Munster boss Graham Rowntree hailed his players for playing Cup rugby in an effective fashion to see off Ospreys and book their place in the URC semi-finals. The Reds will host Glasgow or Stormers next Saturday at 6pm at Thomond Park, having put Ospreys to the sword 23-7 at the Limerick ground tonight. Jack Crowley kicked 13 points as Simon Zebo and Niall Scannell scored first half tries, and while it wasn't all singing and dancing stuff from the Reds, it was more than enough.
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You’ll get it on a Monday morning. "I’m delighted with us there, we got the job done. We improved our discipline at half-time, third quarter, camped on their line, it was a bit frustrating.
"We played Cup rugby, we took points when we could, kicked well in the second half - they were greasy conditions but it was just our composure, it was really good in that second half. "They were good. Again that third quarter, we couldn’t break them down which gave them a bit of energy but we kept the heads, tactically, kicked well and a couple of key moments when we took points took the sting out of the game.
" Man of the match Crowley was also pleased with vict.
