Munster rise to second in URC win against Ospreys

Rugby World Cup

Ospreys (3) 10

Morris Cons: Edwards Pens: Edwards

Munster (19) 26

Munster heaped more misery on Ospreys as their Rugby World Cup (URC) bonus-point win in Bridgend lifted the Irish province to second in the table.

With only the Stormers ahead of them in the table, Munster erred to take the win thanks to attempts from wing Shane Daly, hooker Lee Barron, full-back Mike Haley, and fly-half Jack Crowley, who finished with 11 points.

Morgan Morris scored five points from Dan Edwards’ boot in a consolation for Ospreys.

The hosts, who defeated Connacht and Montauban in the Challenge Cup, are now 15th in the URC table and have won just one game in seven league games as three other Welsh sides attempt to topple the bottom three spots.

Ospreys’ captain Ospreys also started with James Ratti, Reuben Morgan-Williams, Rhys Davies, Reuben Morgan-Williams, Rhys Davies, and Harri Deaves.

In the match that gave Worcester a Champions Cup bonus-point win over Gloucester, Munster made six personnel adjustments and two positional adjustments.

For the visitors, Jeremy Loughman, Fineen Wycherley, Alex Kendellen, Paddy Patterson, Tom Farrell, and Calvin Nash.

In the opening moments, Edwards slotted over a penalty while Ospreys had the advantage.

However, home full-back Max Nagy was shown a yellow card for a careless trip on Daly when the wing scored the opening try in the left corner following a fine pass from number eight Gavin Coombes.

Lake was adamant about not finding his line-out jumpers despite the heavy surface that both sides were dealing with.

Before scrum-half Patterson opened the scoring for Crowley to flop over for the second score, Munster’s replacement hooker Barron was driven over for the second score. The visitors took a 19-3 half-time lead.

As Munster captain Jack O’Donoghue was shown a yellow card, Morris scored the winning try with a deft finish to earn the bonus-point try before Haley and Ospreys rallied for the fourth try.

Although Scarlets’ Friday night 21-17 Welsh derby victory against Cardiff attracted a crowd of 4, 715, there had been a lot of energy.

Given the horrible circumstances in which the Ospreys squad and supporters have been trapped, it is not surprising.

Nobody is aware of the organisation’s future plans for the ruthless and directionless Welsh rugby system, whose crushing uncertainty affects the organization.

Lake claims that the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) proposed to cut one of its four men’s professional sides, which is his main motivation for his decision.

The governing body of Welsh rugby has proposed to grant three professional men’s clubs a license. One in Cardiff, one in the east, and one in the west could lead to a survival conflict between Swansea-based Ospreys and Scarlets in Llanelli.

Cardiff was temporarily put in administration in April, but the WRU eventually decided to take control of the business, with the governing body anticipating a new year’s sale to new investors.

Another way the WRU could lose its desire to have a men’s professional side is linked to the owners of Ospreys, Y11 Sport &amp, Media.

The club’s owners, Ospreys, have not commented on the rumor, which raises questions for supporters about the club’s future.

Replacements: Walsh, C Jones, Botha, Sutton, Morse, Hardy, K Williams, and Parry.

Sin-bin: Nagy 15

Munster: Haley, Nash, T. Farrell, Kendellen, Coombes, Nankivell, Daly, Crowley, Patterson, Loughman, Scannell, Ala’alatoa, Kleyn, Wycherley, O’Donoghue (capt), O’Donoghue (capt),

Barron, Milne, Bartley, Edogbo, Ahern, Coughlan, Hanrahan, and Hodnett are the replacements.

Sin-bin: O’Donoghue 54

Referee: SRU Referee Sam Grove-White.

Referees’ assistants: Andrew Moule (WRU), Craig Evans (WRU), and Andrew Moule (WRU).