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Munster upset Warriors as Leinster crush Southern Kings
By Nicholas McGee
Munster handed Glasgow Warriors just their second defeat of the Pro14 season with a 21-10 victory in a clash between the top two Conference A sides.
Glasgow went into the game with a hefty 16-point advantage over Munster but saw that lead trimmed to 12 as the hosts made back row Rob Harley's record 178th appearance for the Warriors one to forget.
Two penalties from Tyler Bleyendaal and a Niall Scannell try had Munster 13-0 to the good at the break, but 10 points in eight second-half minutes gave Glasgow hope as Adam Hastings knocked over a penalty and then converted a George Horne try.
But James Cronin re-established Munster's command and Bleyendaal's stretched the gap to 11 points, which proved too much for Glasgow to bridge.
Conference B leaders Leinster ran in 10 tries as they crushed winless Southern Kings, Bryan Byrne, Nick McCarthy and Barry Daly all crossing for braces.
In the same conference third-placed Edinburgh moved at least temporarily five points ahead of Ulster as they beat Dragons 25-12 despite a spirited showing from the Welsh side.
Neil Cochrane and Chris Dean scored tries to help Edinburgh forge a 15-0 lead, but a Rynard Landman double cut the deficit to just three points.
However, Duncan Weir went over seven minutes from time and Cameron Fenton went over for an 85th-minute try to earn Edinburgh a bonus point in their push for the playoffs.
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Think we have to accept we have been on the slide for a while now.Still interesting to see the repeated media pieces about the myth of the ABs slipping-I would say slipped past tense.In part don’t we have to give credit for the improvement of other nations particularly Ireland?Isnt that good for the game?Are we beginning to feel the impact of losing the Boks from Super rugby and maybe soon TRC?I would agree we are also ran right now so will be interesting to see how we progress-assuming we do!Isnt that part of sport though to be in improvement mode?Back to the stats though I think the Boks were under 60% leading into 2019?Now with the focus on the RWC does it matter so much what you are doing between tournaments?You just get through your group(remembering the ABs qualified 2nd in 2023)and then you have 3 matches to win the thing.
Go to commentsThe ABs have more than enough back line guys so don’t see issue there. Just the balance at center and feel time for Rieko to sit out.Forwards- balance still not right. Front row ok but miss Codie. But still ok. Locks- you now need to start s a tall timber at middle of lineout- Darry is the right guy. Then move Sititi to 8, move Ardie to 7 and then move Vaai to blindside. He can become the closest to PSdT . Then have proper bench as this is not a demotion but key to dominating last 30 minutes- Patrick, Ofa etc are golden here. Get the balance right between starters and finishers
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