Ian Costello hails Tom Farrell’s hat-trick heroics on a mixed night for Munster 

“Loads to concern ourselves with around the performance to improve on, but loads to love about the character, the belief in the squad to score some cracking tries."

Munster attack coach Mike Prendergast, left, and Munster interim head coach Ian Costello. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

Ian Costello hailed Tom Farrell’s hat-trick heroics in Belfast but the interim boss was forced to take the rough with the smooth as Munster snatched a 22-19 victory at URC derby rivals Ulster.

Farrell’s three tries and all-round performance was worthy of the man of the match award picked up by the centre who was a close-season signing from Connacht and his brilliantly finished third wiped out a 19-15 home lead to give the visitors a bonus-point win at Kingspan Stadium that had barely seemed possible after a first half of some terrible, error-strewn rugby from both sides.