Munster A face mountain to climb

Munster A have a mountain to climb following this B&I Cup result at Musgrave Park last night when Bedford Blues grabbed a crucial win to go five points clear at the top of pool 1.

The sides meet again at Goldington Road next week and Munster simply have to win to have any chance of topping their group and challenging for a home quarter final.

They could lose next week and still finish in the last eight by beating both Nottingham and Ospreys in the final set of games, but they will need to show significant improvement from this poor second-half performance to restore confidence.