Glasgow Warriors vs Munster, Fri 25 Sep 19:30, not televised ><

thomond2006

David Wallace has been named in the Munster squad that will travel to Glasgow for the Magners League game on Friday night.

Wallace trained today with the rest of the squad in UL and although John Hayes was in attendance he took no part troubled slightly with a back pain.

Munster:
P Warwick, D Barnes, D Hurley, D Howlett, J Murphy, L Mafi, S Tuitupou, S Deasy, R O'Gara, P Stringer, T O'Leary,

M Horan, W du Preez, J Hayes, T Buckley, M Sherry, D Varley, M O'Driscoll, D Ryan, D O'Callaghan, B Holland, A Quinlan, P O'Mahony, D Wallace, J Coughlan, N Ronan, D Leamy

http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/7955.php

Still coming to terms with the fact that a Munster match is not televised. :eek: Connacht fans, I can appreciate your position far more now.

I'm certain a development/second string side will be selected and some key players rested as the following 3 weeks are huge. So I'd go with:

Horan
Sherry - He needs experience as it looks like he could be our second choice hooker for a while.
Buckley
MOD
Ryan
Coughlan
Wallace
Leamy
Stringer
ROG
Murphy
Mafi
Barnes
Hurley
Deasy

Varley
Du Preez
Hayes
Holland
POM
TOL
Warwick
Tuitupou - Not dropped, just rested. Last Saturday he showed some good signs.

I think Quinlan should be used sparingly because he's that important to the team. As is Howlett.

I'm confident of a win, Glasgow look like they are going backwards at the rate of knots. Losing against Connacht won't have helped their confidence.

PhatPiggins

Are you coming around to Murphy at centre Thomond?

PhatPiggins

Sorry you have him on the wing.

outwest

this wont be an easy for munster, glasgow will want to bounce back for the connacht defeat.

i can see a upset on the cards in this match

thomond2006

Nah don't think he's a centre tbh. I'm hoping he was picked there out of necessity rather than a long term policy.

PhatPiggins

thomond2006 wrote: »

Nah don't think he's a centre tbh. I'm hoping he was picked there out of necessity rather than a long term policy.

I don't think any of the games he's been part of have be conducive to decent backline play but I would prefer to see him at 11 or 15 tbh. He'll still start at 13 again at the weekend I'd hazard.

thomond2006

PhatPiggins wrote: »

I don't think any of the games he's been part of have be conducive to decent backline play but I would prefer to see him at 11 or 15 tbh. He'll still start at 13 again at the weekend I'd hazard.

I would actually prefer him to start at 13 than have Tuitupou and Mafi together. We don't want the JdV-Mafi situation of playing two inside centres again.

phog

Delighted to see Wallace return.

Re. TV coverage, will we have delayed highlights frrom Setanta, also, will there be any TMO if required during the game?

PhatPiggins

thomond2006 wrote: »

I would actually prefer him to start at 13 than have Tuitupou and Mafi together. We don't want the JdV-Mafi situation of playing two inside centres again.

No I never want to see that again. Would rather Mafi on the wing then at 13

irishbucsfan

thomond2006 wrote: »

I would actually prefer him to start at 13 than have Tuitupou and Mafi together. We don't want the JdV-Mafi situation of playing two inside centres again.

I think the problem was more the fact that Mafi was at 12 and his distribution is awful, making it irrelevant who is outside him (he made Earls look poor last year as well compared to JDV). I think the answer will be clear when Earls is back, freeing up Murphy to play on the wing.

I think Mafi has a future on the wing as well, he looked good there at the end of last year. His days at 12 should really be over

PhatPiggins

irishbucsfan wrote: »

I think the problem was more the fact that Mafi was at 12 and his distribution is awful, making it irrelevant who is outside him (he made Earls look poor last year as well compared to JDV). I think the answer will be clear when Earls is back, freeing up Murphy to play on the wing.

I think Mafi has a future on the wing as well, he looked good there at the end of last year. His days at 12 should really be over

Hard to say he looked terrific with Tipoki, out of position with JDV but JDV looked gash at 13 when Mafi was at 12, and hasn't really gelled with Earls yet. I'd be slow to write him off as a centre because in theory he should make plenty of space for Earls.

Needs to stop the kamakaze rushes when defending though. You know what he's probably too hot headed to adapt, the wing might suit him best.

murphym7

phog wrote: »

Delighted to see Wallace return.

Re. TV coverage, will we have delayed highlights frrom Setanta, also, will there be any TMO if required during the game?

I was thinking the very same thing. Although if Setanta have delayed highlights there will have to be camera's there - although it could be the one camera in the stand trick used to film AIL league matches, no footage good enough for a TMO with the one camera trick.

buck65

I think Glasgow are bound to lash back here, at home , with Munster probably with one eye on the following 3 weeks games. Still 4 points here is the same as 4 points in the Aviva and this game is imminently more winnable.

phog

buck65 wrote: »

I think Glasgow are bound to lash back here, at home , with Munster probably with one eye on the following 3 weeks games. Still 4 points here is the same as 4 points in the Aviva and this game is imminently more winnable.

