Munster 45 (33)
Dragons 19 (12)
Tries: M Thomas, Mustoe, Ringer
Cons: A Thomas (2)
Munster scored seven tries as they beat the Dragons 45-19 in Saturday night's Magners League game at Musgrave Park.
The Irish province led 33-12 at the break with Peter Stringer, Donnacha Ryan, Kieran Lewis, Frankie Sheahan and Federico Pucciariello scoring tries.
Martyn Thomas and Richard Mustoe were the try-scorers for the Welsh side.
With a bonus point secured Brian Carney and Rua Tipoki got the Munster touchdowns in the second half with Jamie Ringer replying for the Dragons.
Paul Warwick converted five of his side's tries and Aled Thomas added conversions to the touchdowns by Martyn Thomas and Ringer for the understrength Dragons.
Warwick was off target with an early penalty attempt but Stringer dived across the line on 11 minutes after collecting a good pass from Ryan, Warwick converting.
Thomas made a fine angled run and accepted a Michael Owen pass before racing over the line four minutes later. Thomas' conversion levelled the scores.
Adam Jones was sinbinned midway through the first half and Ryan took immediate advantage of the extra man by stretching out for a try following a period of forward domination. Warwick added the two points.
Darragh Hurley set up Lewis to score his first ever try for Munster on 26 minutes, the centre running over the line to complete another flowing move. Warwick again converted.
Mustoe took advantage of some scrappy play to pick up the ball and dart over for the Dragons' second try three minutes later.
Hooker Sheahan's try made the bonus point secure and Argentinian Pucciariello got in on the act with try number five before half-time.
Seven minutes after the interval, Ryan provided the pass for Carney to score but Ringer burst over for the Dragons after 56 minutes, Thomas converting.
Replacement Tipoki scored Munster's final try after an intercept by Warwick, who converted to complete the rout.
The result moves Munster up to third in the table, level on points with the Scarlets and Irish rivals Leinster.
Munster: D Hurley; B Carney, K Lewis, L Mafi, I Dowling; P Warwick, P Stringer; F Pucciariello, F Sheahan, T Buckley; M O'Driscoll, D Ryan; A Quinlan, N Ronan, A Foley (c).
Replacements: J Flannery, M Horan, D Leamy, D O'Callaghan, G Hurley, P Warwick, R Tipoki.
Dragons: Martyn Thomas; Paul Emerick, Rhodri Gomer Davies, Ashley Smith, Richard Mustoe; Aled Thomas, Wayne Evans; Hugh Gustafson, Steve Jones, Jamie Corsi, Andrew Hall, Adam Jones, Jamie Ringer, Richard Parks, Michael Owen (capt).
Replacements: Ben Daly / Kieran Crawford, Adam Black, Peter Sidoli, Joe Bearman, Kevin Morgan, Phil Dollman, Robert Lewis.
Referee: Rob Debney (RFU)
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