Pool B: Wasps 14-35 MunsterMunster clinch bonus point win despite 34 players out Maybe this is the way forward for rugby as a spectator sport. Pick two teams pretty much out of a tombola, mix Lions and
World Cup winners with hastily-recruited academy kids and then watch them collectively deliver a cheerfully unscripted antidote to Covid defeatism. Despite neither side being remotely at full strength this was a crazily entertaining contest by most other measures.
![Shields red costs Wasps with Covid-hit Munster earning Champions Cup win](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2a484db717075627fb87c4c0d22e46d7bd902625/0_74_4124_2474/master/4124.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=98404dce881a144148a4ebd195914267)
Given Munster had around 34 individuals unavailable following their Covid-hit trip to
South Africa, and had not played for seven weeks, the outcome will also be viewed as a minor miracle in
Ireland, whose teams have had a properly epic European weekend. To Connacht smashing Stade Français, Ulster conquering Clermont and Leinster thumping Bath can now be added this unexpected Wasps walloping.