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Manning steers Munster home

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Friday 11 Sep 2009

Munster recorded their first win of the new Magners League campaign on Friday night with a 24-13 win over the Cardiff Blues at Thomond Park.

The defending Champions were always in control on the scoreboard, taking the lead with 25 minutes gone and never looking back.

The home side scored a try in each half, the first by Marcus Horan and the second by Denis Leamy, and had just enough in the tank to subject Dai Young's men to their second successful loss to start the new season.

New Zealand flyhalf Jeremy Manning added 14 points with the boot for the hosts while Ben Blair, the Blues' reliable points machine, could only contribute eight points to his teams cause on the night.

The Welsh sides former captain, Xavier Rush, scored their only try of the evening - a 38th minute effort.

Each side felt the wrath of the match official during the 80 minutes as well. The Blues first, with flank foward Mamma Molitika being binned early in the second period and Munster second, as Lifeimi Mafi was binned five minutes from full time.

The Scorers

For Munster

Tries: Horan, Leamy
Pens: Manning 4
Cons: Manning

For Cardiff

Tries: Rush
Pens: Blair 2
Cons: Blair

Yellow Cards: Mamma Molitika (Cardiff Blues - 46 min), Lifeimi Mafi (Munster - 75 min)

THe Teams:

Munster: 15 Felix Jones, 14 Doug Howlett, 13 Barry Murphy, 12 Lifeimi Mafi, 11 Denis Hurley, 10 Jeremy Manning, 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Denis Leamy, 7 Niall Ronan, 6 Alan Quinlan, 5 Donncha Ryan, 4 Mick O'Driscoll (captain), 3 John Hayes, 2 Denis Fogarty, 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements: 16 Damien Varley, 17 Tony Buckland, 18 Billy Holland, 19 Tommy O'Donnell, 20 Toby Morland, 21 S Deasy, 22 Tom Gleeson

Cardiff Blues: 15 Ben Blair, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Gareth Thomas, 12 Dafydd Hewitt, 11 Chris Czekaj, 10 Ceri Sweeney, 9 Gareth cooper, 8 Xavier Rush, 7 Robin Sowden-Taylor, 6 Mamma Molitika, 5 Paul Tito, 4 Deiniol Jones, 3 Taufa’ao Filise, 2 Rhys Thomas, 1 John Yapp
Replacements: 16 Gary Powell, 17 Gareth Williams, 18 Scott Morgan, 19 Andy Powell, 20 Richie Rees, 21  Sam Norton-Knight, 22 Dafydd James

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