Munster’s uphill struggle in defence of crown

Neath Swansea Ospreys 33 Munster26

A second successive defeat albeit with two bonus points in the bag left Munster staring up at the rest of the competition from the wrong end of the table and still searching for an answer to life without Ronan O'Gara and Co.

At St Helen's, Alan Gaffney's second-string side left themselves with too big a hill to climb after an off-key first-half allowed the Ospreys to take a significant head-start.