Munster left with plenty to ponder

THE SNOW may still be thick on the ground but the fog is at last beginning to clear as far as the Heineken Cup Pool Three qualification picture is concerned.

Defeat with a losing bonus point at Ospreys on Saturday leaves Munster needing two wins from their final two games in January and if they are to get anything out of that trip to Toulon and the visit of London Irish, there will need to be plenty of hard work put in over the next four weeks by the Munster scrummaging unit.

At least they won't have to face Ospreys again, whose forwards gained revenge for the injustice they perceived at the hands of referee Christophe Berdos at Thomond Park six days prior to their 19-15 victory at Liberty Stadium.