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16th October 2021
08:28pm BST

Over on Premier Sports, commentator Ryle Nugent stated, "There was no need for Peter O'Mahony to come in, there."
Referee Chris Busby pulled O'Mahony, who was making his 150th Munster appearance, to one side to chide him for the incident. The blindside was giving nothing away and declared he had enough of the Connacht players' antics.
"He's standing over him there. I won't let that happen," he declared when pointing out Boyle's clash with Scannell.
Just six minutes later, O'Mahony was slightly more contrite when both he and Connacht captain Jack Carty were called over for another Busby scolding about comments and shoving after the whistle.
Connacht thought they had well and truly pulled clear when Mack Hansen dived over in the corner, but play was called back for a borderline forward pass by Tiernan O'Halloran.
A feisty first half ended with Sam Arnold being yellow-carded for a high tackle on Mike Haley and Bundee Aki coming up with his third turnover of the opening 40 minutes.
And yet, Munster were not done yet. A lovely Rory Scannell chip to the wing was hacked on by Tadhg Beirne with the ball spinning to Chris Cloete for the score. Joey Carbery converted and Munster led 7-6.
Connacht hit back with tries from Paul Boyle and Jack Carty but Diarmuid Barron's late, converted try won it for the hosts.
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