Zebre 42-33 Munster recap and result from the United Rugby ...
Zebre 42-33 Munster
Zebre shocked Munster today with a 41-32 win to earn their first win over the Irish province as Graham Rowntree’s side were unable to build over last week’s win over Connacht.
Zebre finished bottom of the URC table in the regular season last year but produced a monumental performance for their first win of the season.
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Munster ended the first-half strongly and took a 28-15 lead in at halftime.
However, tries from Jacopo Trulla, Giovanni Licata, Alessandro Fusco and Geronimo Piscantelli handed Zebre a shock win as Munster only managed a second half try from substitute Shay McCarthy.
Munster will aim to bounce back to Ospreys while Zebre host Stormers.
17:09Fionn Nolan
"Zebre are playing very good rugby. They like to run the ball from everywhere. We've got to be smart about where we play the game" - Graham Rowntree wants his team to be wary as Munster travel to Italy
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16:44KEY EVENT
It's over! Zebre bag their first-ever win over Munster. They've ended a run of 20 games without a result against Munster.
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Zebre convert the penalty.
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80' Penalty to Zebre. This could be it.
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78' Two minutes for Munster to find a try in order to avoid a shock result.
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78' Munster break quickly and Shay McCarthy who is released by Fitzgerald and Conor Murray and he races over. Murray misses the kick.
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71' Zebre still pushing for another try with under ten minutes to go. Munster need something quickly here.
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64' Trulla finds Geronimo Piscantelli and he extends Zebre's lead.
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61' Montemauri converts.
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60' Fusco puts Zebre back in front on the hour mark. Another lapse in concentration defensively for Munster is punished by the Italians.
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52' Zebre eventually get over the line through Giovanni Licata and Montemauri converts. It's all to play for now.
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43' Montemauri's kick is wide of the posts.
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42' Trulla with an early interception and he runs all the way to the line for his second try.
15:57Fionn Nolan
Munster kick off the second half.
15:46KEY EVENT
After a poor opening that saw Zebre go in front twice, Graham Rowntree's side end the half strongly to go in 13 points to the good.
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40+1' Butler swings in the kick with the final play of the first-half.
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40+1' Bryan Fitzgerald gets a debut try out wide after replacing Shane Daly early on.
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35' Mike Haley with another try and Butler gets the kick right.
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31' Butler adds the conversion.
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30' Coombes gets over again. A much-needed response from the away team.
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26' Another try for Zebre as Alessandor Fusco breaks through a hole in the munster defence and Montemauri converts.
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24' Montemauri's shot goes wide, however, the kicker did not get the shot off in time anyway. 8-7.
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23' Zebre hit back as the penalty advantage is played and the home side work the ball out wide to Jacopo Trulla who races over and touches down.
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21' Tony Butler's conversion hits the inside of the left post and goes over.
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20' Gavin Coombes gives Munster the lead for the first time as he bundles over the try line.
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16' Montemauri kicks another penalty but this time it drags wide.
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12' Giovanni Montemauri kicks a 12th minute penalty to put Zebre three ahead.
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7' Bryan Fitzgerald replaces Daly for Munster.
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7' No scores so far. Shane Daly is down and receiving treatment.
15:00KEY EVENT
Underway in Italy. Zebre in yellow, blue and white. Munster in red.
