CAS
	No.	Name
15Julien Dumora, FB T
14Taylor Paris, W
13Afusipa Taumoepeau, C
12Robert Ebersohn, C T
11David Smith, W
10Benjamin Urdapilleta, FH  2 
9Rory Kockott, SH
1Antoine Tichit, P
2Jody Jenneker, H
3Dan Kotze, P
4Loic Jacquet, L
5Rodrigo Capo Ortega, L
6Yannick Caballero, FL
7Steve Mafi, FL
8Maama Vaipulu, N8
Replacements
16Marc-Antoine Rallier, R
17Mihai Lazar, R
18Damien Tussac, R
19Christophe Samson, R
20Anthony Jelonch, R
21Armand Batlle, R
22Florian Vialelle, R
23Ludovic Radosavljevic, R

MUNST
	No.	Name
15Simon Zebo, FB T
14Darren Sweetnam, W
13Chris Farrell, C
12Rory Scannell, C
11Keith Earls, W
10Tyler Bleyendaal, FH  2 
9Conor Murray, SH
1Dave Kilcoyne, P T
2Niall Scannell, H
3Stephen Archer, P
4Mark Flanagan, L
5Billy Holland, L
6Peter O'Mahony, FL
7Tommy O'Donnell, FL
8CJ Stander, N8
16Rhys Marshall, R
17Liam O'Connor, R
18John Ryan, R
19Robin Copeland, R
20Jack O'Donoghue, R
21Duncan Williams, R
22Ian Keatley, R
23Andrew Conway, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stade Pierre Fabre

1:00 PM, October 15, 2017

2379dPA Sport

Munster escape with hard-fought draw at Castres

Munster repelled a second-half Castres fightback to claim a crucial draw in their Champions Cup opener in France.

Match Commentary

81'+1		17-17 End of second half
81'+1		Drop goal-missed
75'		Substitute on - Florian Vialelle , Castres Olympique

Match Stats

CAS

MUNST

47%

53%

44%

56%

CAS

MUNST

106	Runs	117
412	Metres Run	304
12	Clean Breaks	8
115	Tackles	115
19	Missed Tackles	20
10	Turnover Knock On	6

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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