Munster players and management looked relatively relieved to have emerged with zero match points rather than one, thus sending them to the Kingspan Stadium in the URC quarter-finals a fortnight hence rather than a return to the high veld and a date with the Bulls, where they were beaten 29-24 10 weeks ago.
Yet repeating their victory in Belfast four weeks ago is liable to be a tougher assignment given Ulster were nursing a post-Toulouse hangover, and even then Munster would quite likely face a third trek to South Africa this season against the Bulls in Cape Town in the semi-finals.
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- May 23, 2022
