{"id":645815,"date":"2025-12-21T07:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/645815\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T07:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T07:40:21","slug":"munster-keep-sights-on-stormers-glasgow-see-off-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/645815\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster keep sights on Stormers, Glasgow see off Edinburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SATURDAY WRAP: Munster moved back into second spot in the United Rugby Championship standings after they recorded a 26-10 bonus-point win over the Ospreys in Wales.<\/p>\n

The Irish giants are just three points behind the Stormers, who maintained their unbeaten record with a 34-27 win over the Lions earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

Munster\u2019s four tries were scored by Shane Daly, Lee Barron, Jack Crowley and Mike Haley.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Glasgow will take a 12-point lead into the second leg of the 1872 Cup at Murrayfield next Saturday after claiming a bonus-point 24-12 victory over Edinburgh at Hampden.<\/p>\n

The rivals were separated by just two points at the break as the Warriors led 7-5 before flexing their muscles in the second half in front of a crowd of 21,093 at Scotland\u2019s national football stadium.<\/p>\n

The Dragons ended a 15-month winless streak in the URC after they thumped Connacht 48-28 at Rodney Parade.<\/p>\n

In Italy, Benetton edged rivals Zebre Parma 21-15.<\/p>\n

See below for Saturday\u2019s scores and scorers!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benetton 21-15 Zebre Parma<\/p>\n

The scorers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Benetton:<\/strong>
Tries:<\/strong> Mendy, Gasperini
Con:<\/strong> Umaga
Pens:<\/strong> Umaga 3<\/p>\n

For Zebre Parma:<\/strong>
Tries<\/strong>: Ferrari, Gesi
Con<\/strong>: Montemauri
Pen:<\/strong> Montemauri<\/p>\n

Teams:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benetton:<\/strong> 15 Matt Gallagher, 14 Paolo Odogwu, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Leonardo Marin, 11 Ignacio Mendy, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Alessandro Garbisi, 8 So\u2019otala Fa\u2019aso\u2019o, 7 Michele Lamaro, 6 Manuel Zuliani, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Riccardo Favretto, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Bautista Bernasconi, 1 Thomas Gallo.
Replacements:<\/strong> 16 Nicholas Gasperini, Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Giulio Marini, 20 Lorenzo Cannone, 21 Louis Werchon, 22 Tomas Albornoz, 23 Malakai Fekitoa.<\/p>\n

Zebre Parma:<\/strong> 15 Giovanni Montemauri, 14 Giulio Bertaccini, 13 Marco Zanon, 12 Damiano Mazza, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Giacomo Da Re, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 David Odiase, 7 Samuele Locatelli, 6 Bautista Stavile, 5 Leonard Krumov (co-captain), 4 Giacomo Ferrari, 3 Juan Pitinari, 2 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 1 Muhamed Hasa.
Replacements:<\/strong> 16 Giampietro Ribaldi, 17 Paolo Buonfiglio, 18 Matteo Nocera, 19 Alessandro Ortombina, 20 Matteo Canali, 21 Thomas Dominguez, 22 Malik Faissal, 23 Giovanni Licata (co-captain).<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Assistant referees:<\/strong> Filippo Russo (Italy), Luca Bisetto (Italy)
TMO:<\/strong> Stefano Penne (Italy)<\/p>\n

Glasgow Warriors 24-12 Edinburgh<\/p>\n

The scorers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Glasgow Warriors:<\/strong>
Tries:<\/strong> Fagerson, Darge, Hiddleston, Stephen
Cons:<\/strong> Hastings 2<\/p>\n

For Edinburgh:<\/strong>
Tries:<\/strong> Richardson, Gilchrist
Con:<\/strong> Thompson<\/p>\n

Teams:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glasgow Warriors:<\/strong> 15 Ollie Smith, 14 Kyle Steyn (captain), 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Jamie Dobie, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Max Williamson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Nathan McBeth.
Replacements:<\/strong> 16 Seb Stephen, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Alex Craig, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Ally Miller, 22 Ben Afshar, 23 Dan Lancaster.<\/p>\n

