First half was all Munster calls.
No qualms from Munster. We did het a few iffy calls I agree. Fair result.
Just hearing though for Zebo yellow that ref was against pen and TMO influenced it. Can anyone clear it up
First half was all Munster calls.
First half was all Munster calls.
No qualms from Munster. We did het a few iffy calls I agree. Fair result.
Just hearing though for Zebo yellow that ref was against pen and TMO influenced it. Can anyone clear it up
Referee wanted to go with touch first, but TMO said it was a penalty.
Marginally perhaps. Over the 80 there's no contest though. Ref was blown away by the atmosphere. It happens. Its why Leicester are hard to beat at Welford Road and Munster are hard to beat at Thomond.
Only Niall Scannell came out of that with any credit. The likes of Stander, TOD, Holland, Kilcoyne, Donnacha Ryan were anonymous. **** poor display from Bleyendaal and Taute also.
Munster have two games against a down and out Racing so not all bad
Good result for Glasgow I guess.
Scrappy game Munster backs lacked any flair and they stayed in the game with their forwards playing the pick and drive card . Leicester are more than a little disjointed and their pack is a real Achilles Heel . Last 15 minutes was by far the best part of dour spectacle .
So Genge for England?
Yet our scrum is prob our biggest strength esp on grass.
I fancy our chances v Glasgow at Home our narrow pitch will play in our favor.
So the teams for the game v Racing have been released.
15. Simon Zebo
14. Andrew Conway
13. Jaco Taute
12. Rory Scannell
11. Ronan O’Mahony
10. Tyler Bleyendaal
9. Conor Murray
1. James Cronin
2. Niall Scannell
3. John Ryan
4. Donnacha Ryan
5. Billy Holland
6. Peter O’Mahony (captain)
7. Tommy O’Donnell
8. CJ Stander
Replacements:
16. Rhys Marshall
17. Dave Kilcoyne
18. Stephen Archer
19. Dave Foley
20. Jack O’Donoghue
21. Duncan Williams
22. Keith Earls
23. Francis Saili
15. Juan Imhoff; 14. Joe Rokocoko, 13. Casey Laulala, 12. Anthony Tuitavke, 11. Teddy Thomas; 10. Benjamin Dambielle, 9. Xavier Chauveau;
1. Khatchik Vartanov, 2. Camille Chat, 3. Luc Ducalcon, 4. Gerbrandt Grobler, 5. Francois van der Merwe, 6. Chris Masoe, 7. Matthieu Voisin, 8. Antonie Claassen
16. Virgile Lacombe, 17. Julien Brugnaut, 18. Cedate Gomes Sa, 19. Ali Williams, 20. So'otala Fa'aso'o, 21. James Hart, 22. Dan Carter, 23. Henry Chavancy
Very odd that Earls is in the squad but not starting. Maybe not fully fit, but in that case should he be playing at all? No 10 on the bench and our A team also has no 10 in their squad for the weekend. O'Donnell has flew unexpectedly back to fitness. Kleyn and Du Toit have a virus of some sort, so maybe they should stop kissing each other so tenderly and we'd have at least one of them. We'll really miss out on Kleyn's aggression against a big Racing pack.
15. Juan Imhoff; 14. Joe Rokocoko, 13. Casey Laulala, 12. Anthony Tuitavke, 11. Teddy Thomas; 10. Benjamin Dambielle, 9. Xavier Chauveau;
1. Khatchik Vartanov, 2. Camille Chat, 3. Luc Ducalcon, 4. Gerbrandt Grobler, 5. Francois van der Merwe, 6. Chris Masoe, 7. Matthieu Voisin, 8. Antonie Claassen
16. Virgile Lacombe, 17. Julien Brugnaut, 18. Cedate Gomes Sa, 19. Ali Williams, 20. So'otala Fa'aso'o, 21. James Hart, 22. Dan Carter, 23. Henry Chavancy
Had a giggle looking at the Racing team. Their HB have never played a league game together. Never heard of Matthieu Voisin and Gerbrandt Grobler before.
They wouldn't dare field that team in T14.
Well it makes sense. They've no chance in this pool and they haven't even been walloped in Limerick yet.