Some records are there to be broken, especially when Simon Zebo is around.
There was not much to write home about, last night, as Munster avalanched Zebre to get back to winning ways.
The Italians kept it relatively tight in the first half only to buckle under the wind-swept pressure at Thomond Park.
CJ Stander, Conor Murray and a couple from that old legend ‘Penalty Try’ did for Zebre but one score that stood out was Simon Zebo’s early five-pointer.
The try was Zebo’s 42nd, in 98 games, for Munster and broke a seven-year record held by Anthony Horgan. The former Mumha winger scored the last of his 41 tries against Ospreys in his 146th and final game.
Delighted to see Simon Zebo become Munsters top try scorer – poor @AnthonyHorgan ! 😡
— Frankie Sheahan (@FrankieSheahan) March 25, 2016
Zebo wasn’t satisfied with that, though. He later crossed for his 43rd try, the demon.
One of the first off the mark, to congratulate Zebo, was Horgan:
Well done @SimonZebo and well deserved. Keep on bagging them now #tries#record
— Anthony Horgan (@AnthonyHorgan) March 25, 2016
Speaking to us last year, Zebo told us about his ambitions to make Munster history.
“I am ambitious. I don’t just want to break the record, I want to double it. I want to destroy it.”
He certainly looks on course to do that.
There was a goal-kicking return for young out-half Johnny Holland too. Check out this peach:
Nicely done @jonnyholland10! 1st start since Sept ’14 & kicked 5/5 including this touchline conversion #MunVZebhttps://t.co/0GbiZbKqiR
— Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) March 25, 2016
