Simon Zebo and Andrew Conway both crossed twice as Munster dominated their Champions Cup dead rubber against a young Sale outfit at Thomond Park. Both sides were out of the running in Pool One, but the Irish province salvaged some pride with a runaway 65-10 bonus-point victory that included eight second-half tries. An early Zebo effort launched Munster towards a 10-0 lead, before the stubborn Sharks rallied with a tremendous Tom Arscott score and just three points separated the sides at the break. Munster full back Simon Zebo (centre) breaks away during his side's second-half rout of Sale However, after Keith Earls crowned his first start of the season with an excellent individual try and a penalty try was added, the floodgates were well and truly opened as Pat Howard, Zebo, Andrew Conway (two), Tommy O'Donnell and Duncan Williams all touched down between the 65th and 80th minutes.
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Both sides were out of the running in Pool One of the Champions Cup
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Munster ran in nine tries during rout at Thomond Park
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Simon Zebo impressed at full-back for home side
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Keith Earls scored a superb individual try in the second-half
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It was Munster's highest-ever score in a European rugby game
@placeholder then completed his brace with an opportunist try, cleverly rolling from the back of a close-in ruck to reach over and make it 39-10.