Edinburgh:<\/strong> 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 Piers O\u2019Conor, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Cammy Scott, 9 Ben Vellacott, 8 Magnus Bradbury (captain), 7 Dylan Richardson, 6 Liam McConnell, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Glen Young, 3 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements:<\/strong> 16 Harri Morris, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Callun Hunter-Hill, 20 Freddy Douglas, 21 Conor McAlpine, 22 Ross Thompson, 23 Matt Davidson.<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Assistant referees:<\/strong> David Sutherland (Scotland), Finlay Brown (Scotland)
TMO:<\/strong> Mark Patton (Scotland)<\/p>\n

Ospreys 10-26 Munster<\/p>\n

The scorers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Ospreys:<\/strong>
Try<\/strong>: Morris
Con:<\/strong> Edwards
Pen:<\/strong> Edwards<\/p>\n

For Munster:<\/strong>
Tries:<\/strong> Daly, Barron, Crowley, Haley
Cons:<\/strong> Crowley 3<\/p>\n

Teams:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ospreys:<\/strong> 15 Max Nagy, 14 Dan Kasende, 13 Evardi Boshoff, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Harri Deaves, 6 James Ratti, 5 Ryan Smith, 4 Rhys Davies, 3 Rhys Henry, 2 Dewi Lake (captain), 1 Steffan Thomas.
Replacements:<\/strong> 16 Sam Parry, 17 Cam Jones, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Huw Sutton, 20 Morgan Morse, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Keiran Williams, 23 Jack Walsh.<\/p>\n

Munster:<\/strong> 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Shane Daly, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Paddy Patterson, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 Alex Kendellen, 6 Jack O\u2019Donoghue (captain), 5 Fineen Wycherley, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Michael Ala\u2019alatoa, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Jeremy Loughman.
Replacements:<\/strong> 16 Lee Barron, 17 Michael Milne, 18 Conor Bartley, 19 Edwin Edogbo, 20 Tom Ahern, 21 Ethan Coughlan, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 John Hodnett.<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
Assistant referees<\/strong>: Craig Evans (Wales), Andrew Moule (Wales)
TMO:<\/strong> Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)<\/p>\n

Dragons 48-28 Connacht<\/p>\n

The scorers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Dragons:<\/strong>
Tries:<\/strong> Burrows, Hope 2, Rosser, penalty try, Dyer
Cons:<\/strong> O\u2019Brien 5
Pens:<\/strong> O\u2019Brien 2<\/p>\n

For Connacht:<\/strong>
Tries:<\/strong> Gilbert, Prendergast 2, Jansen
Cons:<\/strong> Gilbert 3, Carty<\/p>\n

Teams:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dragons:<\/strong> 15 Angus O\u2019Brien (co-captain), 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Fine Inisi, 12 Aneurin Owen, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Tinus de Beer, 9 Che Hope, 8 Harri Keddie, 7 Harry Beddall, 6 Ryan Woodman, 5 Ben Carter (co-captain), 4 Levi Douglas, 3 Robert Hunt, 2 Oli Burrows, 1 Rodrigo Martinez.
Replacements:<\/strong> 16 George Roberts, 17 Jordan Morris, 18 Cebo Dlamini, 19 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 20 Thomas Young, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Joe Westwood, 23 Huw Anderson.<\/p>\n

Connacht:<\/strong> 15 Sam Gilbert, 14 Chay Mullins, 13 Cathal Forde, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Shayne Bolton, 10 Josh Ioane, 9 Caolin Blade, 8 Paul Boyle, 7 Se\u00e1n O\u2019Brien, 6 Cian Prendergast (captain), 5 Niall Murray, 4 Darragh Murray, 3 Sam Illo, 2 Dave Heffernan, 1 Jordan Duggan.
Replacements:<\/strong> 16 Dylan Tierney-Martin, 17 Denis Buckley, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Josh Murphy, 20 Sean Jansen, 21 Ben Murphy, 22 Jack Carty, 23 Hugh Gavin.<\/p>\n

Referee:<\/strong> Ru Campbell (Scotland)
Assistant referees:<\/strong> Rob McDowell (Wales), Jonny Mackenzie (Wales)
TMO:<\/strong> Mike Adamson (Scotland)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SATURDAY WRAP: Munster moved back into second spot in the United Rugby Championship standings after they recorded a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-645815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115756429328455455","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}