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Munster's Simon Zebo celebrates scoring a try. Dan Sheridan/INPHO
URC
Munster see off Ospreys to book place in URC semi-finals
Graham Rowntree’s men will play Glasgow or the Stormers in Limerick next Saturday.
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Munster 23
Ospreys 7
MUNSTER CAN LOOK forward to a home URC semi-final after Graham Rowntree’s side had too much for a stubborn Ospreys team at Thomond Park.
Simon Zebo and Niall Scannell scored converted tries as Munster took a 10-point lead into half-time, with two second half penalties from Jack Crowley enough to see them over the line in this quarter-final clash. Ospreys’ only points of the night came in the opening stages, with Munster holding their visitors scoreless after Keelan Giles’ converted try in the fourth minute.
The defending champions will now be back in Limerick for a home semi-final at 6pm next Saturday to take on the winners of tomorrow’s clash between Glasgow and the Stormers in Scotland.
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