After Warwick levelled for Munster, the home side began to turn the screw with backs Peter Stringer, Murphy and Keith Earls looking especially lively.

BBC: Munster 25-10 Connacht

But as the match entered the final half hour, the home side started to turn the screw as they found space to deliver dangerous crosses.

BBC: Germany 0-0 Wales

With the home side's pack starting to turn the screw, Earls scored Munster's third try in the 47th minute after O'Gara's clever flat pass - although Timoci Nagusa's attempt at a tackle on the winger left a lot to be desired.

BBC: Munster 24-10 Ulster

The bureaucratic screw-ups of the late Blair imperium, mostly in the Home Office, had threatened to revive an old caricature of Labour incompetence.

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