Anthony Foley pleased as Munster slug it out to win on points

Zebre 12 Munster 16: It wasn’t pretty and Anthony Foley admitted as much, but Munster’s head coach believes his side will consider Saturday’s nervy Pro12 victory at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi as ‘as a good win.’

Anthony Foley pleased as Munster slug it out to win on points
Mon, 01 Feb, 2016 - 00:00
David Shonfield

Despite victory, Munster dropped a place to sixth in the table because Ulster managed a bonus point win away to Treviso.

However, last year’s finalists are just four points adrift of leaders Llanelli Scarlets and Connacht with a game in hand over both.

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