| Edinburgh: (17) 17 |
| Tries: Dean, Graham, Ritchie; Con: Kinghorn |
| Munster: (14) 38 |
| Tries: Casey, R Scannell, Nash, Coombes, Carbery; Pen: Carbery; Cons: Carbery 5 |
Munster produced a powerful second-half exhibiting to come back from behind and dent Edinburgh’s good residence file within the United Rugby Championship.
Tries from Chris Dean, Darcy Graham, and Jamie Ritchie helped Edinburgh to a 17-14 lead on the break.
Craig Casey’s strive had saved Munster within the sport, and Rory Scannell and Calvin Nash scored both aspect of half-time to show the tide.
Then Gavin Coombes and Joey Carbery crossed as Munster eased to victory.
Their bonus-point win strikes Graham Rowntree’s aspect as much as seventh within the URC standings, whereas Edinburgh, who had been saved scoreless within the second half, keep fifth.
Either side paid tribute to the late Doddie Weir earlier than kick-off, after the previous Scotland worldwide died final week following his battle with motor neurone illness.
Followers turned out in tartan and held a minute’s applause for the Scottish rugby icon, and Edinburgh responded with a powerful begin.
Dean scampered previous the final defender and beneath the posts after Luke Crosbie punctured the Munster defence with a strong burst.
Then Graham continued his scintillating kind by choosing off Carbery’s dangerous move to dash 55m and rating within the nook as Edinburgh seemed set so as to add to their three residence wins from 4 this season.
However Munster scrum-half Casey sniped over from the fringes after a rolling lineout maul to scale back the deficit to 5 factors, earlier than Edinburgh put collectively a powerful transfer which ended with Ritchie barging over.
Blair Kinghorn missed the conversion for the second time, and Munster produced what would show the turning level on the stroke of half-time when Scannell squeezed over.
Carbery had an ideal night time with the boot and made it a three-point sport on the break and the guests got here out a distinct workforce within the second-half.
Carbery’s beautiful disguised move put Nash after two minutes, after which some robust operating allowed Coombes to energy previous the Edinburgh defence and clinch the bonus level.
And Munster eased in direction of the profitable line as fly-half Carbery stroked over a penalty and scored with the final play to take his private haul to 18 factors, and seal an essential victory.
Line-ups
Edinburgh: Goosen, Graham, Bennett, Dean, Van der Merwe, Kinghorn, Vellacott; Schoeman, Harrison, De Bruin, Hodgson, Gilchrist, Ritchie, Crosbie, Mata.
Replacements: Cruse, Venter, Nel, Sykes, Haining, Shiel, Van der Walt, Lang.
Munster: Daly, Nash, Frisch, Scannell, Zebo, Carbery, Casey; Loughman, Scannell, Ryan, Kleyn, Beirne, O’Mahony, Hodnett, Coombes.
Replacements: Barron, Wycherley, Salanoa, O’Donoghue, Kendellen, Patterson, Crowley, Campbell.
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
Assistants: Ian Kenny & Ross Mabon
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure
