We got out of jail, admits coach Foley

Munster head coach Anthony Foley acknowledged his side had got out of jail in edging home against Ulster last night in a 21-20 Guinness Pro12 victory, and said a similar performance next week against Clermont Auvergne would not produce so fortunate an outcome.

Foley saw his side get off to a terrible start, going 12-0 down after 20 minutes, then push ahead and keep Ulster scoreless for the next 50 minutes, only to almost throw the points away at the death after a missed penalty from Ian Keatley and yellow card for prop Stephen Archer.

“The first 20 was all them and we were giving away penalties that we knew the referee was going to be hot on. That was very frustrating in itself,” Foley said. “Then we executed a nice little play and managed to get momentum into the game and from there we took it, right up into the 60th minute.