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Published 21:56 6 Oct 2018 BST
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That was the final nail for the southern province and they left Dublin without even a losing bonus point to show for their efforts. Following the game, Munster captain Peter O'Mahony showed commendable leadership in standing up for the tighthead. He said:
"Yeah, look, it's not ideal but the same player was after coming off the back of a penalty try after five or six scrums. These things happen, you know, in the white-hot of a game. "These are mistakes that I certainly won't be commenting on or giving out about as I've been on the wrong end of them a few times myself. They're decisions you make in games [and] that happens. With that intensity there, those things happen."Munster head coach Johann van Graan also addressed Archer's late blip in sn otherwise decent shift. "The two teams went at each other for 80 minutes and unfortunately certain calls went against our team," said the South African. "That being said, with five minutes to go we conceded another penalty that took the game away from us; made it eight points and impossible for us to get back into the game."
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