However the Scarlets turned ’round in front as Andrew Powell’s try a minute later, followed by Bowen’s conversion made it 15-10 to the home side. An Alan Quinlan try early in the second half saw the lead regained for Munster – but again it was short lived with ‘Aisea Havili capitalising on some poor Munster handling to collect the third try for the Scarlets.
Bowen converted and added a penalty soon after to take the Scarlets 25-17 ahead. And as Munster threw everything into attack a wayward long pass 10 minutes from time allowed Chris Wyatt to score the bonus point clinching fourth score with Bowen again on the mark with the conversion.
Llanelli Scarlets: Garan Evans; ‘Aisea Havili(1T), Matthew Watkins(1T), Salesi Finau, Tal Selley; Gareth Bowen(3C, 2PG), Mike Phillips; Phil John, Robin McBryde, John Davies; Vernon Cooper, Chris Wyatt(1T); Simon Easterby (capt), Gavin Thomas, Andy Powell(1T)
Bench: David Maddocks, Matthew Rees, Dave Duley, Jon Mills, Chris McDonald, Arwel Thomas, Barry Davies Replacements used: Mills for Easterby 72
Munster: Christian Cullen; Paul Devlin, Shaun Payne, Jason Holland, Anthony Horgan; Ronan O’Gara(2C, 1PG), Peter Stringer(1T); Marcus Horan, Jerry Flannery, John Hayes; Donncha O’Callaghan, Paul O’Connell; Alan Quinlan(1T), Denis Leamy, Anthony Foley (capt)
Bench: Gordon McIlwham, Frankie Roche, Trevor Hogan, David Wallace, Eoin Reddan, Mike Mullins, Mossie Lawlor Replacements used: Wallace for Quinlan 48, Mullins for Payne 53, Lawlor for Mullins 72
Scoring sequence: 3′ Bowen (PG) 3-0, 15′ Stringer (T) 3-5, O’Gara (C) 3-7, 28′ Watkins (T) 8-7, 36′ O’Gara (PG) 8-10, 37′ Powell (T) 13-10, Bowen (C) 15-10, 48′ Quinlan (T) 15-15, O’Gara (C) 15-17, 49′ Havili (T) 20-17, Bowen (C) 22-17, 59′ Bowen (PG) 25-17, 70′ Wyatt (T) 30-17, Bowen (C) 32-17
Referee: Andrew Ireland (Scotland) Attendance: 7530
