Botha cries off as Munster fail to fire

THE sight of new signing BJ Botha hobbling off with a calf muscle injury after 27 minutes and then limp from the ground with the aid of crutches was as much a disappointment and a worry to the Munster as this defeat at Musgrave Park last night

With Botha certain to be sidelined for at least a few weeks, Munster also lost their second pre-season friendly on the trot, and they can’t really have any complaints as they played second fiddle to a slick but hardly inspirational Wasps team.

Although Munster had their moments, particularly when they created a couple of try-scoring chances in the first half, although they raised cheers with two prolonged forward drives in that spell, they really only finally appeared to respond to the challenge after Wasps grabbed the first try of a tie that was littered with handling mistakes.