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WATCH: Only two people in Limerick were not convinced about Conor Murray’s ‘try’

Published 18:19 21 Jan 2017 GMT

Patrick McCarry
WATCH: Only two people in Limerick were not convinced about Conor Murray’s ‘try’

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Munster looked to have broken the deadlock at Thomond Park after 27 minutes. The only ones that disagreed were the referee and the TMO.

Munster and Racing went at it, hammer and everything, in the first half of the Champions Cup pool clash in Limerick. Racing had the chance to hit the front but Maxime Machenaud missed his penalty attempt. Munster eventually woke up and turned up the pressure. After Niall Scannell and Tommy O'Donnell went close, Conor Murray's sniping dive over a tryline ruck looked to have got Munster off the mark. Tyler Bleyendaal headed to the 22 to prepare for hi conversion effort but referee Marius Mitrea was not convinced. He went to the video replays and Allan Falzone, after far too many replays, said 'No try'. Bizarrely, the decision of a Munster scrum meant Falzone did not believe Murray knocked on. It was one of those compromises that ended up pleasing no-one. https://twitter.com/T0mmyEnglish/status/822867252894633984 https://twitter.com/BobTheCork/status/822866908554940416 https://twitter.com/mikier/status/822867186268196864 Fortunately for Munster, Simon Zebo wriggled over before Machenaud knocked over a penalty to make it 7-3 at half-time.
WATCH: Only two people in Limerick were not convinced about Conor Murray’s ‘try’