Here's the 60-second report on how Munster beat Glasgow today

Glasgow 12 Munster 14

Here's the 60-second report on how Munster beat Glasgow today

Glasgow 12 Munster 14

Key moment: With Munster denied a try but handed a penalty after Stuart Hogg's high tackle on Andrew Conway, Munster could have taken the points with a close-range penalty to tie the game at 12-all with 10 minutes to go.

Instead, the visitors went for the win, kicking the penalty to the right corner and from the lineout fashioning the game-clinching try as Francis Saili found space in the opposite corner.

Talking point: Munster have done it, winning on the road for the second time in as many weeks to clinch Pool 1 with a week to spare and progress to the quarter-finals for the first time since 2013-14.

For a side that scraped into the Champions Cup with a win in the final game of last season, Munster have more than exceeded expectations under a new coaching team led by Rassie Erasmus and in exceptional circumstances given the sudden death of head coach Anthony Foley on the eve of the competition.

Key man: Glasgow's Tim Swinson was a deserved man of the match winner but there were plenty of Munster players who put their hands up for recognition in a real dogfight, not least wing Andrew Conway, who was prominent throughout with meaningful involvements in defence and attack.

Ref watch: England's Luke Pearce presided over a niggly game and late on sent Stuart Hogg to the sin bin for a high stiff-arm challenge on Andrew Conway.

It might arguably have deserved a penalty try for Munster given the wing was en route to the tryline but a penalty was deemed sufficient.

Penalties conceded: Glasgow 9 Munster 7

Injuries: Conor Murray passed a second-half Head Injury Assessment as Munster came through this game apparently unscathed.

The province are hoping Tommy O'Donnell can recover speedily from the ankle sprain he suffered in Paris the previous weekend, which caused him to miss the Glasgow clash while fellow back rower Robin Copeland and centre Sam Arnold were ruled out for seven and eight weeks respectively before this Champions Cup game.

Next up: With a first Champions Cup quarter-final place in three years now secure thanks to this victory, Munster will welcome already eliminated Racing 92 to Thomond Park next Saturday with the aim of securing a home draw for April's last-eight ties.

By Simon Lewis

Full Report

Glasgow 12 Munster 14

Francis Saili's late try booked Munster's place in the Champions Cup quarter-finals as they edged out Glasgow 14-12 at Scotstoun.

A hard-fought affair looked set to be decided by the teams' respective kickers before the game swung decisively in favour of Rassie Erasmus' men when Warriors full-back Stuart Hogg was yellow-carded with 10 minutes left.

That opened up the space Kiwi centre Saili needed to grab the winning touchdown and send his team through to the last eight.

Glasgow were left to be consolidated with a losing bonus point but their hopes of escaping the pool stage for the first time now rest with next week's do-or-die clash with Leicester at Welford Road.

This match was dubbed the biggest anywhere across Europe before kick-off and Glasgow coach Gregor Townsend did his best to ensure it lived up its billing by sending out a starting line-up packed one to 15 with Scotland internationals.

He claimed his team were up against the northern hemisphere's form club side but neither outfit gave much away during a tense opening half.

The stalemate was pierced 13 minutes in when Finn Russell nailed a penalty for the hosts, while Munster fly-half Tyler Bleyendaal levelled with his second attempt.

As Townsend predicted, the Limerick men were proving handy in all disciplines and it took some restrained defence to halt their first serious surge led by CJ Stander and Peter O'Mahony after 28 minutes

Hogg then put Warriors in front once more with a massive kick from bang on halfway - but the gains were swiftly wiped out as Bleyendaal again knocked over.

The Scotland full-back had another go from similar distance just before the break but this time he pulled his strike wide.

Glasgow started the second period with menace but the kicking pendulum continued to swing back and forth as another Russell penalty was swiftly cancelled out by Bleyendaal.

Warriors were feeding off the passion being generated by a sell-out crowd but Munster's resistance was proving hard to shake and they had to settle for another Russell kick as the game entered its final 20 minutes.

But an ominous sense of dread quickly spread round the ground when Hogg fell victim of the new guidelines on high tackles, after catching Andrew Conway with a flailing arm as the Munster wing made a failed attempt to dive over in the corner.

The Irishmen had been upping the ante but with Hogg sin-binned the door was opened for them to strike, with Keith Earls' clever reverse pass sending Saili over in the corner.

Glasgow were left with a sliver of hope when Bleyendaal missed his conversion.

But Russell's decision to go on a chip and charge failed to pay off as Munster held on by the skin of their teeth.

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