Red October sets up December duel

Munster 33 Edinburgh 0

This Munster team is still a long way from where it needs to be if it is to challenge the big guns in the Heineken Cup, although the amazing finish to yesterday’s game against Edinburgh at Thomond Park earned them the most unlikely of bonus points and sets up a mouth-watering clash with Saracens at the same venue on December 8.

Seventeen of their 33 points came in the last seven minutes, with Damien Varley’s try on the final whistle clinching the fifth point that leaves them three adrift of Saracens after the opening two rounds of matches.