can't win it in the first leg, but you can certainly lose it, and we feel we are still in it for next week at home. In addition to Carbery and O'Mahony, the visitors were also missing the influential Tadhg Beirne and wing Simon Zebo, the latter pulling out with illness on the morning of the match. But Munster fought back with a Ben Healy penalty and a try for wing Shane Daly while the hosts were down to 13. Stuart Hogg scorched in for a long-range score for the hosts with just five minutes on the clock.

Munster and Exeter Chiefs are set up for a massive Champions Cup round of 16 second leg at Thomond Park on Saturday at 3pm after an epic encounter at Sandy ...

Munster made the two-man advantage pay on 66 minutes when Daly finished superbly in the left corner. Craig Casey dived for the line but was just short on 70 minutes but it was a Munster advantage for an Exeter offside as Woodburn returned with Exeter back to 14. Munster, however, were pinged for obstruction off the five-metre lineout and then O’Donoghue was harshly pinged at the lineout to give 13-man Exeter a lineout deep in Munster territory. O’Sullivan came up with a big jackal on Stuart Hogg to give Munster a rare attacking opportunity with Healy kicking into the Exeter 22 but the hosts spoiled the lineout. John Hodnett came up with a big jackal on 17 minutes in the Munster 22 before Alex Kendellen, on his first European start, was harshly pinged at the breakdown on 23 minutes with Exeter going to the corner. It was the turn of Exeter’s defence to thwart Munster in the final quarter before a late Exeter surge nearly yielded a third try but both sides had to settle for a 13-8 result.

Exeter dominated this Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 first leg but had only two first-half tries and a second-half drop goal from Stuart Hogg to show ...

This time the lineout stuck, Munster went through the phases and eked a penalty in front of the posts, meat and drink for Healy to get his team on the scoreboard at 10-3 after 57 minutes. The two-legged nature of this contest made every point worth fighting for and no-one fought harder than Keith Earls on 77 minutes to deny opposite number Woodburn a try by holding him up in the in-goal area. Woodburn returned to add to the home rearguard and the extra man helped to drive Munster back to stir the Chiefs’ supporters. Simmonds just missed his conversion but his side were 10-0 to the good at half-time with a man advantage for the first seven minutes of the second half. Another penalty brought a similar opportunity from just inside the Exeter half and Healy gained some distance with the kick to put his pack eight metres from the home tryline. It came from a free-kick after the Munster pack closed the gap at a lineout, the Chiefs catching the visitors flat-footed as left wing Tom O’Flaherty came off his touchline and burst out of midfield to feed Hogg who raced into the right corner to score.