Rugby: True grit from mighty Munster

Munster 19 Ulster 13

Mon, 01 Dec, 2003 - 00:00
Charlie Mulqueen

It was a comprehensive victory for the Peter Melia-coached Munster boys, a number of whom are certain to enter the reckoning in a serious fashion when it comes to piecing the Irish team together in the new year.

Both side had beaten Leinster in their previous outings, Munster only courtesy of a stoppage-time penalty landed by Thomas Gleeson at Donnybrook whereas Ulster had triumphed with something to spare.

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