MUNSTER AND LEINSTER will await the citing commissioner’s report following an allegation made by Gavin Coombes in this evening’s interpro clash at Aviva Stadium.

Near the end of the first half, Munster number eight Coombes alleged that an unnamed Leinster player had grabbed him in the groin area.

Referee Andrew Brace looked to review the incident, but with no clear evidence available to the TMO at the time, Brace played on, making it clear the citing commissioner could investigate the claim.

Post-game, both head coaches were asked about the incident.

Munster boss Clayton McMillan said: “It’s one of those things that we leave in the hands of the powers that be.

“All I know is that I back our players 100% that if they make an allegation like that, they wouldn’t do it lightly, and that’s not the sort of person Gavin is, so we’ll see where that goes.”

Leo Cullen felt Coombes had “changed his mind” while making the accusation.

“I can’t see anything there, from what I can see,” said Cullen.

“And obviously, if that is the accusation, like as in… But I’m not seeing anything on first view. So I don’t know. It looked like he’d changed his mind halfway through that accusation as well. So I don’t know.”

Cullen was asked to elaborate on why he felt Coombes withdrew the accusation.

“Well, that’s the way it sounded, once the scrum was packing down. But I don’t know. Obviously, once that accusation is made, it becomes a serious matter for the citing commissioner. So my comment is not going to help in any way here. But from what I’ve seen, I can’t see anything.”

Cullen said he had not had any contact with the officials regarding the allegation, before being asked if he was disappointed that such an allegation was made.

“Ah, come on, move on. Don’t be trying to hook me on this. Nothing to do with me. I’m sitting up in a glass box.”

The Leinster boss then added: “It’s not ideal. Yeah, it’s not ideal. So you’d want to be very clear if something’s happened.”

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Overall, McMillan was frustrated to see Munster lose grip of an eight-point half-time lead.

“Disappointed to lose, we didn’t come here to lose and we don’t take any satisfaction out of being gallant losers,” he said.

“To walk away with a bonus point is nice because you look at the table and it’s pretty congested, but it was genuine disappointment in the changing shed because we felt like we had enough opportunities, and we didn’t nail them all.”

“You’ve got to give credit to Leinster,” added Munster captain Tadhg Beirne.

“The wind was strong, we had the advantage in the first half, and they capitalised on that (in the second), but I think the discipline is probably something we need to work on, particularly the second half of games at the moment, we’re kind of falling off a little bit and letting teams back into it through our ill-discipline, and it’s just giving teams a little bit of momentum or even a little bit of belief against us and making it more difficult for ourselves.

“Ultimately, I thought the first half we were really good, but second half we just compounded errors on our end, whether it was a penalty or just an individual skill error like myself, the ball going straight through my hands in the lineout and they score not long after that.

“So yeah, I think if we can clean those up, we’ll be in a much better place, but they did well to get the momentum and keep the foot on the pedal today.”

McMillan also provided an update on winger Shane Daly, who left the pitch on a stretcher following a heavy collision in the second half.

“He’s up walking around in the changing shed but he naturally looks pretty dusty and I don’t imagine that he’ll be back for a little while.”