.Apart from the opening five minutes, the half belonged totally to the home side and it came as no surprise when they added a third try with Reuben Morgan-Williams sending Keiran Williams over.
Jack Crowley's composure and Sam Prendergast's cameo bode well for Ireland while Robbie Henshaw remains a Lions contender.
Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has confirmed number eight Jack Dempsey will miss their final autumn Test against Australia and in all likelihood a key chunk of Glasgow’s season as he awaits a specialist verdict on his shoulder injury.
Jackson Garden-Bachop turned 100 yesterday, the first Wellington player since Tana Umaga in 2007 to reach that milestone.
Tomos Williams signed off his final game for Gloucester ahead of the Autumn Nations Series with a virtuoso performance at Kingsholm as his side comfortably beat Newcastle 36-7.
Halfway through the conversation, he was approached by staff to see if he was interested in availing of any spa treatments – facials, pedicures and the like – that were available that afternoon. A polite no was the understandable answer.
Graham Jack, the lanky lock’s father, was a 1998 Super Rugby champion playing in the Crusaders engine room.
Jack Crowley kicked 13 points as Munster overcame eighth-place finishers Ospreys 23-7 at Thomond Park to earn a BKT United Rugby Championship home semi-final.
Along the way the Australian became Japanese-eligible, debuting versus the British and Irish Lions and he has since gone on to start three matches at the recent Rugby World Cup in France. Sweet.
Jack Crowley scored a second-half try and kicked the clinching 74th-minute penalty in Munster’s 20-15 United Rugby Championship win over Cardiff at Thomond Park.