AN experimental Munster were beaten 24-21 by Bath in a weekend pre-season friendly at The Rec (attendance 9,603).
The visitors ran in three tries, courtesy of John Hodnett, Shay McCarthy, and Diarmuid Barron, all of which were converted by debutant and Bath native Billy Burns.
All of Munster’s scores arrived in the opening-half after which Graham Rowntree’s side were 21-12 ahead.
Next up for Munster is the second friendly at Virgin Media Park in Cork next Friday, 7pm.
Munster: Patrick Campbell (Mike Haley ‘50); Liam Coombes (Seán O’Brien ’63), Tom Farrell, Seán O’Brien (Bryan Fitzgerald ’51), Shay McCarthy (Diarmuid Kilgallen ’56) ; Billy Burns (Tony Butler ‘40), Ethan Coughlan (Jack Oliver ’51, Luca Cleary ‘71); Jeremy Loughman (Josh Wycherley ’49), Diarmuid Barron (Niall Scannell ’49, Max Clein ’74), John Ryan (Stephen Archer ’49, Ronan Foxe ‘74); Gavin Coombes, Fineen Wycherley (Conor Ryan ’59); Ruadhán Quinn (Jack Daly ’14), John Hodnett (Alex Kendellen ’40), Jack O’Donoghue.
Replacements: Josh Wycherley, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer, Jack Oliver, Tony Butler, Max Clein, Jack Daly, Ronan Foxe, Conor Ryan, Alex Kendellen, Luca Cleary, Mike Haley, Diarmuid Kilgallen, Scott Buckley, Bryan Fitzgerald.
