As well as De Villiers,Munster welcomed back some of their "big guns",Donnacha O' Callaghan,Ronan O'Gara,and Thomas O'Leary.
For O'Leary it was his first competitive start since breaking his ankle at this same venue last April.
The first half was a tame enough affair with just a penalty a piece to show on the scoreboard at half time.Indeed the Dragons should have been ahead by 3 points when a perfectly good drop goal just on the stroke of half time was disallowed by the TV match official.I was directly behind the goal and the ball went right between the posts!
Whatever Tony McGahan said to his players at the interval, worked wonders.
Munster came out with all guns blazing and it was the forgotton man from New Zealand, Nick Williams, who showed them the way.At the final whistle he had gone over for 3 tries and came close on at least another 3 occasions.
Dougie Howlett chipped in with a marvellous solo effort, and Munster ran out comfortable winners on the day,with a scoreline of 29-3.
Best for Munster were, De Villiers, Alan Quinlan(who went off injured) and the outstanding Nick Williams.