The game’s first try came when Jack O’Donoghue crashed over from a line-out maul on 33 minutes.

Hendrikse would kick another three points before half time but, in the final play before the turn, Munster were awarded a penalty try when Simon Zebo was tackled without the ball. Marius Louw was sent to the sin bin for the incident.

Shane Daly scored in the corner off a Gavin Coombes pass with 32 minutes remaining but the Lions struck back through replacement hooker PJ Botha.

Munster would ensure a maximum return through Coombes’ try with the last play of the game.

Lions: Hendrikse; Kriel, Cronje, Louw (capt), Van der Merwe; Nohamba, Van den Berg; Naude, Visagie, Dreyer; Alberts, Delport; Pretorius, Tshituka, Horn.

Replacements: Botha, Smith, Ntlabakanye, Nothnagel, Venter, Sangweni, Steyn, Lombard.

Munster: Zebo; Nash, Frisch, O’Brien, Daly; Crowley, Murray; Loughman, Scannell, Archer; Snyman, Beirne (capt); O’Mahony, Kendellen, O’Donoghue.

Replacements: Clarke, Wycherley, Jager, Ahern, Coombes, Casey, Carbery, Haley.