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To compound Scarlets misery, hooker Rees was sin-binned for a dangerous tackle on replacement Tani Fuga, Malone landing the penalty to reduce the gap to three points.
To compound the Scarlets' woes, Alix Popham was immediately sin-binned for a high-tackle and while O'Gara missed the conversion, Munster were 22-13 ahead.