This game exploded into life in the dying minutes to leave the attendance stunned by five minutes of spellbinding rugby at Donnybrook on Saturday. Munster's second-half performance deserved its reward and when flanker, Paul Neville, broke past two tackles to score with two minutes left, Munster were suddenly 21-20 ahead. But, with the referee adding on injury time, replacement Leinster out-half Neil O'Donovan struck a 40-metre drop goal that looked like denying Munster.
However, Leinster infringed in a desperate effort to stem the resultant Munster onslaught and right wing Tom Cregan slotted the winner.
Leinster: B McMahon, S Keogh, M O'Kelly, S Moore , N Ross, M McHugh, B Quigley, N Foxe, D Blaney, N Treston, R Casey, D Broughal, C Leydon, P Shanley, S Walsh. Replacements: A Kearney for Leydon 45 mins, N O'Donovan for McHugh 58 mins.
Munster: A Morrissey, T Cregan, D Heaton, T Micks, M Connelly, J Staunton, C O'Loughlin, F Roche, J Flannery, P Hanlon, P O'Connell, D O'Callaghan, B Cahill, P Neville, M O'Driscoll. Replacement: C Murphy for O'Loughlin 54 mins.
Referee: A McGowan (USR)
