Leinster try blitz as game Munster boys out-muscled

Leinster 35 Munster 12

“Physically much stronger than us, from one to 15; very penetrative in midfield, based on their ability to out-muscle us in those areas,” was the blunt assessment of Munster coach Peter Melia.

“Both 12 and 13 (James Power and Luke Fitzgerald) were very good as a partnership for them, very incisive, very penetrative, really cut us open from very early on in the game, from which we never really recovered.