Bonus-point derby win catapults Munster back within striking distance

Graham Rowntree's men upwardly mobile again with a battling 24-17 derby victory over Connacht at Thomond Park
Bonus-point derby win catapults Munster back within striking distance

TRY: Munster's Calvin Nash takes the offload from Craig Casey to score Munster's opening try against Connacht at Thomond Park. 

United Rugby Championship: Munster 24 Connacht 17.

MUNSTER edged a tight interprovincial battle to earn their first Irish derby win of the campaign over Connacht and secure a much-needed BKT United Rugby Championship victory Saturday night.

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