Munster fought to ‘bitter end’ in URC loss – Beirne

After their United Rugby Championship quarter-final defeat to Sharks was decided by a place-kick competition, Munster captain Tadhg Beirne said, “there was nothing more” he could ask of his team-mates.

The Irish team had a 21-10 lead in the second half, but the match turned into a penalty kick shootout after the game in Durban ended 24-24 and neither team had scored after extra time.

Rory Scannell was the only player who missed Munster’s six-from-six shots from the tee for the game.

They are riddled with foreigners, according to Beirne of the Sharks, who will now face South African rival Bulls in the semi-finals.

I have nothing more to ask of the young men. To go to a penalty shootout or whatever you call, we were gutted, but that’s how it ended, and we lost the game.

Peter O’Mahony, Conor Murray, and Stephen Archer’s final Munster appearances were marred by the defeat.

Beirne, who will tour with the British and Irish Lions for a second time this summer, added, “There’s no tomorrow for us this season and we have to say goodbye to some pretty special characters in this room.”

We’ve already discussed it before, and it’s going to be a strange place without them.