By ROB COLE

Battler: Bradley Davies

YOU HAVE to go back 11 seasons for the last time Munster won their opening five matches in the PRO14 and it is four years since a Welsh region beat them away from home in the regular season.
Scarlets had that stunning 46-22 win in Dublin over them in the PRO14 final in 2017, a slightly better memory of the Aviva Stadium for Wayne Pivac than Friday night, but you have to go back to September 9, 2016, for the last win on Munster soil when the Blues won 24-23 in Cork.
The last Welsh win at Thomond Park, however, is further back in the ...