Toulouse vs Munster

Ben Healy of Munster before the Heineken Champions Cup Pool B Round 4 match between Toulouse and Munster at Stade Ernest Wallon in Toulouse, France.

Kenneth Fox. Munster are in Heineken Champions Cup action this afternoon. They are away to French giants Toulouse from 3:15pm.

MLK Invitational she ran the indoor 200m in a winning time of 22.5-2 seconds. It was a closely fought-contest for much of the game, before the Kilkenny side finally began to pull away in final minutes. Eoin Cody was man-of-the-match, hitting 1-4 on the day in Croke Park. Representing University of Texas in Albuquerque in the Dr. Leona Maguire is in a tie for 16th ahead of her final round at the LPGA’s Tournament of Champions. Kilkenny’s Ballyhale Shamrocks are All-Ireland club champions for the ninth time, after overcoming Dunloy of Antrim in the AIB Club Hurling Championship Final by a scoreline of 1-22 to 1-15.

Toulouse continue their unbeaten run in the Heineken Champions Cup with a hard-fought 20-16 win over Munster at the Stade Ernest Wallon.

Fly-half Joey Carbery, who missed out on Andy Farrell's Six Nations squad, skewed the conversion wide. Toulouse are set to play the Bulls in the last 16, while Munster will travel to South Africa to face the Sharks. Toulouse continued their unbeaten run in the Heineken Champions Cup with a hard-fought 20-16 win over Munster at the Stade Ernest Wallon.

Graham Rowntree's side scored a stunning second-half try through Tadhg Beirne.

And that was that as Munster were unable to get down the other end of the pitch to find a dramatic late score. After a good kick down the right by Ntamack found touch over the head of Daly, the Munster maul was pinged for obstruction ahead of the ball. The scrum-half dummy-kicked to beat Mallia and race into the 22, where Carbery launched a cross-field kick out to Hodnett on the right. With [Laya Healthcare](https://www.layahealthcare.ie/), official health and wellbeing partner to Leinster, Munster and Connacht Rugby. Their pack dealt with the initial maul effort, then they dug in against the power of carriers like the gigantic Emmanuel Meafou, allowing Ryan to pounce for a precious breakdown penalty. Munster rose to the challenge. John Hodnett was everywhere in a try-scoring performance in the number seven shirt, one of many positives for Munster. Things had looked ominous for Munster in the early exchanges. The Toulouse maul rumbled, Marchand made metres off the back of it, Dupont sniped, the big men carried powerfully, then Pita Ahki swung the ball wide right to wing Mallía, who beat Shane Daly’s tackle attempt and finished past Mike Haley. To his credit, Carbery ate some serious punishment from the big Toulouse forwards, taking hit after hit and always getting up to throw himself back into the mix. Hooker Julien Marchand was player of the match as he destroyed Munster’s breakdown. It was one of their great tries as Tadhg Beirne finished after a stunning, sweeping passage.

Munster came up just short in their Heineken Cup champions Cup clash with Toulouse yesterday afternoon but they may be lamenting what could have been had ...

TMO in France…….same every year….pointless even talking about it at this stage. But two late Jaminet penalties sealed victory for the home side, leaving Munster now with a tough away trip to South Africa against the Sharks in the last 16. -

Mike Haley sustained an ankle injury and will be assessed by the medical department. Malakai Fekitoa made his first Champions Cup appearance for Munster.

Tadhg Beirne scored the second Munster try on 49 minutes as the province took the lead for the first time thanks to a brilliant team move. Fekitoa, Gavin Coombes, Shane Daly and Craig Casey all offloaded in a flowing move down the left wing. Carbery pulled the conversion wide from a tricky angle but Munster were back in it at 11-5. Down to 14 men, Munster continued to battle but the boot of Jaminet had the final say as he kicked two more penalties in the final 10 minutes to clinch the victory for Toulouse despite a fine Munster performance. Munster won a huge scrum penalty after Tadhg Beirne dropped the restart and when Toulouse were pinged at the breakdown, Carbery kicked his first penalty to make it 11-8. Toulouse made a dominant start and Jaminet kicked an early penalty after Peter O’Mahony was pinged at the breakdown as Toulouse were the better side at the breakdown in the opening half hour.

Ben Healy of Munster before the Heineken Champions Cup Pool B Round 4 match between Toulouse and Munster at Stade Ernest Wallon in Toulouse, France.