Northampton fought back to beat Munster in the Investec Champions Cup , despite being reduced to 14 in the first half at Thomond Park. However, the Irish province secured the bonus point they needed to scrape through to the last 16, while the visitors extended their lead at the top of Pool 3.
Alex Mitchell opened the scoring but Munster led 15-7 at half-time through Antoine Frisch and Peter O'Mahony tries, with the new Ireland captain's score coming after Curtis Langdon was sent off and George Furbank sin-binned. Gavin Coombes stretched Munster's lead with a 49th-minute try but Fin Smith penalties either side of a lovely drop-goal brought the visitors back into it. The Premiership leaders grabbed victory with a Sam Graham try nine minutes from time to extend their winning run to nine matches. Defeat left Munster in fourth place in Pool 3, nine points behind their English opponents who had already qualified before the game kicked off after three impressive win
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