Ian Costello's Munster side did pick up a losing bonus point but they made qualification to the knock-out stages a little tougher for themselves due to an under-par, injury hit encounter in France
A bad night for Jack Crowley ended in defeat for Munster and more injury problems at the Stade Pierre Fabre.
But with the clock in the red the out of sorts out-half tried to get everything out of a penalty kick to the corner from just inside his own half, only to fail to find touch, with Jeremy Davidson's side celebrating as they maintained their unbeaten run at home. The first half hour was tough going for the Reds. Crowley failed to find touch with an early penalty - it set the tone for an error-strewn performance.
Munster lost Dian Bleuler in the 22nd minute to a HIA when he went to tackle down low and took a knee to the head, so veteran Dave Kilcoyne was into the game early in his first game back after 11 months out. He struggled late on as Castres' scrum became dominant. A Munster scrum win set up a line-out opportunity in Castres' 22 and Hodnett's unstoppable charge off line-out ball earned his side's first try. Crowley was successful with the conversion.
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