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Munster trounce Sale in Thomond thriller

Tomas O'Leary crossed for Munster's fifth try in a six try rout of Sale at Thomond Park last night

A rampant and almost vintage Munster side dispatched the challenge of Sale Sharks in last night's Heineken Cup round five pool decider at a packed Thomond Park. The English premiership team fell foul of a six try onslaught that saw Munster take on Sale up front and smother the side into a second half submission and take a maximum five pool points away from the tie. Munster now sit in the driving seat of pool one where a win next week against competition newcommers in Montauban will bring a home tie quarterfinal to the reigning champions and an estimated five million euro to the local economy.

A towering performance from Munster captain Paul O'Connell, together with the entire team and emptied bench, saw three tries emulate from the pack's huge performance and the ball handling skills of the flowing back line yield another three opportunities for the home side to cross the try line.

O'Connell notecd the performance of everyone, the famous Munster 16th man included, "We just really wanted it. We put a lot of ourselves into it this week. There's been a lot of talk about Thomond Park in the last few weeks, a lot of opposing players talking about playing here.