Munster remain top after Edinburgh win

Munster showed the benefits of their week-long training camp in Lanzarote as they ran four tries past Edinburgh to remain at the top of the Magners League following the 28-14 win.

First-half tries from Doug Howlett (10) and Tony Buckley (34) set the tone for Tony McGahan's men who were back playing at Musgrave Park for the first time in four months.

Ben Cairns and Chris Paterson collected tries for Edinburgh but Munster had the bonus point within their grasp 15 minutes from the finish, following tries from Keith Earls and Ciaran O'Boyle.

Blues down brave Warriors

Meanwhile Cardiff Blues claimed revenge for their shock 28-0 defeat in Scotland in November with a 34-30 win but a second-half comeback by Glasgow made it a lot harder than looked likely at the interval of this Magners League encounter.

An aerial bombardment by international fly-half Dan Parks led to two tries, which had the 7,603 home crowd worried for a while, but the Blues' dominance at close quarters and greater penetration behind saw them home in the end.

Jamie Robinson (2), Tom James and Dafydd Hewitt went over for Blues with Ben Blair kicking 14 points while Ruaridh Jackson, Bernardo Stortoni and Colin Shaw were Warriors' scorers as Parks added 15 with the boot.

Even though Parks gave Glasgow an early lead with a long-range penalty, the Blues swept down field to claim three tries in 13 minutes.

Flying winger James and inside centre Hewitt grabbed the first two within four minutes of each other as Cardiff stamped their authority.

And Robinson, who is leaving the Arms Park in the summer to play in France for Toulon, ended a flowing move by dummying his way past Glasgow full-back Stortoni to complete the blitz. Blair converted all three and there were further blows for the visitors with flankers Kelly Brown and Stevie Swindall both leaving through injury.

But Parks kicked a second penalty before half-time and Glasgow who claimed the first touchdown of the second period, although it was a gift from Blues scrum-half Jason Spice, who failed to hold onto Parks' kick ahead. Welsh winger Hefin O'Hare snaffled the loose ball and sent centre Jackson in for a try which Parks converted.

Another up-and-under from the fly-half caused chaos, dropping in the Blues in-goal area. Blair, under pressure, fumbled the ball and it fell invitingly for Stortoni to touch down. Parks again added the extras and it was only a brace of Blair penalties that kept the home side in front.

The Blues gradually regained control, however, and Robinson, earlier denied by a forward pass, claimed their fourth try on the word of the TV official. Blair's conversion extended the lead to a more comfortable 14 points.

But Glasgow were still not finished, Parks kicking another penalty and converting an injury-time touchdown by wing Shaw before the final whistle brought relief to the home camp.