Munster v Benetton
Venue: Musgrave Park, Cork.
Kick-off: 7.35pm.
On TV: Live on TG4 and Premier Sport
Munster return home to relatively unfamiliar pastures in recent times but no doubt also grateful to be back playing at sea level. Two losing points was a scant return from so much punishing effort in the heat and altitude of Pretoria and particularly trying conditions in Johannesburg, but despite a six-day turnaround their need for a maximum return against Benetton is acute.
Those losses on their South African safari, which at least were played, has left them fourth in the table, a point behind Glasgow and seven and eight adrift of Ulster and Leinster.
What’s more Munster host Leinster in a week’s time before their European last 16 two-legged tie with Exeter, and then face Ulster (away), Cardiff (home) and …

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