Agree, however, Glasgow are our boogy team and by beating Leinster we'd be keeping more daylight between them and us at the business end of the league, I doubt Glasgow will be in the top 6 places at the end of the season.

Digifriendly

phog wrote: »

Agree, however, Glasgow are our boogy team and by beating Leinster we'd be keeping more daylight between them and us at the business end of the league, I doubt Glasgow will be in the top 6 places at the end of the season.

Do they dance like Gavin Henson?:)

Legion2008

murphym7 wrote: »

I was thinking the very same thing. Although if Setanta have delayed highlights there will have to be camera's there - although it could be the one camera in the stand trick used to film AIL league matches, no footage good enough for a TMO with the one camera trick.

Oh dear ... there was a leinster game last year that wasn't telveised due to being rescheduled ... think it was the glasow game. I was at it and the ref had an absolute shocker ... you could tell he wasn't that bothered knowing that he couldn't be challenged on anything afterwards.

thomond2006

Glasgow Warriors team to play Munster in the Magners League at Firhill on Friday 24 September (kick-off 7.30pm)

15 Bernardo Stortoni
14 DTH van der Merwe
13 Max Evans
12 Graeme Morrison
11 Federico Aramburu
10 Duncan Weir
9 Colin Gregor

1 Jon Welsh
2 Fergus Thomson
3 Moray Low
4 Tom Ryder
5 Richie Gray
6 Robert Harley
7 John Barclay CAPTAIN
8 Richie Vernon

Substitutes from: Dougie Hall, Ed Kalman, Kevin Tkachuk, Aly Muldowney, Ryan Wilson, Calum Forrester, Henry Pyrgos, Ruaridh Jackson, Rob Dewey, Peter Murchie

buck65

Warwick, Howlett, Mafi, Tuitupou, Murphy, O Gara, O Leary
Horan, Varley, Buckley, DOC, Ryan, Wallace,Ronan, Leamy

Subs Henry, du preez, Darragh Hurley, Micko, Coughlan, Stringer, Deasy, Hurley.

PhatPiggins

Mafi at 13 ....................holds breath

Anything could happen

thomond2006

VS


Munster have named a stronger side than I expected. I would have thought they would have rested more players with the next three games to come being so massive. It is good to see Quinlan rested. It shows just how important he is to Munster now. I think he will be used more sparingly this season to keep him fresh for the big occasions.

I think the team is quite close to who will appear next week (with Quinlan to come in of course). With Jones out, Warwick should be our first choice fullback with the much maligned ROG at 10. Of course, it's still a mystery as to who our first choice props are. I would have preferred Coughlan to start at 6 to stake a claim for next week and beyond with Wallace at 7. Coughlan did well when he stood in for Leamy last year.

Mafi at 13 is an unknown quantity. I would have thought from the failure that was the Mafi-JdV partnership that the management would try to avoid playing two inside centres together again. Maybe Mafi was struggling with that shoulder injury for most of last season. Tuitupou looks a good signing so far and it will be interesting to see how they combine.

I don't see Glasgow being much of a threat. The spine of the team has left or are injured. For the first 40 minutes of their game, Leinster displayed Glasgow's average averageness (vocabulary fail I know ). Should be an interested test at scrum time where Buckley got manshamed last season.

So, Munster by 10.

Glasgow Warriors:
15 Bernardo Stortoni, 14 DTH van der Merwe, 13 Max Evans, 12 Graeme Morrison, 11 Federico Aramburu, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Colin Gregor,
8 Richie Vernon, 7 John Barclay (c), 6 Robert Harley, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Tom Ryder, 3 Moray Low, 2 Fergus Thomson, 1 Jon Welsh

Replacements (from): Dougie Hall, Ed Kalman, Kevin Tkachuk, Aly Muldowney, Ryan Wilson, Calum Forrester, Henry Pyrgos, Ruaridh Jackson, Rob Dewey, Peter Murchie.

Munster:
15 Paul Warwick, 14 Doug Howlett, 13 Lifeimi Mafi, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Johne Murphy, 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Tomas O'Leary,
8 Denis Leamy (capt), 7 Niall Ronan, 6 Davis Wallace, 5 Donncha Ryan, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Damien Varley, 1 Marcus Horan.

Replacements: 16 Sean Henry, 17 Wian du Preez, 18 Darragh Hurley, 19 Mick O'Driscoll, 20 James Coughlan, 21 Peter Stringer, 22 Scott Deasy, 23 Denis Hurley.

Date: Friday, 24 September
Venue: Firhill
Kick-off: 19.30
Referee: Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Assistant referees: Andy Ireland (Scotland), Graeme Marshall (Scotland)

Team lineups/refs taken from PR:
http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3825_6393393,00.html

Stev_o

Who;s Sean Henry?

Amazotheamazing

Stev_o wrote: »

Who;s Sean Henry?

Academy hooker, originally from Sligo. Oddly, there's more Sligo players in our Academy than Waterford ones.

theKramer

Academy guy. Apparently been playing well with the Munster A team. I think Michael Essex is still injured....

