De Villiers scores as Munster win
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:09
Two second half Paul Warwick penalties added to two first half tries helped Munster to a 23-17 win over Scarlets in their Magners League encounter at Musgrave Park on Thursday.
The visitors had the ideal start when Rhys Priestland converted his own try after just two minutes of play.
However, the Munster response was immediate and Jean de Villiers scored his try just four minutes later, Warwick adding the extras.
Scarlets took the lead with a 37th-minute Priestland penalty, but Munster once again set the tone - Warwick converting a penalty that saw Deacon Manu yellow-carded and then backs and forwards combining in a move that ended with Coughlan crashing over.
The scorers:
For Munster:
Tries: De Villiers, Coughlan
Cons: Warwick 2
Pens: Warwick 3
For the Scarlets:
Try: Priestland
Pens:
Priestland 4
Yellow cards: Tommy O'Donnell (Munster, 77), Deacon Manu (Scarlets, 36)
Teams:
Munster: 15 Scott Deasy; 14 Doug Howlett, 13 Tom Gleeson, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Ian Dowling; 10 Paul Warwick, 9 Peter Stringer; 8 James Coughlan, 7 Niall Ronan, 6 Nick Williams, 5 Billy Holland; 4 Mick O'Driscoll (captain), 3 Julien Brugnaut; 2 Damien Varley, 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements: 16 Denis Fogarty, Donnacha Ryan, Alan Quinlan, Tommy O'Donnell, Duncan Williams, Jeremy Manning, Denis Hurley.
Scarlets: 15 Dan Newton, 14 Joe Ajuwa, 13 Regan King, 12 Jonathan Davies, 11 Andy Fenby, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Tavis Knoyle, 8 David Lyons (captain), 7 Richie Pugh, 6 Josh Turnbull, 5 Dominic Day, 4 Lou Reed, 3 Deacon Manu, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Iestyn Thomas
Replacements: 16 Phil John, 17 Emyr Phillips, 18 Damian Welch 19 Rob McCusker, 20 Martin Roberts,
21 Daniel Evans, 22 Gareth Maule
Referee: Neil Paterson (SRU)
Assistant referees: D Phillips (IRFU) D Connolly (IRFU)
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