| First half timeline |
| 0 | Munster | Ronan O'Gara kicked-off and it was cleared from the Perpignan 22 by scrum half Nicolas Durand. |
| 2 | Munster | Perpignan full back Jerome Porical missed touch with a clearance kick from his 22 and then dropped a massive up and under in return from opposite number Paul Warwick. Munster regained possession and earned a penalty. |
| 3 | Munster | Penalty kick - R O'Gara O'Gara made no mistake from 32 metres to notch the first points of the night. |
| 4 | Munster | Perpignan kicked deep int ot eh home 22 and Paul Warwick tried to run out of defence. Eventually Liefemi Mafi kicked clear, but conceded a line-out on his 22. |
| 5 | Perpignan | Try - Y Vivalda Paul O'Connell stole the Perpignan line-out, but seventh chocie back row man Vivalda poured through, won the ball and raced unopposed to the line for the first try of the night. |
| 6 | Perpignan | Porical was wide with his conversion attempt, but still it was the French champions who had drawn first blood in the battle for top spot in Pool 1. |
| 9 | Perpignan | Farid Sid caught offside as he chased a box kick out of defence by Durand. That gave Munster a penalty 30 metres out on the right touchline. |
| 10 | Munster | Penalty kick - R O'Gara O'Gara hit the mark again to give his side the lead once more. |
| 11 | Perpignan | Warwick kicked out on the full to give Perpignaan a line-out on the Munster 10 metre line. |
| 12 | Perpignan | Try - N Durand Robins Tchale Watchou won the ball at the front, hooker Guilham Guirado poured through and then one more forward linked to send Durand racing clear. He sdiestepped Doug Howlett and left the All Black wing for dead before racing 15 metres to the corner. |
| 13 | Perpignan | Conversion - J Porical Having missed with hsi first kick, Porical made no mistake from wide out on the left to add the extra points. |
| 16 | Munster | O'Gara playing plenty of territory by kepeing the ball on his boot to move Munster forward. |
| 19 | Munster | David Wallace drive from a line-out took Munster from half-way to the Perpignan 22, but then a knock-on gave the French champions a relieving scrum. |
| 19 | Perpignan | Blood sub - M Tincu on for G Guirado |
| 21 | Perpignan | A great tackle by Gavin Hume on opposite number O'Gara earned Perpignan a penalty 45 metres out from the home posts. Porical pushed his kick just wide of the right hand upright and the capacity Thomand Park crowd heaved a sigh of relief. |
| 23 | Munster | O'Gara driled a penalty kick down into the Perpignan 22 to set-up an attacking line-out. The home line-out functioned well and the visitor's pack conceded a silly penalty for trying to life Donncha O'Callaghan off his feet. |
| 25 | Munster | Penalty kick - R O'Gara No problem for O'Gara as he cut the deficit to three points. |
| 25 | Perpignan | Blood sub - G Guirado on for M Tincu |
| 26 | Munster | Mafi made ground from the re-start and O'Gara kicked from left to right to give Howlett a long chase. he closed down Porical and Sid and forced them to concede another penalty just outside their 22. |
| 27 | Munster | From 41 metres O'Gara just pushed his fourth kick of the night narrowly wide. |
| 30 | Perpignan | A great up and under to the Munster 22 from Hume was caught by Warwick who set Howlett off. He was caught around the neck by Christophe Manas and the home side were able to clear their lines. |
| 33 | Munster | O'Connell led the charge from a solid home line-out, but then the Perpignan scrum put the screw on their opposing pack to earn a penalty to clear. |
| 35 | Munster | Another towering up and under from warwick to Porical was caught this time by the Perpignan full back, but Howlett made an awful mess of him in the tackle and the rest of the kick-chasers earned O'Gara another shot at goal. |
| 36 | Munster | Penalty kick - R O'Gara O'Gara regained his cool and slotted the penalty from 45 metres to level the scores again. |
| 38 | Munster | Denis Leamy knocked on as Munster tried to run from deep to give Perpignan a scrum 30 metres out. The Munster defensive line held firm and they earned a turn over penalty as a reward. |
| 39 | Munster | O'Gara cleared to half-way and then Perpignan conceded a penalty for pulling down at the line-out. it was too far for O'Gara and so Munster ran the ball and Howlett raced into the 22 before referee Wayne barnes penalised the home side. |
| Second half timeline |
| 41 | Perpignan | Hume re-started, O'Connell took the kick and the game moved back to half-way. |
| 42 | Perpignan | Good intent with ball in hand from Perpignan gave them an encouraging start to the second period as the worked the ball from right to left and back again. In the process they showed they have some real fire power behind the scrum. |
