HIGHLIGHTS | Munster hand Glasgow Warriors URC defeat in Cork

Munster ran in six tries to oust Glasgow Warriors in an entertaining contest in front of a full house at Musgrave Park on Friday night.

Graham Rowntree’s Munster side got back on track in the URC on Friday night, as they overcame top of the table Glasgow Warriors in Musgrave Park on a score of 40-29.

Player of the Match Tom Ahern led the way with a brace of tries but Glasgow produced five tries of their own, all coming from the maul.

Munster, who were bidding to bounce back from their loss to Leinster, got on top from the start and ran in three excellent tries in the opening 16 minutes.

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Edwin Edogbo took his haul to three this season when he drove over after three penalties to the left corner after seven minutes after Gavin Coombes was stopped just short of the line.

Jack Crowley converted for the perfect start and Munster would take control of the game from here on.

Full-back Shane Daly chipped over the cover for 6’9” Ahern to catch and get over in the left corner.

Crowley was this time unable to add the extras but his next conversion was successful when Munster struck for their third try with another flowing movement getting captain Diarmuid Barron in for his tenth Munster try.

Despite Glasgow replying with a try of their own, Munster finished the half strongly and secured the bonus point when Ahern was out wide again to score after good work from Antoine Frisch and Coombes to lead 26-5 at the break.

Alex Nankivell got his first Munster try when he took a direct line to score while they had a penalty advantage. Crowley converted to make it 33-10 after 49 minutes.

Glasgow put up somewhat of a fightback with a number of second half tries, but Munster did not panic and they killed off any notions of the comeback when John Hodnett tapped a penalty and drove over after 66 minutes.

Warriors got in for a fifth try in the closing minutes when replacement hooker Angus Fraser squeezed over to score.

Munster: Shane Daly; Calvin Nash, Antoine Frisch, Alex Nankivell, Seán O’Brien; Jack Crowley (Rory Scannell, 70), Craig Casey (Conor Murray, 61); Jeremy Loughman (Dave Kilcoyne, 52), Diarmuid Barron (Scott Buckley, 44), Stephen Archer (Oli Jager, 52); Edwin Edogbo (Fineen Wycherley, 62), Tadhg Beirne; Tom Ahern (Alex Kendellen, 57), John Hodnett, Gavin Coombes.