Munster 35
Connacht 33

Thomond Park
Sat, 21 Sept · round 1

Tries
Nankivell, Haley, Hodnett, Coombes, Daly
Ioane, Murphy (2), Hawkshaw, Forde
Conversions
Burns (3), Butler (2)
Ioane (3), Forde
Yellow cards
Cordero

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Great season opener for me. Really thin margins, and no shame in the loss.

New 9/10 axis very exciting, let's hope we see more of that. Few gaps in Defence etc. but really very positive moving forward. Getting any points in Thomond is an achievement, we'll roll on from here.

Munster:
Mike Haley; Thaakir Abrahams, Tom Farrell, Alex Nankivell, Shane Daly; Billy Burns, Craig Casey; Jeremy Loughman, Diarmuid Barron (capt), John Ryan; Jean Kleyn, Fineen Wycherley; Ruadhán Quinn, John Hodnett, Gavin Coombes.

Replacements:
Niall Scannell, Josh Wycherley, Oli Jager, Jack O'Donoghue, Alex Kendellen, Ethan Coughlan, Tony Butler, Seán O’Brien.

Connacht:
Santiago Cordero; Mack Hansen, Piers O'Conor, Cathal Forde, Shayne Bolton; Josh Ioane, Ben Murphy; Denis Buckley, Dave Heffernan, Jack Aungier; Joe Joyce, Darragh Murray; Josh Murphy, Conor Oliver, Cian Prendergast (capt).

Replacements:
Dylan Tierney-Martin, Peter Dooley, Sam Illo, Oisín Dowling, Shamus Hurley-Langton, Caolin Blade, David Hawkshaw, Sean Jansen.

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