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Classy Munster book home quarter-final

Castres took the lead through Rory Kockott and dominated the first 15 minutes, before a pair of Ian Keatley penalties put the home side in front.

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Man of the Match Keith Earls then scored Munster's first try of the afternoon on 32 minutes, to give the Irish province a 10-point lead at the interval.

Rhys Marshall added a second try four minutes after half-time, before Munster took over with a further penalty try just before the hour mark.

Simon Zebo ensured a bonus point victory with a superb try, darting past two Castres defenders before diving over the whitewash.

Alex Wootton and James Cronin added a fifth and sixth try in the closing stages to put further gloss on a comprehensive victory for Munster.

The Irish province will host RC Toulon in the Champions Cup quarter-finals at Thomond Park.

The scorers:

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For Munster:

Tries: Earls, Marshall, Penalty try, Zebo, Wootton, Cronin

Cons: Keatley 3, Hanrahan 2

Pens: Keatley 2

For Castres:

Pen: Kockott

Yellow Cards: Thomas Combezou (Castres), Daniel Kotze (Castres)

Munster: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Conor Murray, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Chris Cloete, 6 Peter O’Mahony (captain), 5 Billy Holland, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Rhys Marshall, 1 Dave Kilcoyne

Replacements: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 James Cronin, 18 John Ryan, 19 Darren O’Shea, 20 Jack O’Donoghue, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Alex Wootton

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Castres: 15 Geoffrey Palis, 14 Kylian Jaminet, 13 Thomas Combezou, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 David Smith, 10 Julien Dumora, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Alex Tulou, 7 Steve Mafi, 6 Yannick Caballero, 5 Thibault Lassalle, 4 Alexandre Bias, 3 Damien Tussac, 2 Jody Jenneker, 1 Antoine Tichit

Replacements: 16 Kevin Firmin, 17 Tudor Stroe, 18 Daniel Kotze, 19 Victor Moreaux, 20 Baptiste Delaporte, 21 Yohan Domenech, 22 Yohan Le Bourhis, 23 Afusipa Taumoepeau

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Assistant referees: Wayne Davies (Wales), Dewi Phillips (Wales)

TMO: Jonathan Mason (Wales)

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