Thaakir Abrahams during a Munster training session in Limerick earlier this week. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
It’s the 24th minute at a heaving Stade Marcel Deflandre and Munster have just been given a lifeline, having spent much of the early stages under the pump.
Trailing 7-0 and mindful that La Rochelle have also had another try chalked off, Ihaia West’s yellow card gives Munster a chance to gain a foothold in a contest that had threatened to get away from them.