Van Graan: I told Joey Carbery 'you're a special player, lead us through today'

A try in each half, the first from Carbery, the second from Damian de Allende, was matched by Exeter through scores from Sam Maunders and Jaques Vermeulen but Carbery’s goal-kicking proved the difference on the scoreboard

WINNERS: Munster Head Coach Johann Van Graan celebrates after the game with Jack O’Donoghue.

Johann van Graan praised difference-makers Peter O’Mahony and Joey Carbery after they steered Munster into the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals with a memorable aggregate victory over 2020 winners Exeter Chiefs.

Head coach van Graan, who departs at the end of the season to take up a similar role in England with Bath, had recalled both skipper O’Mahony and fly-half Carbery to the Munster starting line-up after they had missed the first leg of this Round of 16 tie in Exeter last Saturday due to injury.