Munster were fighting for every ball in defiance of their absentees and their victory prospects received a dramatic boost when Shields was shown his dubious red card, with referee Romain Poite saying his shoulder had caught Kilcoyne's neck.
Munster kämpfte trotz seiner fehlenden Spieler um jeden Ball, und seine Siegeschancen stiegen abrupt als Shields seine zweifelhafte rote Karte erhielt, da Schiedsrichter Romain Poite sagte, seine Schulter habe Kilcoyne am Nacken erwischt.