Munster v Scarlets

The Scarlets welcome back Wales internationals Johnny Williams, Tom Rogers and Josh Macleod as they head to Cork to face Munster on Friday night.

Still, the Scarlets kept coming and Sione Kalamafoni got over after scooping up a loose ball. Try Munster! The comeback started with second-row Vaea Fifita racing away to score after being put in space from an inside ball. After the Scarlets lost Wales international Johnny McNicholl to injury, things got worse as Shane Daly crossed out wide on 25 minutes. After just three minutes, Antoine Frisch got his hands free in the tackle to release full-back Patrick Campbell for the opening score. In the last round of URC action, the Irish province had hammered the Ospreys 58-3 and it appeared early on that a similar thrashing was on the cards. Try Scarlets! Try Scarlets 35-14

With just three games remaining after this weekend Munster are looking to make a push into the top four to give themselves a favourable quarter-final draw. We ...

The team in full is, Given all this, it will be a very difficult task to come to Cork and win but they'll take confidence in the calibre of players absent from Munster and try exploit the inexperience. The team in full is: Fifth-place Munster come into this fixture missing a large chunk of their squad to Six Nations duty and with plenty to play for with preferential quarter-final draws for the top four teams. We have all the info on how to watch Munster v Scarlets right here, as well all the latest team news and what to expect from both sides. Despite both sides missing players on Six Nations duty, fifth-place Munster are heavy favourites to overcome fourteenth-place Scarlets who have little left to play for.

Munster scored seven tries in a hectic 49-42 win against the Scarlets, and although their win keeps their drive for a top-four finish in the BKT United ...

Munster needed a spark, and they got it with the introduction of Snyman on 63 minutes, which brought Musgrave Park to its feet. Sam Costellow’s conversion brought it back to 28-7, but normal service was resumed before the break, when Munster got their fifth, Daly breaking through some tame tackling to weave his way under the posts to score. The Scarlets had won six in a row coming into this game, but there was a gulf between the sides in the opening quarter. A sixth Carbery conversion made it 42-14, with then out-half making way for Jack Crowley shortly after. On 10 minutes, they almost had another try when Kleyn lost control of the ball as he reached out to score, but it didn’t matter. Rowntree's side were comfortable in possession and moving through the phases, with big carries from Daly, Salanoa and Coombes, before some quick hands from Carbery saw them move the ball wide to Frisch.

Munster didn't take long to open the scoring with Patrick Campbell sauntering over in the right corner in the 3rd minute after being superbly put away by a ...

Jack Crowley and Daly combined to send Nash over for his second try in the 65th minute, but the biggest cheer of the night had come just before when RG Snyman made his first appearance for the club in seventeen months. Calvin Nash then slipped through a gap in the 13th minute after being fed by Paddy Patterson and they had the third try in the 23rd minute when Joey Carbery and Nash combined to send Shane Daly over in the left corner. The bonus point was secured in the 28th minute when Patterson sniped in for a simple try before Scarlets centre Joe Roberts got one back when he scored in the 35th minute, but Munster completed the first half scoring when Daly raced in for his second try after a clever pass by Carbery, to leave it 35-7 at the break.

World Cup winner RG Snyman made it back on to the field after almost a year and a half out through injury but his return was almost overshadowed at Musgrave ...

The second half was a much closer affair with Scarlets finding their groove. And with Munster opting to run at every opportunity there was little surprise when the hard-working Shane Daly got the first of his tries after 24 minutes and the bonus point was wrapped up three minutes later when scrumhalf Paddy Patterson skipped through a sleepy defence to score. Snyman was sprang from the bench after 63 minutes after the Welsh had crossed for two quick tries and the Springbok, like all his Munster team-mates, had to roll up their sleeves to secure a win which seemed a formality when they raced 28-0 in front after as many minutes.

Scarlets' produced a stirring second-half comeback to claim two bonus points in a pulsating United Rugby Championship clash with Munster at Musgrave Park.

- Cons: S. Kalamafoni, S. Fifita, S. Daly (2), P. Nash (2), S. Carbery (6), J. Costelow again added the extras. Costelow nailed the touchline conversion. Wing Calvin Nash added another before fellow speedster Shane Daly was freed out wide for the third. Coming into the match on the back of six straight wins, Scarlets’ momentum was rocked in the opening exchanges. Munster - tries: P.