Amazotheamazing

theKramer wrote: »

Academy guy. Apparently been playing well with the Munster A team. I think Michael Essex is still injured....

Essex left the Academy two years ago and didn't get a contract, Sherry is the guy who's ahead of Henry in the HEC squad.

murphym7

Stev_o wrote: »

Who;s Sean Henry?

Who's Sean Henry?? He famously wrote this Dissertation: “The minimum total binder content that can be achieved in concrete using the optimum amount of ground granulated blastfurnace slag” from his LinkedIn page, thats gas!:)

onlyrocknroll

murphym7 wrote: »

Who's Sean Henry?? He famously wrote this Dissertation: “The minimum total binder content that can be achieved in concrete using the optimum amount of ground granulated blastfurnace slag” from his LinkedIn page, thats gas!:)

I knew I recognised him.

phog

Has anyone found a radio station that might be broadcasting the game that can be picked up on Sky or the net?

buck65

Is this game actually being played at all or have both sides come to a gentlemans agreement?

Crua

"Has anyone found a radio station that might be broadcasting the game that can be picked up on Sky or the net? "

Saw this on BBC sports website:
Coverage: Live on BBC Radio Scotland 810MW and on the BBC Sport website

Not sure if this is any good to you...

Gryzor

phog wrote: »

Re. TV coverage, will we have delayed highlights frrom Setanta, also, will there be any TMO if required during the game?

No mention of coverage of the munster game on Setanta Ireland, or Setanta Sports 1 later. The Ed V Lein match is being shown on Setanta Ireland @ midnight tonite...

mustn't be any cameras at the munster game

outwest

my god, a munster match not televised, big deal,

buck65

Great post outwest, it was really worthwhile coming in and offering your twopence. I for one am enlightened by your always optimistic outlook and posts on this forum.

pappyodaniel

buck65 wrote: »

Great post outwest, it was really worthwhile coming in and offering your twopence. I for one am enlightened by your always optimistic outlook and posts on this forum.

Ara let him be, it's that 'Western' chip on the shoulder thing. Btw Outwest, most of us will be rooting for ye against Ulster so be nice.

profitius

Gryzor wrote: »

No mention of coverage of the munster game on Setanta Ireland, or Setanta Sports 1 later. The Ed V Lein match is being shown on Setanta Ireland @ midnight tonite...

mustn't be any cameras at the munster game

Check munsterfans. Theres a few links posted and somebody said universaty students will be filming the match live on the university site. Might be poor coverage but thats the best we can expect.

Judgement Day

3-0 to Glasgow after 10 mins.

ROG just missed a penalty.

Judgement Day

Glasgow in for a try which is converted 10-0 to Glasgow.

Tefral

You can listen to the match here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/6407137.stm

Try for munster

Risteard

10 - 5 Glasgow conversion for Munster to come.

Judgement Day

Munster in for a try (Leamy) and ROG converts. 10-7. After 23 mins.

Followed by another Glasgow penalty 13-7.

Another ROG penalty 13-10.

Another for Glasgow 16-10.

Judgement Day

Murphy in for a try which is converted 16-17 to Munster.

Glasgow leading 19-17 after another penalty.

Donnacha O'Callaghan sin binned for persistent enfringment.

Judgement Day

Gregor in for a try for Glasgow which is converted. 26-17 to Glasgow at half time.

thomond2006

Judgement Day wrote: »

Gregor in for a try for Glasgow which is converted. 26-17 to Glasgow at half time.

Sounds like a good game. C'mon Munster!!

Judgement Day

Ronan in for a try which ROG converts - Glasgow 26 Munster 24.

O'Callaghan back from bin.

some_dose

Murphy in for a try!

Judgement Day

ROG kicks grubber through and Murphy in for try which ROG converts. Munster 31 Glasgow 26.

Another penalty for ROG Munster 34 Glasgow 26.

Kristopherus

Great start to the 2nd half by Munster. 2 good tries. Bonus pt achieved. Munster now lead 31 - 26. Leinster getting walloped 32 - 12 by Edinburgh.

thomond2006

Brilliant! BP!

Judgement Day

Glasgow penalty. Munster 34 Glasgow 29.

Munster 37 Glasgow 29 after another ROG penalty. Commentators 'slightly' partisan!!

some_dose

C'MON MUNSTER!!

suppafly

Kristopherus wrote: »

Great start to the 2nd half by Munster. 2 good tries. Bonus pt achieved. Munster now lead 31 - 26. Leinster getting walloped 32 - 12 by Edinburgh.

Is there a radio feed somewhere ye'er listening to or is it just the live scores from that ye are looking at?

Seems like a much better game than the Leinster one. I wonder how they decided to show that one instead

Risteard

suppafly wrote: »

Is there a radio feed somewhere ye'er listening to or is it just the live scores from that ye are looking at?

Seems like a much better game than the Leinster one. I wonder how they decided to show that one instead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/scotland/6407137.stm