Lacklustre Munster struggle to wear down French resistance

Munster 19 Perpignan 10
Mon, 03 Apr, 2006 - 01:00
Charlie Mulqueen

Rusty Munster never really got going at Lansdowne Road on Saturday and enjoyed several moments of good fortune before seeing off the formidable and physical challenge presented by Perpignan.

There were extenuating circumstances to explain why Munster struggled to impose their will on this Heineken Cup quarter-final, and it had as much to do with the resistance presented by the visitors as much as anything else.

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RugbyHeineken CupPlace: Lansdowne RoadPerson: Mattieu BourretPerson: Ronan O’GaraPerson: Nigel WhitehousePerson: Paul O’ConnellPerson: Declan KidneyPerson: Antony FoleyPerson: O’GaraPerson: Donncha O’CallaghanPerson: O’ConnellPerson: Derek BevanPerson: Nicolas MasPerson: Peter StringerPerson: Trevor HalsteadPerson: Matthieu BourretPerson: John KellyPerson: BourretPerson: Denis LeamyPerson: Mick O’DriscollPerson: Onidiu TonitaPerson: O’DriscollPerson: Nicolas DurandPerson: David WallacePerson: Julien LaharraguePerson: Shaun PaynePerson: S. PaynePerson: J. KellyPerson: HalsteadPerson: R. O’GraEvent: Heineken Cup quarter-finalOrganisation: MunsterOrganisation: PerpignanOrganisation: LeinsterOrganisation: Whitehouse
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