Hanrahan belter saves Munster

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The champions were staring defeat in the face a week after securing a resounding 36-21 win over the English outfit, but Hanrahan struck to make up for two earlier lapses that might have given his side a better shot at victory.

However, Munster’s predicament certainly didn’t come down to anything that happened behind the scrum, as articulated and agreed upon afterwards by coach Ian Costello: “It was a poor game, we’re disappointed we got dragged into an arm-wrestle that we didn’t intend to get dragged into. We didn’t build any period of pressure, we didn’t have the ball long enough to put them under pressure, they played to their strengths and unfortunately we played a little too close to their strengths as well.