Cape Town - If Saturday's 38-0 loss to Munster at Thomond Park is anything to go by, it will be a long PRO14 season for the Cheetahs. 

The South Africans were completely outplayed in every aspect of the game in their tournament opener as Munster, coached by former springbok assistant coach Johann van Graan, ran in six unanswered tries. 

The Cheetahs had started brightly in the opening 10 minutes and only went into half-time 12-0 down. 

The wheels came off in a big way in the second half, however, as the visitors lost their shape and ran out of puff. 

It ends a disappointing PRO14 weekend from a South African perspective with the Kings having gone down 34-16 to Italy's Zebre on Friday night.

More to follow ...

Scorers:

Munster 38 (12)

Tries: Rory Scannell, David Kilcoyne, Tommy O'Donnell, JJ Hanrahan, Dave O'Callaghan, Darren Sweetnam

Conversions: Hanrahan (4)

Cheetahs 0 (0)

Teams:

Munster

15 Mike Haley, 14 Darren Sweetnam, 13 Dan Goggin, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Shane Daly, 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 Neil Cronin, 8 Arno Botha, 7 Tommy O’Donnell, 6 Dave O’Callaghan, 5 Billy Holland (captain), 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 John Ryan, 2 Mike Sherry, 1 Dave Kilcoyne

Substitutes: 16 Rhys Marshall, 17 Brian Scott, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Darren O’Shea, 20 Gavin Coombes, 21 James Hart, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Sammy Arnold

Cheetahs

15 Malcolm Jaer, 14 Rabz Maxwane, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 Nico Lee, 11 William Small-Smith, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Oupa Mohoje (captain), 6 Junior Pokomela, 5 JP du Preez 4 Justin Basson, 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Jacques du Toit, 1 Ox Nche

Substitutes: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Charles Marais, 18 Aranos Coetzee, 19 Walt Steenkamp, 20 Aidon Davis, 21 Tian Meyer, 22 Ernst Stapelberg, 23 Ryno Eksteen