Small margins will make a difference for improving Munster

So a draw then. If you’d offered that to most of the fans at Thomond Park Saturday night around the 50th minute, they’d have likely snatched it off you and sprinted off towards the Shannon Bridge.

However, the final whistle brought a palpable sense of disappointment around Thomond Park, almost as if the air had been collectively sucked out of the ground. Racing 92 were outstanding here - one of the best away side performances I’ve seen in Thomond Park since Clermont back in 2014 - but the margins between Munster just about drawing this game and winning it comfortably were relatively small.