Munster v Wasps

Erin Go Brath

Big showdown. Can Munster do it?

randomer

Yes.

Idoubtit

Doug Howlett is 4-1 to score a try today with Paddy Power, Could be worth a sneaky few quid. Bit Wet though

RuggieBear

Going to be a close game.

Who will the shocking weather suit?

i reckon Munster are a good wet weather team and ROG can play the corners all evening but then again Leinster beat Munster in similar conditions....

yayamark

Dont think munster will do it. Both teams all over the place at the moment

Erin Go Brath

Its going to be a kicking competition

Jackz

The ball or each other?

Erin Go Brath

Both i'd say. Things are heating up nicely

Erin Go Brath

Now its us with the extra man:D

Erin Go Brath

9-3 HT ROG is in good form today. We're destroying them in the lineout. More of the same in the 2nd half.

Junior

Fair play to Donnacha O'Callaghan - supreme game so far.

marco_polo

0-12 to Clermont at half time. If they win scoring two more tries then any win at all will put Munster through

EDIT 0-22 now. One more try please

marco_polo

Junior wrote: »

Fair play to Donnacha O'Callaghan - supreme game so far.

MOD and DOC have been supreme in the lineout so far today.

Jilm

Clermont score the 4th try. Munster just have to win it now, margin irrelevant.

Jackz

LDAL sin binned

Mint Sauce

wasps have a man sin bined

Erin Go Brath

Commentators obviously don't know the Clermont situation. Keep saying if Wasps get a try they'll go thru.

marco_polo

Erin Go Brath wrote: »

Commentators obviously don't know the Clermont situation. Keep saying if Wasps get a try they'll go thru.

And even when they have copped on to the score in the Clermont game they are still trotting out the same line. :rolleyes:

Jackz

Fair play munster great work.

Agamemnon

Tryyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RuggieBear

game over

Trotter

Come On!!!!!!!! ROG You beauty

Erin Go Brath

marco_polo wrote: »

And even when they have copped on to the score in the Clermont game they are still trotting out the same line. :rolleyes:

They obviously aren't as clued in as boards.ie users

Erin Go Brath

ROG was superb for that try. Great phase of recycling possesion by Munster leading up to the try

RuggieBear

just hope he can replicate this type of form for Ireland.

Erin Go Brath

Great win against a good team!

kensutz

Great result and good performance. O'Callaghan was brilliant in the line outs disrupting everything and O'Gara on form.

old boy

will rog be allowed to play like that for ireland, also seen as ireland have no full back sean payne has an irish pasport, would fit in nicly

Marshy

Yeah typical Munster performance when it really matters. Amazing how good the likes of ROG and DOC can be for them and yet struggle as they did in the WC for Ireland. Wasps weren't at their best in the difficult conditions and Munster controlled the game up front.

Found it strange that Dallaglio argued that Shaw's sin bin wasn't justified and was a turning point. Thought it was quite fair really considering Leamy had got one in similar circumstances.

So the possibility of playing away to Toulouse seems likely. A win for Cardiff tomorrow would change that though as far as I see.

legspin

Marshy wrote: »

Yeah typical Munster performance when it really matters. Amazing how good the likes of ROG and DOC can be for them and yet struggle as they did in the WC for Ireland. Wasps weren't at their best in the difficult conditions and Munster controlled the game up front.

Found it strange that Dallaglio argued that Shaw's sin bin wasn't justified and was a turning point. Thought it was quite fair really considering Leamy had got one in similar circumstances.

So the possibility of playing away to Toulouse seems likely. A win for Cardiff tomorrow would change that though as far as I see.

Only one reason for that.

Cooder

bleg

you can have your leinster forwards all you want but they would not do that to the champions.

in conditions like that you'd call 19-3 a ****ing hammering

deemy

bleg wrote: »

you can have your leinster forwards all you want but they would not do that to the champions.

in conditions like that you'd call 19-3 a ****ing hammering

And not a sour grape in sight :):)

old boy

look at the irish squad thread

RuggieBear

again lets not turn this into a leinster/munster thing.

LuckyLloyd

How do they continue to produce these heroic performances when the stakes are at their highest? O' Gara gave a clinic on how to play out half in the wet.

Two things that are ridiculous though:

- The fact that Munster (and Llianie to a lesser extent) weren't seeded to begin with;
- The fact that the team that comes out of the toughest Heineken cup group ever (I guess you COULD argue this point) can't get a home quarter final;

The structure of the competition needs to be reviewed.

RuggieBear

while i think it should be properly seeded you wouldn't get days like this if it was...or the miracle match et al.

