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Munster Victorious at Arms Park

4th November 2005 By Munster Rugby

Munster Victorious at Arms Park

Munster claimed their first Celtic League win at the Arms Park in a scrappy tie, beating the Cardiff blues 16-18.

Munster claimed their first Celtic League win at the Arms Park in a scrappy tie, beating the Cardiff blues 16-18.

With both sides missing 11 players, attacking chances were few as the Blues’ Lee Thomas and Munster’s Paul Burke shared six first-half penalties.

Burke added two more kicks, then Jeremy Manning extended the lead with another.

Munster held out when prop Federico Pucciariello was sin-binned. Late on, Marc Stcherbina’s fine converted try for the Blues set up an exciting end.

The capital side could not follow it up, though, and had to be content with a losing bonus point.

SCORERS:

Blues (9) 16
Try: Stcherbina
Con: L Thomas
Pens: L Thomas (3)

Munster (9) 18
Pens: Burke (5), Manning

TEAMS:

Cardiff Blues:
Warren, R. Williams, J. Robinson, Stcherbina, Morgan, L. Thomas, R. Powell, M. Jones, G. Williams, B. Evans, D. Jones, Goode, Schubert, Molitika, A. Powell.

Replacements: Dewdney for Warren (67), Quinnell for Goode (62), Lewis for Molitika (86). Not Used: Llewellyn, Goodfield, W. Evans, Davies.

Munster:
Manning, Kelly, Connolly, Halstead, Pitout, Burke, O’Leary, Roche, Flannery, Pucciariello, Hogan, O’Driscoll, O’Sullivan, Wallace, S. Keogh.

Replacements: Payne for Burke (56). Not Used: Buckley, Fogarty, S. O’Connor, J. O’Connor, Prendergast, B. Murphy.

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