Barry Murphy is tackled by Aled Thomas at Musgrave Park

Munster: (3) 15
Tries: O'Callaghan, Leamy
Pens: O'Gara
Cons: O'Gara

Dragons: (7) 7
Tries: A Thomas
Cons: A Thomas

Munster came from behind to beat the Dragons 15-7 in Saturday's Magners League game at Musgrave Park.

The Welsh side led 7-3 at half-time thanks to a try and a conversion by Aled Thomas to a Ronan O'Gara penalty.

Munster fought back after the break with forwards Donncha O'Callaghan and Denis Leamy crossing the Dragons' line and O'Gara adding a conversion.

The Irish province now lie sixth on 44 points with the Dragons back in ninth position on 35 points.

Marcus Horan was yellow carded in the first half for a scuffle with Andy Hall while Thomas missed with three penalty attempts for the Dragons.

O'Gara landed a penalty before Thomas converted his own try to put his side ahead at the interval in a lacklustre match.

The Dragons had two players sin-binned within three minutes after the break, Jamie Ringer for throwing punches and Michael Owen for a dangerous tackle on Brian O'Driscoll.

O'Callaghan barged across after a five-metre scrum and Leamy charged over off the back of a 62nd minute scrum.

Injuries sustained by Brian Carney and O'Callaghan will be of concern to the Munster and Ireland management teams.

Munster: C Cullen, I Dowling, B Murphy, L Mafi, B Carney, R O'Gara, T O'Leary, M Horan, F Sheahan, J Hayes, D O'Callaghan, M O'Driscoll, A Quinlan, J O'Sullivan, A Foley (capt).
Replacements: D Fogarty, F Pucciariello, D Wallace, D Leamy, B O'Meara, J Manning, M Lawlor.

Newport Gwent Dragons: M Thomas, Fussell, Emerick, P Dolman, A Brew, A Thomas, Walker, Black, Daly, R Thomas, Hall, Sidoli, Bearman, Ringer, Owen.
Replacements: Jones, Corsi, Maddocks, Gough, Charteris, Sweeney, Cooper.

Referee: Andy Macpherson (Scotland)