Dougall kick starts Reds

Ospreys 11 Munster 25

Sean Dougall crossed for an early score and Simon Zebo and James Downey touched down after the break to banish memories of last season’s heavy defeat in Swansea and all but secure a play-off place bar a disastrous end to the season.

“We are really pleased to get a win. But there’s still a long way to go… we are not counting our chickens yet. We still have to play Leinster, Glasgow and Ulster, who are all up there fighting, so anything can happen,” said Munster head coach Rob Penney. “The Liberty Stadium is a difficult place to come. We wore torn apart here last year but we are no longer the team who were here 12 months ago. A number of our boys have not won here before so it’s a wee bit of a special one.”