Heineken Cup 2013/14 Pool 6, Round 5 (Edinburgh v USAP, Gloucester v Munster)

[Draggs]

Pool Six, Round Five

 

[Groundhog]

Gloucester: 15 Martyn Thomas, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Jonny May, 12 Billy Twelvetrees (c), 11 Shane Monahan, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Gareth Evans, 7 Matt Kvesic, 6 Matt Cox, 5 James Hudson, 4 Elliot Stooke, 3 Sila Puafisi, 2 Darren Dawiduik, 1 Yann Thomas
Replacements: 16 Huia Edmonds, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Shaun Knight, 19 Tom Hicks, 20 Sione Kalafamoni, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Rob Cook, 23 Ben Morgan
Munster: 15 Felix Jones, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 James Downey, 11 Johne Murphy, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Conor Murray, 8 James Coughlan, 7 Tommy O'Donnell, 6 Peter O'Mahony (c), 5 Paul O'Connell, 4 Dave Foley, 3 BJ Botha, 2 Damien Varley, 1 Dave Kilcoyne
Replacements: 16 Duncan Casey, 17 James Cronin, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Donncha O'Callaghan, 20 CJ Stander, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Simon Zebo.



We're putting out the strongest team we've had for ages with Murray starting and Zebo on the bench and all of our key men fit bar Ryan. No excuse for losing this. Only selection I would argue is Keatley over Hanrahan, but I really hope Keatley has a cracker and faces his demons of last week. He doesn't have the talent of Harahan but he's a highly competent out half who has done and can do the business.
I just hope Gloucester play like they played against Edinburgh, and hopefully they bring on Rob Cook so I can see dat ass in action.

 

[munstermuffin]

In fairness Zebo (before injury) was playing poorly and a fight for his place is what he needs. Add in its toss up between Earls and Johne for who's been our best back all season

 

[Big Ewis]

Edinburgh: 15 Jack Cuthbert, 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 Ben Atiga, 11 Tom Brown, 10 Greig Tonks, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 Dave Denton, 7 Roddy Grant, 6 Cornell du Preez, 5 Izak van der Westhuien, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 WP Nel, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Al Dickinson.
Replacements: 16 Aleki Lutui, 17 Wicus Blaauw, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Ollie Atkins, 20 Tomas Leonardi, 21 Grayson Hart, 22 Carl Bezuidenhout, 23 Matt Scott.

Perpignan: 15 James Hook, 14 Richard Haughton, 13 Lifeimi Mafi, 12 Sione Piukala, 11 Wandile Mjekevu, 10 Tommy Allan, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Karl Chateau, 7 Jean-Pierre Perez, 6 Dan Leo, 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 3 Paulica Ion, 2 Guilhelm Guirado (c), 1 Sona Taumalolo.
Replacements: 16 Maxime Delonca, 17 Jean Baptiste Custoja, 18 Kisi Pulu, 19 Luke Narraway, 20 Tom Ecochard, 21 David Marty, 22 Joffrey Michel, 23 Guillaume Vilaceca.

Date: Saturday 10th January
Venue: Murrayfield
Kick-off: 1800 (local and GMT)


No Sofiane Guitoune...

 

[Groundhog]

In fairness Zebo (before injury) was playing poorly and a fight for his place is what he needs. Add in its toss up between Earls and Johne for who's been our best back all season

Oh I agree. He definitely doesn't deserve to walk into that team. Really hope he refinds his form.

 

[munstermuffin]

Oh I agree. He definitely doesn't deserve to walk into that team. Really hope he refinds his form.

And going by A game tonight 2 wingers were superb. Foley is a man I hope can do what everyone close to setup knows he's capable of.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Didn't realise May was starting at 13.

 

[Feicarsinn]

Glos vs Munster at scrum time. Top kek.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Twelvetrees not got his kicking boots on today - when the backup kicker is Burns then it could be a long old day.


The Munster fans are 10 times louder than the self proclaimed best fans in England.

 

[Draggs]

Twelvetrees not got his kicking boots on today - when the backup kicker is Burns then it could be a long old day.


The Munster fans are 10 times louder than the self proclaimed best fans in England.

But... But... SHED.

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

Foley cleaned out the ruck on the 22 which lead to the try. Nice kick soon afterwards from Keatley for Earls to gather. 0-10 Munster lead.

 

[Feicarsinn]

7-10 at halftime. Glos having missed two kicks too.

Sharples has something to him, I'll say that.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Great run by Sharples, he's looked good all half.

 

[ratsapprentice]

Dat Stooke.

 

[dasNdanger]

Well, this has been a fairly exciting game so far. I've been able to catch bits of several games this morning/afternoon, and this one feels the most like either team could win it.


das

 

[Feicarsinn]

Glos well on top in the second half. Given the make up of the pool they really need to score quickly and look to deny Munster a bonus point if they want to progress. Munster hanging in well at the moment.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Keatley has kicked very well from hand.

This has been the best I've seen Gloucester play this year - though Munster's defence hasn't particularly looked like conceding this half, despite the amount of time Gloucester have been in their 22


Edit: Keatley does need to cut down on the grubbers. Fair play if it's on, but it's his go to move in the 22, even with 2-3 defenders dropped back expecting it.

 

[dasNdanger]

Gloucester better step it up a bit if they want to win this thing...



das

 

[ratsapprentice]

Gloucester will take a lot from that.

A completely different team from last week.

 

[munstermuffin]

Great situation for us - Qualified and still in hunt for home QF but also with a lot to work on. Keatley really bounced back from last week but again our pack were dogged. Thought our tackling from backs was poor at times but great to get result against a team that were fully up for it. Also must say May impressed at 13