Leinster defeated Munster 12-33 in Musgrave Park’s first preseason game of the 2023–24 season for the southern province.
In sweltering Cork, Munster took the lead through a touchdown from Scott Buckley that Tony Butler added the extra point. Leinster, though, rallied with 26 unanswered points to take a 7-26 lead into halftime.
Diarmuid Mangan’s score and Charlie Tector’s conversion brought Leinster’s advantage to 7-33, although the second half was considerably closer.
Stephen Kiely, a debutant for Munster, did manage to score a well-executed try in response, but it was too little, too late as Leinster went on to win. Munster rugby game on TV – Fixtures and Stream Today
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Kieran Ryan, Evan O’Connell, Shay McCarthy and Stephen Kiely made their senior Munster debuts.
Stephen Kiely scored a try on his debut in the second-half.
Munster’s next pre-season match is away to Connacht on Friday, September 22.
Munster are then back at Thomond Park for the visit of the Barbarians in a double-header with the Women’s team on Saturday, September 30. Buy tickets here.
Leinster were offside from their own clearing kick when Munster kicked off into the Sunday’s Well end, and they soon won a penalty. After two minutes of play, Scott Buckley crossed for the game’s first try after Tony Butler placed the ball into the corner.
Munster started up with a 7-0 lead as Butler successfully converted from the touchline.
Leinster received a lineout more than 10 meters away from the Munster line as a result of many penalty concessions from Munster. While Leinster made progress through the stages before Jason Jenkins crashed over for a score, Munster did well to halt the maul. With a little under 10 minutes remaining, Ciarán Frawley scored a conversion to tie the score.
