Munster 35
Connacht 3

Connacht ended 2009 on a disappointing note when they went down to Munster at Thomond Park on Saturday night.
Connacht trailed by 20-3 at half-time with Ian Keatley responding with a penalty to Munster tries from Ian Dowling and Damian Varley.
Connacht defended well in the second-half but Munster secured a bonus point in the closing stages with tries from Paul Warwick and Jean de Villiers.
Connacht will now turn their attention to the visit of Heineken Cup champions Leinster to the Sportsground next Saturday afternoon.

MUNSTER
Tries: Dowling, Varley, Warwick, de Villiers
Cons: O’Gara (2), Warwick
Pens: O’Gara (2), Warwick

CONNACHT
Pens: Keatley


Munster: F Jones; D Hurley, T Gleeson, J de Villiers, I Dowling; R O'Gara, P Stringer; J Brugnaut, D Varley, T Buckley; M O'Driscoll, D Ryan; B Holland, N Ronan, N Williams.
Replacements: P Warwick for Jones, 15 mins; S Deasy for O’Gara, half-time; J Coughlan for Williams, 63 mins; T O’Donnell for Holland, 63 mins; D Williams for Stringer, 72 mins; M Sherry for Varley, 76 mins.

Connacht: G Duffy; T Nathan, N Ta’auso, K Matthews, L Bibo; M Nikora, C O’Loughlin; B Wilkinson, A Flavin, J Hagan; M Swift, B Upton; M McComish, J O’Connor, G Naoupu.
Replacements: I Keatley for Nikora, 37 mins; R Loughney for Wilkinson, half-time; A Browne for Upton, half-time; D Murphy for Flavin, 49 mins; Wilkinso for Hagan, 63 mins; K Campbell for O’Loughlin, 65 mins.
Referee: A Rolland.