| 44 | Perpignan | A kick ahead from Munster hit Sid in the face as he tried to catch it and the ball bounced forwardto another player. That earned Munster a penalty chance 45 metres out. |
| 46 | Munster | Penalty kick - R O'Gara Another quality kick under pressure from O'Gara put the home side back in front. |
| 47 | Perpignan | Hume made a bad error at the re-start as he kicked too lonjg to concede a scrum back on half-way. |
| 49 | Perpignan | Hume bomb came down just outside the Munster 22 and caused Warwick no end of problems. Maxime Mermox retrieved the spilled ball and moved into the 22. Quick ball allowed Durand to kick across field for his right wing, but home hooker Denis Fogarty gbot to |
| 51 | Perpignan | Munster had the put in at a scrum in their 22, but Perry freshwater turned the screw on John Hayes and earned a penalty in a great position. |
| 52 | Perpignan | Penalty kick - J Porical The full back stepped up to level the scores with an easy penalty shot. |
| 53 | Munster | O'Gara kicked into the Perpignan 22 for Keith earls to chase, but the ball went into touch. From the line-out Perpignan were given a scrum, but conceded a free kick. |
| 55 | Munster | Tomas O'Leary took the tap penalty and headed into the Perpignan 22. The home pack drove on and delivered the ball sweetly for their scrum half. |
| 55 | Munster | Drop kick - R O'Gara O'Leary found his half-back partner and off the left foot O'Gara recaptured the lead wwith a great drop goal. |
| 56 | Munster | O'Connell urged his troops to increase the tempo and all the rugby was coming from one side now as the red shirts poured forward. The pressure earned them another penalty as Perpignan were guitly of coming in from the side of a ruck. |
| 59 | Munster | From long rang eO'Gara just pushed his kick wide to the right of the upright. |
| 60 | Perpignan | Substitution - M Tincu on for G Guirado |
| 60 | Perpignan | Substitution - R Alvarez Kairelis on for O Olibeau |
| 60 | Perpignan | Substitution - J Schuster on for P Freshwater |
| 61 | Munster | Substitution - D Varley on for D Fogarty |
| 62 | Munster | Great up and under from Warwick from his 10 metre line was caught brilliantly by Alan Quinlan and his skill and bravery earned O'Gara another shot at goal after yet another offence inthe loose from the Frenchmen. |
| 63 | Munster | Penalty kick - R O'Gara No problems this time for the outside half as he eased Munster further ahead. |
| 63 | Perpignan | Substitution - D Mele on for N Durand |
| 63 | Perpignan | Substitution - P Burger on for J Porical |
| 63 | Perpignan | Blood sub - C Geli on for Y Vivalda |
| 64 | Munster | Mafi caught trying to run out fo defence and he conceded a soft penalty 39 metres out from his posts. |
| 65 | Perpignan | Penalty kick - D Mele With almost his first touch the replacement scrum half drille dhis kick through the posts to cut the gap to three points. |
| 69 | Munster | O'Leary stole away from a Perpignan scrum when the ball jumped out of the side and O'Gara grub kicked into the Perpignan 22. The French side dealt with the danger well and cleared from a scrum. |
| 69 | Munster | Substitution - T Buckley on for J Hayes |
| 69 | Munster | Warwick gathered the clearnac eand pumped up another massive up and under to just outside the Perpignan 22. |
| 69 | Perpignan | The kick was chased hard, but replacement full back Phil Burger took it brilliantly and headed off for the Munster line. |
| 69 | Perpignan | Try - P Burger Having taken the up and undder, Burger put on the burners and sped past two, then three defenders before outstriping O'Gara to dive over in the left corner for a spectacular try. That gave Perpignan the lead again, but Mele couldn't add the extras. |
| 70 | Perpignan | Substitution - K Pulu on for N Mas |
| 73 | Perpignan | All Perpignan had to do was keep their discipline and ride out the final few minutes, but they conceded yet another penalty in front of their posts when Bertrand Guiry went high on Mafi. |
| 73 | Munster | Penalty kick - R O'Gara P'Gara's one man assault on Perpignan continued as he made it 24 points on the night with another penalty to regain the lead. |
| 75 | Munster | Quinlan put in a big hit and Denis Hurley joined the driving maul. The ball went to gorund, the ball spilled out and Hurely picked up and raced 50 metres to score. |
| 75 | Munster | Substitution - J de Villiers on for P Warwick |
| 76 | Munster | Barnes didn't award the try because the touch judge noticed a knock on by Hurely as the ball came out of the ruck. |
| 77 | Munster | O'Gara named as the Heineken Man of the Match. |
| 80 | Munster | Munster won two penalties within kicking range, but they chose to wind down the clock by kicking to touch. Eventually, they won the ball and O'Leary kicked out to end the game. |
| 80 | Munster | Munster moved four points clear at the top of the Pool, but it promises to be a real battle back in Perpignan next weekend. |
