Has Gavin Coombes squeezed over?

Evan Roos is penalised for an illegal turnover after he thought the ball was out. It all came after Jack Crowley broke through the Stormers defence.

Munster go in search of their second score.

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I mentioned the pitch already but every ruck is eating up the ground, I wonder will it play a role today as both sides enjoy throwing the ball around.

The Stormers carry the ball back inside their 22 so are brought back for kicking it out on the full.

The home side are nervy early on....

Jack Crowley responds with a brilliant kick for Munster to give his forwards an attacking line-out on the Stormers line.

Great response.

Munster with all the early possession but the Stormers turn it over and the crowd goes mad. This atmosphere is something the Munster players will have to manage that is for sure.

One early thing to note is that the pitch is not in great condition.

The ball is lofted into the sky by Jack Crowley and we are under way in the final.

It is absolutely bouncing in Cape Town!

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Alan Quinlan, speaking to Viaplay: "Munster had been dining at the top table for a while and there was that expectation for a number of years, but things can change.

"We had some false dawns and reached a few finals we have lost. Nobody’s getting carried away."

The atmosphere is crazy in the sold-out DHL Stadium, as the cup is presented onto the pitch.

Although massively outnumbered there has been 5,000 travelling Munster fans to Cape Town and that is only with two weeks notice.

A trip of a lifetime? Or a couple of grand down the drain...

Munster captain Peter O'Mahony, speaking to RTE: "There are a huge number of supporters who have travelled over at great expense. When you're walking around near the hotel it is like walking around Cork, Limerick or Tipperary. It means a huge amount and I'm sure it will stand to us."

Despite losing to Munster at home in April 26-24, the South African side still managed to secure home advantage in the quarter and semi-final due to second placed Ulster slipping up against Connacht.

Comfortable wins over the Bulls and Connacht mean they go into the final as favourites in many people's books – especially with home advantage.

Their two stars to watch out for are Manie Libbok and Damian Willemse, both will be eyeing up matchday spots in South Africa's World Cup team.

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Head coach Graham Rowntree was joined by Mike Prendergast, Andi Kyriacou and Denis Leamy in a new look Munster coaching set-up this season.

And it got off to the worst possible start with one win from their opening four games which included a loss to the struggling Dragons.

Munster’s season looked all but over after a crushing 38-26 loss to Glasgow, however April and an undefeated tour of South Africa helped secure a Champions Cup spot and a URC play-off spot.

Two more away wins over Glasgow in the quarter-final and Leinster in the semi-final means Rowntree’s side are on a roll having not lost in the league since March.

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Munster scrum-half Conor Murray, speaking to Viaplay: "Take this year alone, in the last six weeks we have been playing like a championship side, playing away from home all those six weeks. We have got a bit of momentum behind us now.

"There is a few older guys in the team like myself who was there in 2011 when we last won and we are really hungry to lift some silverware.

"We have gotten to finals before and probably thought we needed to change something in our game plan but what we have been doing over the last few weeks has been working. That is the challenge coming to an atmosphere like this away from home, is to play our own game.

"What I was brought up on is Munster winning trophies. The first year I came in we managed to do that and it has now been a bit of a dry spell for us. The culture is for us to win trophies."

It has been 12 years since Munster last tasted the sweet success of a trophy.

Conor Murray and Keith Earls played that day in the 19-9 Magners League final win over Leinster at Thomond Park with Earls scoring in the corner to help his side to victory.

In what could be his final game for his home province is the script written, 12 years on for the winger?

Munster's win over their rivals denied Heineken Cup champions Leinster a league and cup double.

After Leinster’s failings last week in the Champions Cup final, Munster would be the only Irish side with silverware and bragging rights this season.

Need any more motivation…

The Stormers won the inaugural United Rugby Championship title in 2022 after an 18-13 victory over fellow South African side the Bulls in Cape Town.

This was the Stormers first league success having never won the Super Rugby title.

Tries from Evan Roos and Andre-Hugo Venter helped cancel out the Bulls early advantage with fly-half Manie Libbok sealing the win with a late drop-kick.

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Stormers make two changes from their semi-final as Marvin Orie and Deon Fourie are drafted into the pack after recovering from injury.

Orie replaces Ben-Jason Dixon in the second row with veteran South Africa flanker Fourie taking over from Willie Engelbrecht, who like Dixon is named on the bench.

The holders select an all-Springboks front row of Ulster-bound loose-head Steven Kitschoff, Joseph Dweba and Frans Malherbe.

Stormers: Willemse; Davids, Nel, Du Plessis, Zas; Libbok, Jantjies; Kitshoff (capt), Dweba, Malherbe, Orie, Van Heerden; Fourie, Dayimani, Roos.

Replacements: Kotze, Vermaak, Fouche, Dixon, Engelbrecht, Theunissen, De Wet, Blommetjies.

Munster have recalled Conor Murray for the game against the Stormers.

The veteran scrum-half's inclusion is one of three Munster changes from the semi-final.

Fit-again Murray replaces Craig Casey with Calvin Nash and Malakai Fekitoa also drafted into the backs as Keith Earls and Ben Healy drop to the bench.

Fekitoa's inclusion sees Jack Crowley switch to fly-half in place of Healy.

Injury-plagued Springboks star RG Snyman is named in the Munster replacements.

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