A second half try from Alan Quinlan helped Munster to a 15-10 win over Gloucester at a near full house Musgrave Park tonight.
Munster led 10-7 at half-time but went behind when Tim Taylor converted his own try but a determined Munster came back for a deserved victory.
Munster: F Jones; D Howlett; J Murphy, S Tuitupou, I Dowling; P Warwick, P Stringer; W du Preez, D Varley, T Buckley; I Nagle, D Ryan; A Quinlan, T O'Donnell, D Leamy (capt). Replacements: D Fogarty, Dave Ryan, S Archer, M O'Driscoll, N Ronan, P O'Mahony, B Holland, D Williams, D Barnes, S Deasy, S Zebo, I Dineen.
Gloucester Rugby: O Morgan; J Simpson-Daniel, T Molenaar, E Fuimaono-Sapolu, T Voyce; T Taylor, R Lawson; A Dickinson, S Lawson, P Capdevielle; W James, A Brown; A Strokosch, A Hazell, L Narraway (capt). Replacements: Darren Dawidiuk, Yann Thomas, Rupert Harden, Dave Attwood, Brett Deacon, Jordi Pasqualin, Henry Trinder, Charlie Sharples, Matt Cox, Peter Buxton, Jonny May.
