Sunday Social: Vintage Munster, cool coach and magic Bill

Adam Kyriacou
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It is time for Planet Rugby’s Sunday Social, your quirky recap of the serious and not so serious talking points from the weekend’s action.

We begin with one of the performances of the season so far as Munster beat Gloucester to win 41-15, Joey Carbery starring with 26 points.

Tireless forward Tadhg Beirne was another to impress at Kingsholm as his arrival from Scarlets is proving to be an excellent piece of business.

Captain Peter O’Mahony, as usual, set the tone from minute one as his personal duel with Franco Mostert certainly fired up the Irish flanker.

The Irish dominance continued on Saturday to complete a perfect record for the provinces, which The Loose Head celebrated in classic style.

While it was O’Mahony getting his side on the front foot early, Leinster hooker Sean Cronin did likewise with his superb tackle against Toulouse.

Before the round’s action we particularly enjoyed Glasgow‘s team announcement post that saw Rob Harley’s hair celebrated on his 200th game.

Ulster‘s superb recent form continued on Saturday as they shocked Racing 92. Defence coach Jared Payne clearly was not feeling the pressure.

Edinburgh meanwhile are enjoying quite the pool campaign and their victory at Toulon will be remembered in part for this Bill Mata offload.

We finish by touching on the Challenge Cup and what a game it was at the Stade Marcel Michelin, Clermont edging Northampton 48-40 in a thriller.

With Clermont feeling the tension above, the Saints were left wondering if they deserved more for their efforts in France. Afraid not guys.

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