Gavin Coombes scores four tries as Munster end season with thumping win

Coombes scored his second hat-trick of a season which saw him cross for 15 tries in 17 starts and lay down a firm marker that Munster already have CJ Stander’s replacement ready to blossom.

Gavin Coombes scores a try during the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup match between Zebre and Munster. Picture: Roberto Bregani/Sportsfile

Zebre 11 Munster 54

Billy Holland brought the curtain down on his wonderful 247-game Munster career by attempting a conversion from the right touchline at the death, but this was a night which belonged to another Corkman as Gavin Coombes crossed for four tries in Parma.