Paterson guns down Munster
Edinburgh recorded a vital 12-7 victory over Munster at Murrayfield thanks to four Chris Paterson penalties on Friday evening in their Magners League clash.
The Scottish province led 9-0 at the break and despite a determined fightback from the the visitors, they held on to record a big victory.
Irish flank David Wallace grabbed the second half try for Munster after 52 minutes, temporarily cutting the gap to just two points, but Paterson stepped up minutes later to extend the gap to the winning margin of five points.
The Scorers
For Edinburgh
Pen: Paterson 4
For Munster
Tries: Wallace
Cons: O’Gara
Teams:
Edinburgh: 15 Chris Paterson; 14 John Houston, 13 Ben Cairns, 12 Nick De Luca, 11 Tim Visser; 10 Phil Godman, 9 Mike Blair (captain), 8 Scott Newlands ,7 Roddy Grant, 6 Alan MacDonald, 5 Scott MacLeod, 4 Kyle Traynor, 3 Ross Ford, 2 Geoff Cross, 1 Steve Turnbull
Replacements: 16 Andrew Kelly, 17 Allan Jacobsen, 18 Craig Hamilton, 19 Allister Hogg, 20 Greig Laidlaw, 21 Andrew Turnbull, 22 Steve Jones.
Munster: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Ian Dowling, 13 Lifeimi Mafi, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Ronan O’Gara, 9 Tomas O’Leary, 8 Denis Leamy, 7 David Wallace, 6 Niall Ronan, 5 Paul O’Connell (captain), 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Julien Brugnaut, 2 Denis Fogarty, 1 Darragh Hurley Replacements: 16 Damien Varley, 17 S Archer, 18 Mick O’Driscoll, 19 Donncha Ryan, 20 Peter Stringer, 21 Denis Hurley, 22 Felix Jones.
Referee: Gwyn Morris (Wales)
Assistant referees: Iain Heard (Scotland), Graeme Marshall (Scotland)
