Glasgow knock out reigning champions Munster to book URC final berth

Glasgow stunned champions Munster astatine Thomond Park to unafraid a spot successful nan United Rugby Championship last for nan first clip since 2019.

A breakaway effort from skipper Kyle Steyn gave Warriors a 7-3 half-time lead.

Sebastian Cancelliere’s stunning effort added to that advantage earlier Antoine Frisch’s people trim nan lead backmost to 4 points.

Alex Nankivell saw reddish precocious connected for Munster and George Horne’s precocious punishment sealed Glasgow’s victory.

Warriors will meet nan Bulls successful Pretoria successful nan URC last adjacent play aft nan South African side’s semi-final triumph complete Leinster.

Munster had been connected a 10-match winning tally and started fast, dominating nan first scrum and past forcing a punishment that Jack Crowley pulled wide of nan posts.

Glasgow took advantage of a loose Munster line-out and Sione Tuipulotu battered done a tackle to frighten nan statement but was penalised for holding connected and nan location broadside escaped unscathed.

Warriors recovered themselves connected nan incorrect broadside of referee Andrea Piardi, conceding six penalties successful a small complete 10 minutes, and Richie Gray was sent to nan bin for persistent offences. Crowley knocked complete a elemental punishment to get nan men successful reddish connected nan board.

The champions were good connected apical but incapable to make their superiority count and connected 24 minutes they were deed pinch a sucker-punch. A mix-up successful nan Munster midfield saw nan shot spell to platform and Steyn was first to respond to stitchery and sprint distant to people nether nan posts.

Simon Zebo looked to deed backmost for nan Irish broadside but was bundled into touch by Huw Jones arsenic he bore down connected nan try-line.

Warriors would support their four-point lead intact until nan break, but not earlier losing Matt Fagerson to a yellowish paper for a precocious tackle connected Peter O’Mahony.

The 14 men started nan 2nd half connected nan beforehand ft and passed up 2 kickable penalties to spell to nan corner, only to beryllium repelled connected each juncture by nan Munster defence. When Glasgow were fixed different punishment wrong range, Horne pulled his effort wide of nan uprights.

Then came a infinitesimal of axenic quality. Tom Jordan fielded a 22 restart heavy successful his ain territory, ran it backmost and linked-up pinch Rory Darge. He recovered Jones who scorched world done nan Munster midfield and fed Cancelliere who evaded nan screen defence to score. Horne made his adjustments and banged complete a superb conversion to springiness Glasgow a 14-3 lead.

Darge was required connected nan different broadside of nan shot erstwhile a superb turnover adjacent his ain statement foiled Munster momentum that looked definite to lead to a try.

The location broadside did not person agelong to wait, however. Horne’s charged-down box-kick handed possession to Munster and aft a fewer phases prop Jeremy Loughman burst free and yet nan shot was worked wide to Frisch to score.

Glasgow again did good to upwind nan large wind and Munster vanished nan crippled pinch 14 men aft Alex Nankivell’s reckless clearout made interaction pinch Horne’s head. The scrum-half sewage up to nudge complete nan punishment to agelong his side’s lead to seven.

Munster could not conjure a precocious rescue enactment and it will beryllium Glasgow who recreation to South Africa for nan last aiming for a first title successful 9 years.