Munster vs Bulls

When you're on six points after four games, and spluttering along outside the top eight of the URC, the margin for error must feel like aiming for a crack ...

Finally, and in the worst conditions of the campaign so far, they delivered what they could not on balmy evenings. With less than two minutes remaining the Bulls went in search of seven points when offered a penalty well within the range of Johan Goosen, who had nailed one on 11 minutes to give his team the lead. His back to back touchdowns in an eight-minute spell in the second quarter turned a 3-3 game - Carbery had squared things 21 minutes in with a penalty - into a 17-3 advantage. It lifted the crowd at a key moment, and while his flawless shooting off the tee helped him over the line to the man of the match award, there was a lot of other good stuff besides. In between they had got the supporters onside with the Coombes Close-In show. He was handed the chance by replacement out-half Chris Smith who had only come on a few minutes earlier, and promptly made a woeful mess.