O'Gara was off-target with an early penalty attempt but Hurley made it 5-0 with a 15th-minute try in the right corner, O'Gara missing the conversion.
O'Gara's precise grubber unhinged Wasps' rush defence and Payne, recalled to the side after being made team manager this season, pounced in the left corner, O'Gara converting.
Lefeimi Mafi raced onto O'Gara's flat pass straight between Flutey and Fraser Waters, and a simple off-load put Tipoki in under the posts, giving O'Gara an easy conversion.
Because of their early struggles he reverted to type and went back to Ronan O'Gara, but it appears he has decided Sexton - who offers more of a running option than O'Gara - is his man.
O'Gara was quick to commiserate with Jones after the final whistle and swapped shirts with his opposite number.
Mick O'Driscoll, Howlett and James Coughlan added further tries and Ronan O'Gara kicked a total of 15 points.
O'Gara made no mistake with the conversion to increase his side's advantage to nine points.
Ronan O'Gara had a 100% record with the boot as he landed 16 points.
O'Gara took advantage of a Montauban infringement to level the scores with a 32nd-minute penalty.
Mitu was off-target with the conversion attempt and then O'Gara missed with a penalty.
Man-of-the-match Ronan O'Gara kicked over five penalties from five attempts as the Munster forwards dominated.
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Paterson and O'Gara traded early penalties before Scotland edged into a 9-3 lead after 20 minutes.
Ronan O'Gara converted with the last kick of the match to level the scores.
Mike Blair and Ronan O'Gara do look like a possible Test half-back partnership though.
O'Gara added the conversion and it left Munster four points ahead at the break.
O'Gara landed the conversion and made it 10-0 just three minutes later with an easy penalty.
Sexton, however, will be relishing the challenge of replacing Ronan O'Gara, particularly on his own turf.
O'Gara converted before his opposite number, Fiji's Seremaia Bai, opened Clermont's account with a 12th-minute penalty.
Paul Warwick came on for O'Gara and slotted over a penalty to register Munster's first points.
Ronan O'Gara, Gordon D'Arcy, Jonathan Sexton and Shane Horgan were also rested from Tuesday's training.
O'Gara punished the European champions with his fourth penalty as Munster continued to turn the screw.
Lions duo O'Gara and Donncha O'Callaghan also made their first starts of the season.
Two O'Gara penalties nudged Munster 9-6 ahead but Sean O'Brien set up O'Driscoll's decisive 70th-minute try.
O'Gara slotted the conversion to extend the advantage to 10-0 and things looked ominous for the Azzurri.
An O'Gara penalty five minutes before the interval gave his side a slender one-point advantage at half-time.
But O'Gara responded a few moments later with both sides struggling to keep the penalty count down.
Fly-half Ronan O'Gara played the wind and rain perfectly, kicking sensibly for position and booting 19 points.
The simple conversion and a late penalty from O'Gara, his fifth, saw Munster lead 22-10 at half-time.
The sides were level at 3-3 at half-time with Isa Nacewa cancelling out a Ronan O'Gara penalty.
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