RG Snyman return lifts Munster's spirits 

Munster breath a sigh of relief getting over the line against a battling Scarlets side to end an emotional week

RETURN OF SNYMAN: Munster's RG Snyman returns to the field after long term injury lay off.Pic: INPHO/Ben Brady

A bonus-point win from a 91-point, helter-skelter collision with Scarlets brought nothing but relief for Graham Rowntree after an emotional week at Munster but the sight of RG Snyman galloping around Musgrave Park last Friday night did plenty to lift the spirits of the head coach.

Less than 36 hours after the funeral of former scrum-half and coaching colleague Tom Tierney, also a Leicester Tigers team-mate of Rowntree’s, and 80-plus minutes on from a poignant pre-match rendition of “Stand Up and Fight” in the wake of Brian O’Brien’s laying to rest earlier that day, Munster summoned the energy to see off a fast-finishing Scarlets side in a 49-42 BKT United Rugby Championship thriller.