Toulouse beat Munster in penalty shootout with sides tied at 24-24 after extra time at Aviva Stadium; Ben Healy (twice) and Conor Murray miss place-kicks for Munster as Toulouse triumph 4-2 in Dublin; Toulouse will now face Leinster in semi-final
By Michael Cantillon
Last Updated: 07/05/22 8:21pm
Toulouse celebrate their shootout win over Munster in the European Champions Cup quarter-final
Defending European champions Toulouse progressed to the semi-finals in dramatic fashion as they registered a penalty shooutout victory over Munster in Dublin, after the match had finished 24-24.
Played in front of over 40,000 supporters at the Aviva Stadium due to Thomond Park being unavailable as a result of Ed Sheeran concerts at the venue, Munster scored tries through Alex Kendellen, Keith Earl and Mike Haley, as they led by 10 points until 14 minutes to go, and by three until four minutes to play.Indeed, the injury-enforced exit of skipper Peter O’Mahony – later named player of the match – with Munster still ahead by 10 proved critical. Matthis Lebel (two) and Romain Ntamack scored tries for Toulouse, with full-back Thomas Ramos adding three conversions and a penalty.No points were shared during extra time, with Munster missing two drop-goal attempts through Ben Healy and Ramos missing for Toulouse, and as the sides were already level on tries scored, place-kicks proved the decider.Having nominated three kickers each, Munster missed three of their five attempts through Healy (twice) and Conor Murray, with Toulouse landing four via Antoine Dupont (two), Ntamack and Ramos. Toulouse’s Antoine Dupont scored twice in the shootout Shorn of five starters in prop Dave Kilcoyne (neck), second row Tadhg Beirne (thigh), No 8 Gavin Coombes (ankle), flanker John Hodnett (knee) …