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Sat 10 Oct 2007Munster fail to settleMunster 17 Cardiff Blues 19:Munster suffered their first loss of the season, to Cardiff Blues, in a match that was as bizarre as it was entertaining. In an astonishing first half it was all Cardiff as their intensity and poise had Munster rattled from early on. Slow to recycle the ball, Munster were on the back foot from the seventh minute as Cardiff outhalf Nick Robinson landed a penalty.Munster's Paul Warwick missed three penalties from kickable positions in that first half and Cardiff took full advantage.