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MUNSTER’S ANTHONY FOLEY admitted to disappointment at watching his side give up a winning position in the closing stages of their Guinness Pro12 clash with Ulster in Belfast.
Munster were in the driving seat after Earls’ try. Source: Morgan Treacy/INPHO
Munster led 23-16 with four minutes of the game remaining after Keith Earls sidestepped Ulster’s Louis Ludik to touch down in the right corner. That the home side were down to 14 men on account of Iain Henderson’s red card made the prospect of Munster seeing out the win seem all the more likely.
But Neil Doak’s side found the energy and incision to manufacture a Paul Marshall try that was converted by Paddy Jackson with the last act of the game, ensuring a 23-23 draw.
Foley hinted that he will be taking a close look at the match tape to find out what exactly malfunctioned in Munster’s numerically-superior defence.
“They kicked off [after Earls’ try] and won the ball,” said Foley post-match in Belfast. “We needed to deal with that and we didn’t deal with that.
That late try echoed Munster’s concession of a magnificent Tommy Bowe score on the stroke of half time, with those poor closing minutes in each half ultimately costing Munster a victory that would have moved them to the top of the Pro12 table.
“We dominated most of the game and a few hiccups around the end of the first half and the end of the second half cost us dear,” said Foley.
“It’s important that we play the full 80 and I thought at stages in the game we were in a good dominant position, but unfortunately we didn’t capitalise on that with the result.”