Munster's Andrew Conway celebrates scoring a try in the 2017/18 Champions Cup quarter-final at Thomond Park against Toulon. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho
Soon after Munster conceded a late penalty in Stade Felix Mayol last Sunday and fullback Marius Domon stepped up to kick the three points, hopes of beating Toulon died and captain Tadhg Beirne found himself answering questions looking ahead to their final Champions Cup pool match against Castres this Saturday.
“We probably have to win with a bonus point,” he said. Beirne didn’t need to do the permutations, a bonus-point win in Thomond Park is Munster’s challenge if they want to be certain of advancing to the knockout phases.
It’s not the first time in Munster’s history that their backs have been to the wall, needing to win, sometimes against the odds, to
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