A second half “wonder try” by Munster’s Andrew Conway was the difference between the two sides in a scrappy game at Thomond Park on Saturday evening.

Didn’t get watching this one so it’s a basic summary below.

John Cooney opened the scoring with a penalty on the fourth minute. However, Munster were in front ten minutes later after a fluffed clearance kick from Jacob Stockdale eventually ended with CJ Stander barging over for the opening try. JJ Hanrahan converted.

Cooney and Tyler Bleyendaal swapped penalties over the next ten minuets to push the score along to 10 – 6 for Munster and the home side increased their lead before the break with Rory Scannell touching down after a period of pressure in Ulster territory. the conversion was missed leaving the score at 15 – 6 as the teams changed ends.

Ulster made the most of the opening exchanges in the second half with Herring battling over at the back of a maul. Cooney converted and minutes later the Ulster player stepped up to knock over a penalty to give Ulster a 15 – 16 lead.

Conway’s moment came on the 65th minute, the winger breaking from the half way line to embarrass the Ulster defence and score under the posts. Bleyendaal converted to move the score along to 22- 16 with 14 minutes left.

There were a few chances in the final throws of the game but neither side were able to successfully execute and the game ended without further score.

Teams

MUNSTER: Mike Haley, Andrew Conway, Chris Farrell, Rory Scannell, Liam Coombes, JJ Hanrahan, Alby Mathewson, James Cronin, Niall Scannell, John Ryan, Jean Kleyn, Billy Holland, Peter O’Mahony, Chris Cloete, CJ Stander. Replacements: Jeremy Loughman, Kevin O’Byrne, Stephen Archer, Fineen Wycherley, Jack O’Donoghue, Conor Murray, Tyler Bleyendaal, Arno Botha.

ULSTER: Matt Faddes, Robert Lyttle, Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, Angus Curtis, John Cooney, Jack McGrath, Rob Herring, Marty Moore, Alan O’Connor, Sam Carter, Sean Reidy, Jordi Murphy, Nick Timoney. Replacements: Adam McBurney, Eric O’Sullivan, Tom O’Toole, Kieran Treadwell, Matthew Rea, Dave Shanahan, Bill Johnston, Robert Baloucoune