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Ciarán Kennedy Reports from Thomond Park Munster 35 Connacht 33 MUNSTER EDGED CONNACHT by two points in a thrilling URC round one interpro derby, with the two provinces sharing 10 tries across a highly entertaining encounter at Thomond Park.
With just under 15 minutes played and little in the way of scoring opportunites, Murphy cut Munster open with a clever bit of opportunistic play, peeling away from the base of a scrum to sear forward and hit winger Shayne Bolton, who in turn found Ioane, with the New Zealander doing well to score in the corner. Ioane stuck the resulting conversion attempt wide but his team were in the driving seat.
Moments later he was in. Munster broke through a fine piece of inventive play by Tom Farrell, who released an offload over his head to send Casey motoring for the line, but the scrum-half was hit hard by Connacht fullback Santiago Cordero, who received a yellow card for his troubles. With half-time approaching Connacht conjured up another moment of magic, Murphy releasing Ioane before taking the return pass to score another fine try. Cathal Forde converted and Connacht led 19-14 at the break.
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