MUNST
	No.	Name
15Simon Zebo, FB T
14Andrew Conway, W
13Chris Farrell, C
12Rory Scannell, C
11Keith Earls, W T
10Ian Keatley, FH  3  2
9Conor Murray, SH
1Dave Kilcoyne, P
2Rhys Marshall, H T
3Stephen Archer, P
4Jean Kleyn, L
5Billy Holland, L
6Peter O'Mahony, FL
7Chris Cloete, FL
8CJ Stander, N8
Replacements
16Niall Scannell, R
17James Cronin, R T
18John Ryan, R
19Darren O'Shea, R
20Jack O'Donoghue, R
21Duncan Williams, R
22JJ Hanrahan, R  2
23Alex Wootton, R T

CAS
	No.	Name
15Geoffrey Palis, FB
14Kylian Jaminet, W
13Thomas Combezou, C
12Robert Ebersohn, C
11David Smith, W
10Julien Dumora, FH
9Rory Kockott, SH 
1Antoine Tichit, P
2Jody Jenneker, H
3Damien Tussac, P
4Alexandre Bias, L
5Thibault Lassalle, L
6Yannick Caballero, FL
7Steve Mafi, FL
8Alex Tulou, N8
16Kevin Firmin, R
17Tudor Stroe, R
18Dan Kotze, R
19Victor Moreaux, R
20Baptiste Delaporte, R
21Yohan Domenech, R
22Yohan Le Bourhis, R
23Afusipa Taumoepeau, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Thomond Park

4:00 PM, January 21, 2018

2287dPA Sport

Munster set up a home quarterfinal after thumping sorry Castres

Munster reached the Champions Cup knockout stages for a record 17th time with a runaway 48-3 bonus-point victory over Castres at Thomond Park.

Match Commentary

81'		46-3 Try - James Cronin , Munster
81'+2		48-3 End of second half
81'+2		48-3 Conversion - JJ Hanrahan , Munster

Match Stats

MUNST

CAS

60%

40%

66%

34%

MUNST

CAS

96	Runs	72
369	Metres Run	138
5	Clean Breaks	0
89	Tackles	111
12	Missed Tackles	16
4	Turnover Knock On	8

Standings

Pool 1
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	BEG	4	+89	17
2	BULLS	4	+30	15
3	LYON	4	-2	12
4	SARAC	4	-17	10
5	CONN	4	-52	6
6	BTL	4	-48	5
Pool 2
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	TOUL	4	+109	20
2	HQUIN	4	+42	15
3	BATH	4	+22	15
4	RAMET	4	-1	8
5	ULST	4	-59	5
6	CDB	4	-113	3
Pool 3
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	NTHMP	4	+62	18
2	EXET	4	-12	13
3	GLASG	4	+14	10
4	MUNST	4	0	9
5	BAY	4	-25	8
6	TOUL	4	-39	2
Pool 4
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	LEINS	4	+70	19
2	STORM	4	+3	14
3	LA RO	4	+38	12
4	LEICS	4	-38	9
5	SALE	4	-7	6
6	SFRAN	4	-66	2

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