Summary

  • Lions 33-21 Connacht (FT)

  • Munster 41-14 Ulster (FT)

  • Benetton v Leinster (19:45 BST)

Live Reporting

Glenn Kelly

  1. Munster 12-7 Ulster

    Shane Daly smashes Ben Moxham in the tackle.

    The referee says it was a legal tackle, many thought it was close to being high, but it is play on with a scrum to Ulster.

  2. Munster 12-7 Ulster

    Ulster having to work really hard just to retain the ball in attack, but they do win another scrum.

    The northern men are back to 15 players though.

  3. Replacement

    Munster 12-7 Ulster

    Centurion Calvin Nash is off through injury unfortunately and Dan Kelly is on.

  4. Munster 12-7 Ulster

    Ulster under the cosh, but they win a scrum on the edge of the Munster 22 in a central location.

  5. try

    Converted Try - Munster 12-7 Ulster

    John Hodnett (con JJ Hanrahan) (29 mins)

    You got the sense it was coming.

    Munster batter Ulster with harsh phase-after-phase and finally they break the Ulster dam.

    Hodnett once more is the man at the bottom of a pile over the try line.

    Hanrahan scoops over the extras.

  6. Sin-bin

    Munster 5-7 Ulster

    Munster going through some lovely phases now and looking very dangerous.

    They win another penalty on halfway after Ulster are penalised for "playing the nine"

  7. try

    Try - Munster 5-7 Ulster

    John Hodnett (24 mins)

    Instant impact against 14-man Ulster from a clinical Munster.

    Munster win the lineout and it is too easy for the hosts to drive through, with Hodnett the man to break clear to score from close range out on the right.

    JJ Hanrahan cannot land the conversion.

  8. Sin-bin

    Munster 0-7 Ulster

    Tom Brigg is off for 10 minutes for deliberately slapping down the ball when Munster are in attack.

    Munster kick the resulting penalty to within five metres of the Ulster line.

  9. Munster 0-7 Ulster

    Ethan McIlroy is pinged for holding on and it is back to Munster clearing with a penalty.

    It really is an all-action affair.

  10. Munster 0-7 Ulster

    The penalty comes to nothing and now Ulster win a penalty 60 metres out and Jake Flannery again kicks to the Munster 22.

  11. Munster 0-7 Ulster

    Not the start many would have predicted at Thomond Park, but Munster have a penalty on halfway.

    Ben Carson's afternoon is over for Ulster as he limps off injured.

    Jonny Scott is on.

  12. try

    Converted Try - Munster 0-7 Ulster

    Aitzol Arenzana-King (con Jake Flannery) (13 mins)

    The try is good and what a finish that is!

    Ulster go right, and Mike Lowry fires the last pass out to Arenzana-King who finishes mid-air with his body over the touchline. Super stuff from the winger.

    Flannery nails the conversion from wide out right.

  13. Munster 0-0 Ulster

    Ulster again held-up over the line!

    This time Ben Carson goes charging through but he is too high and wrapped up.

  14. Munster 0-0 Ulster

    Another penalty to Ulster and the away side kick to the corner.

    Tadgh Beirne also getting a talking to for backchat.

  15. Munster 0-0 Ulster

    Scrum to Ulster on edge of Munster 22.

    Munster perhaps fortunate to escape with just a scrum after a dubious knock-on in the tackle.

  16. Munster 0-0 Ulster

    Scrum collapses and the referee gives a penalty to Ulster.

    Ulster kick to edge of Munster 22.

  17. Munster 0-0 Ulster

    Hectic start to proceedings and Munster look dangerous on halfway, but they are a little rushed and knock the ball on.

  18. Munster 0-0 Ulster

    Munster kick long downfield, Andrew Smith chases the kick and charges down the clearance from Ulster.

    The ball falls to Mike Lowry wo gets caught on the ground, but Munster are called for not releasing the player at the tackle and it is an Ulster penalty inside their 22. Exciting game so far.

  19. Munster 0-0 Ulster

    What an opening phase from Ulster.

    James McKillop goes charging through a gap and the back-rower looks set to go over but Shane Daly does superbly to hold him up on the line.

  20. Kick-off

    Munster 0-0 Ulster

    Jake Flannery gets the game under way at Thomond Park.