Ruthless Munster remain on target

Edinburgh 3 Munster 34: Edinburgh scarcely represented Munster’s biggest hurdle in their march towards the knockout stages of the Guinness Pro12 league but nevertheless the visitors were in ruthless form in Scotland on Saturday afternoon.

Munster collected five points with as many tries to come away from Murrayfield with a sufficient bounty to take second place in the league ahead of Ulster on points difference.

“It keeps us in the hunt for a top-four place,” said Munster’s head coach, Anthony Foley. “It was important for us today with Ulster, Glasgow and Ospreys all getting five points. I think our second-half performance deserved the bonus point. We’ve three games left, with two at home. You want to win your home games and sneak a couple away. We want to maintain top form. I know people talk about a home semi-final but we just want to make sure we’re in the top four. Getting into the knockout stages is our focus.”