Besides Munster now have a very good chance of going all the way as there are some very weak teams coming thru from the other groups (bar Toulouse)

jayteecork

don't think toulouse are anything to worry about. They're like Real Madrid, full of superstars but can't gel together as a team, particularly away from home.
This Munster team is practically the same for the last 6-7 years.
I'm gonna throw a few quid on Munster winning the whole thing now, to be sure.
Complete ****e in the last 8. Leicster, Leinster, Wasps, Clermont all out because of the ridicolous group draw.

RuggieBear

jayteecork wrote: »

don't think toulouse are anything to worry about. They're like Real Madrid, full of superstars but can't gel together as a team, particularly away from home.

Probably true... but at home they are a way tougher nut.
/Me runs of to quarter finals thread to see if someone can tell me waht the line up will probably be...

marco_polo

jayteecork wrote: »

don't think toulouse are anything to worry about. They're like Real Madrid, full of superstars but can't gel together as a team, particularly away from home.
This Munster team is practically the same for the last 6-7 years.
I'm gonna throw a few quid on Munster winning the whole thing now, to be sure.
Complete ****e in the last 8. Leicster, Leinster, Wasps, Clermont all out because of the ridicolous group draw.

Toulouse have a fine European tradition and are on the rise again after a few poor years in Europe. If you are comparing them to Real Madrid you are sorely mistaken. In any case it doesn't matter if they can't gel away because if we are playing them it will be over there.

Fizman

Was at the game this evenin Very enjoyable even though we got completely saturated! Fantastic display to be fair from Munster I must say, their ability to retain possession in wet weather really is something else, capped off by a fantastic try. It is a little disappointing that we are looking at an away fixture to Toulouse after such a tough group, although if it were offered to us after the first group game we would have taken it no doubt. I would expect the winner of that to be favourites for the competition.

razorblunt

Fizman wrote: »

Was at the game this evenin Very enjoyable even though we got completely saturated! Fantastic display to be fair from Munster I must say, their ability to retain possession in wet weather really is something else, capped off by a fantastic try. It is a little disappointing that we are looking at an away fixture to Toulouse after such a tough group, although if it were offered to us after the first group game we would have taken it no doubt. I would expect the winner of that to be favourites for the competition.

Excellent use of the word saturated!!!

Not alot to fear in the quarters except possibly Toulouse and Gloucester, the fact that teams like Saracens and London Irish are there and Leicester, leinster, CSA and Wasps arent is crazy.

komodosp

Question to the people who were at the match... Were the crowd really quiet or is it just boring SKY who seem to turn down the crowd noise?

matt cork

i'd like to offer my congratulations to the munster team and their fans, as a wasps fan in cork i think i'm due some jip over the next while but shall be cheering you guys on from here on!!

we never looked like scoring a try and the result was pretty comprehensive

good luck for the rest of the tournament

BOHSBOHS

away to toulouse ???? surely its away to one of saracens ,gloucester or london irish ?

paddyreilly

If Cardiff win, Munster will play Gloucester. If Cardiff don't win, Munster will play Toulouse.

bucks73

The top two seeds are Saracens and London Irish so they will be playing the two runners up that get through.

RuggieBear

paddyreilly wrote: »

If Cardiff win, Munster will play Gloucester. If Cardiff don't win, Munster will play Toulouse.

yep...that's my understanding of it.

Fizman

Correct me if i'm wrong (and I could very well be wrong), but I gather this is the way the quarters are laid out:

1 = Winner of pool with best record(points wise this is between Glouc, L Irish, Saracens**).
2 = Winner of pool with 2nd best record
3 = Winner of pool with 3rd best record
4 = Winner of pool with 4th best record
5 = Winner of pool with 5th best record
6 = Winner of pool with 6th best record
7 = Best runner up
8 = 2nd best runner up

** Seeing as there are 3 pool winners on 24 points I assume it comes down to tries scored/tries differential.

1 v 8
2 v 7
3 v 6
4 v 5

Fizman

paddyreilly wrote: »

If Cardiff win, Munster will play Gloucester. If Cardiff don't win, Munster will play Toulouse.

Yes I think thats it in a nut shell. (From a Munster point of view )

Sabre0001

Cardiff will be keeping a close eye on the other game in the group I'd say...If they win they would be faced with Toulouse; maybe we could see a tactical loss?

Jilm

Sabre0001 wrote: »

Cardiff will be keeping a close eye on the other game in the group I'd say...If they win they would be faced with Toulouse; maybe we could see a tactical loss?

If Stade beat quins (and that looks like happening), they could still top this group and knock Cardiff out if they don't beat Bristol. Though if Cardiff pick up a losing bonus point and stade get 4 points, Cardiff would top the group and avoid Toulouse.

Cardiff just scored their 2 unanswered try. Also if they win & score 4 tries, they'll have Toulouse at home, so Cardiff have plenty to play for.