A Matt Currie hat-trick helped Edinburgh to a 34-28 victory over Munster at Musgrave Park. With the game played in Cork rather than Thomond Park, Sean Everitt's side became the first United Rugby Championship (URC) visitors to Munster's lesser used home ground to win since 2019.

Munster crumbled to a rare defeat at Virgin Media Park as Matt Currie's hat-trick set Edinburgh up for a famous 34-28 United Rugby Championship win.

Munster’s hopes of securing a home URC quarter-final suffered a serious setback as Edinburgh scored a bonus-point victory in Cork on Friday night. In a week which saw the province announce Chiefs boss Clayton McMillan as their new head coach for next season and club icons Conor Murray and Peter O’Mahony declare their intentions to hang up their red jerseys this summer,

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An eleventh win in a row at Virgin Media Park seemed a given against an Edinburgh side which hadn’t won away from home since last April, but Munster were blown away by the last