By VINNIE BARRINGTON
Nottingham 12
Munster A 17

NOTTINGHAM could not conjure up the vital second half score to edge out Munster A after closing to within two points.
Instead Nottingham, who finished with 13 men, could only watch as replacement Conor Fitzgerald secured the five-point victory in a brusing encounter with a 75th-minute penalty.
Nottingham opened the scoring through hooker Jimmy Stevens, who peeled of a driving maul to score in the corner but Tiff Eden’s failed to convert.
The Irish scored two tries within nine minutes to secure an interval lead.
James Hart was first to ...