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Mon 10 Oct 2009Rusty Munster let Northampton slip away
HEINEKEN CUP Northampton 31 Munster 27: FACED BY a buoyant home side who were 14 points to the good and had 35 minutes to secure a fourth try and bonus point, a rusty Munster were in danger of pitching themselves into miracle territory after one game.
Few teams in Europe, perhaps none, would have got within an ass’s roar of the potentially crucial bonus point they subsequently secured, and yet they’ll rue this as one that got away.
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