Ospreys.6 Munster A 24
■By ROB COLE
REIGNING champions Munster punished the Ospreys with two tries in a clinical ten-minute spell after the break to get the defence of their title off to a winning start at St Helen’s. The home side had led 6-3 at the end of a try-less first half, but the power of the Munster pack, and the cultured boot of scrum-half James Hart, kept the visitors on the front foot throughout the second 40.
Head coach Peter Malone had eight players who had helped Munster beat Jersey in last year’s final and an experienced half-back pairing in James Hart and ...