MUNSTER RATINGS

RÚAIDHRÍ O’CONNOR

SIMON ZEBO

Won’t want to see James Lowe for a while after being beaten twice for Leinster’s try and he was guilty of trying too hard at times, but was still his side’s most dangerous attacker.

RORY SCANNELL

A tidy performence in which he mixed solid defence and hard carrying without ever grabbing the game by the scruff of the neck.

CONOR MURRAY

More frustration at provincial level despite a typical Murray performance in which he barely put a foot wrong over 80 minutes.

JOHN RYAN

Scrummaged well, before tiring as the lack of depth at tighthead told. His work around the park was put in the shade by his front-row colleagues

PETER O’MAHONY

Did everything in his power to haul his team over the line with an all-action performance which saw him steal lineouts and restarts. Even threw in a perfect skip pass.

BENCH IMPACT

The front-row of Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell and Ciarán Parker were unable to cope with the Leinster scrum. Gerbrandt Grobler brought power to the equation and scored a try, while Robin Copeland was excellent. Ian Keatley had good and bad moments, penalty concession was costly.

ANDREW CONWAY

Brimmed with danger when he got the ball and, while he could thank Arnold for saving his defensive blushes after he shot up, he was generally sound.

KEITH EARLS

Superb finish to his try and the injury he incurred may have affected him later on, but he was a bundle of energy throughout and unlucky to lose.

JAMES CRONIN

Put Tadhg Furlong in all sorts of difficulty at scrum-time, carried hard and tackled ferociously. Munster missed him when he went off and Australia could beckon.

JEAN KLEYN

A physical presence throughout, but his discipline and poor skill execution cost his side dearly at crucial moments. Yellow card was utterly avoidable.

JACK O’DONOGHUE

Only lasted 10 minutes due to a serious-looking injury that is likely to rule him out of the Australia tour.

SAM ARNOLD

Try-saving tackle on Lowe was superb, but he will be disappointed with some of his passing and kicking options. Excellent defensively, next step is attack.

JJ HANRAHAN

Looked assured until a hip injury ended his day at half-time. Will rue missed kickable penalty.

RHYS MARSHALL

Once again showed the folly of not starting him in Bordeaux with an all-action performance. Took the game to Leinster and played a big role in Earls’ try.

BILLY HOLLAND

Brushed aside by James Ryan early on and while he tackled gainfully, he couldn’t influence the game and was hauled ashore early.

CJ STANDER

Brought plenty of energy, but Leinster saw his carries coming and by and large dealt with his threat with low, hard tackling.

JOHANN VAN GRAAN

This was an opportunity lost and Van Graan will be frustrated that his players couldn’t execute a good plan at key moments.