Mission accomplished on a perfect day for Munster

Munster 29 Racing Metro 6

Qualification for the Heineken Cup quarter-final was the priority, of course, but it was achieved at the expense of defending champions Leinster, and referee Wayne Barnes got whacked in the head with the ball as an added bonus. It was pretty much the much the perfect trifecta for members of the Red Army, although those particularly hard to please may have preferred it was Romain Poite rather than Barnes in the direct line of Ian Keatley’s drop kick, but you get the idea.

Satisfaction oozed out of Thomond Park as Munster squeezed into the last eight with a bonus-point win over Racing Metro.