Error-prone Munster let Ospreys offthe hook

THE PORTENTS weren’t good when over 6,000 ticket-holders failed to turn up for Munster’s RaboDirect Pro12 clash with arch-rivals Ospreys at Thomond Park on Saturday night.

Only 10,000 of those who purchased tickets actually attended, and the Welsh visitors plundered a victory to enhance their perfect record and consign champions Munster to a second disappointing defeat inside a week.

There will be justified claims that Welsh referee James Jones had too much influence on the individual battles in this tight struggle but Munster must look at themselves, conceding a crucial second-half intercept try when they lost a glaring scoring opportunity that would have put an end to any doubt.