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Mon 04 Apr 2007Lacklustre Munster running on emptyCeltic League/Ospreys 20 Munster 12:Declan Kidney will be grateful Munster do not have to return to Wales until next autumn following this latest defeat that effectively ended their season.Since lifting the Heineken European Cup at the Millennium Stadium last May, Munster have lost their last five games on the other side of the Irish Sea, including the two in eight days that cost them their European and domestic hopes.