MUNSTER suffered a 31-19 loss to Leicester Tigers tonight in Thomond Park in round 3 of the Champions Cup. First half tries from Goneva and Fitzgerald had Leicester leading 18-6 at the break.
Munster did reply early in the second half, with a five pointer from Conor Murray, but 18-14 was as close as the hosts got to the impressive Tigers outfit.
A break away try from Ben Youngs followed up by two penalties from Bell left Leicester chasing a bonus point win, with Munster struggling to keep the score down.
The return fixture next Sunday evening in Welford Road will now be a must win for Munster should they have any hope of reaching the last eight.
MOTM was Lachlan Mc Caffrey.
Teams:
Munster: Conway, Earls, Saili, Hurley, Zebo, Keatley, Murray, Cronin, Scannell, Botha, Foley, D Ryan, Copeland, O’Callaghan, Stander. Subs: Sherry, Kilcoyne, J Ryan, Chisholm, O’Donoghue, O’Leary, R Scannell, Amorosino.
Leicester: Veainu, Thompstone, Smith, Bai, Goneva, Williams, B Youngs, Ayerza, T Youngs, Cole, Kitchener, Fitzgerald, Slater, O’Connor, Mc Caffrey. Subs: Thacker, Aguero, Balmain, Barrow, Pearce, Harrison, Bell, Camacho.
