Aironi vs Munster, Sunday 27 Feb 2pm (local time); TG4

thomond2006

Munster Squad For Aironi
24 February 2011, 4:09 pm
By The Editor


Alan Quinlan returns to the Munster squad for the first time since dislocating his shoulder in the Connacht game at the end of December, for Sunday's Magners League clash away to Aironi, ko 2pm (Italian time).

Quinlan is included in a 28 strong squad that also includes Mick O’Driscoll, Donnacha Ryan, Denis Hurley and Tony Buckley who all returned to training today from Irish camp.
The team will be announced on Friday at midday.

Munster Squad:
Johne Murphy, Doug Howlett, Denis Hurley, Lifeimi Mafi, Scott Deasy, Sam Tuitupou, Simon Zebo, Declan Cusack, Paul Warwick, Paul Rowley, Duncan Williams, Conor Murray,

Denis Fogarty, Damien Varley, Tony Buckley, Wian Du Preez , Marcus Horan, Stephen Archer, Darragh Hurley, Peter Borlase, Dave Foley, Ian Nagle, Mick O’Driscoll, Billy Holland, Donnacha Ryan, Tommy O’Donnell, James Coughlan, Alan Quinlan.

I'd like to see:
Hurley, Varley, Buckley, Nagle, MOD, Quinlan, TOD, Coughlan;
Murray, Deasy, Hurley, Warwick, Mafi, Howlett, Murphy

Bench: Fogarty, Du Preez, Borlase, Holland, Ryan, Williams, Cusack, Tuitupou

The Warwick-Mafi partnership in midfield worked a treat last week so I think it deserves another go.

Risteard

It's on TG4.

Amazotheamazing

No way I'd start Quinny, he's a hero and all but we need to give guys like Holland gametime. A backrow of Holland, TOD and Coughlan should be good enough tbh, and if it's not at least we'll know. At a push I'd start Ryan at 6 to give the pack experience.

phog

Risteard wrote: »

It's on TG4.

TG4 has it on their schedule but oddly enough ML site doesn't

Risteard

It only seems to be running for and hour and 15 minutes on the UPC schedule. Which isn't long enough for a rugby match even taking out half time and clock stoppages.

phog

Risteard wrote: »

It only seems to be running for and hour and 15 minutes on the UPC schedule. Which isn't long enough for a rugby match even taking out half time and clock stoppages.

The TG4 schedule shows it for 2 hours, up to 14:55.

Risteard

Mine says 'till 14.00. But that's probably just a mistake.

castie

Update the topic dammit!
I almost didnt bother thinking of watching this!!

thomond2006

Aironi:
15 Danwel Demas; 14 Kaine Robertson, 13 Gilberto Pavan, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Giulio Toniolatti; 10 James Marshall, 9 Pietro Travagli;
8 Nick Williams, 7 Gareth Krause, 6 Josh Sole; 5 Marco Bortolami (c), 4 Joshua Furno; 3 Fabio Staibano, 2 Tommaso D’Apice, 1 Alberto De Marchi.

Replacements: 16 Roberto Santamaria, 17 Luca Redolfini, 18 Andrea De Marchi, 19 George Biagi, 20 Nicola Cattina, 21 Giorgio Bronzini, 22 Riccardo Bocchino, 23 Gabriel Pizarro).

Munster:
15 Johne Murphy; 14 Denis Hurley, 13 Lifeimi Mafi, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Simon Zebo; 10 Paul Warwick, 9 Duncan Williams;
8 James Coughlan, 7 Tommy O'Donnell, 6 Donnacha Ryan; 5 Mick O'Driscoll (c), 4 Ian Nagle; 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Damien Varley, 1 Wian du Preez.

Replacements: 16 Denis Fogarty, 17 Marcus Horan, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Billy Holland, 20 Alan Quinlan, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Declan Cusack, 23 Doug Howlett

Happy enough with the selection bar selecting the two madmen together in the centre.

Hopefully Murray and Cusack will get gametime.

TheJims

thomond2006 wrote: »

Happy enough with the selection bar selecting the two madmen together in the centre.

Totally agree with the above! fine starting lineup, strange for howlett not starting? im presuming he will be the starting 14 next season still? but im fine mixing in the youth, excited bout the match minus the irish commentary (how unpatriotic)...

Who is the replacement outhalf? Any use?

Risteard

Munster Rugby wish to notify supporters that Sunday's Magners League game against Aironi Rugby will not be televised.

According to the TG4 broadcast schedule the game was to be televised at 1pm on Sunday but due to ongoing issues with Dahlia TV (Italian network) the match will not be broadcast and has been pulled from the schedule.

:mad:

thomond2006

Deleted User wrote: »

Who is the replacement outhalf? Any use?

Declan Cusack, he got a start at 10 last year against Connacht and didn't really shine. I think he's currently on a development contract. He's been getting a lot of gametime with the As.

Munster Rugby wish to notify supporters that Sunday's Magners League game against Aironi Rugby will not be televised.

According to the TG4 broadcast schedule the game was to be televised at 1pm on Sunday but due to ongoing issues with Dahlia TV (Italian network) the match will not be broadcast and has been pulled from the schedule.

**** sake. :rolleyes:

thomond2006

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2011/01/11/dahlia-tv-enters-liquidation/

Actually there's not much TG4 could have done, Dahlia TV has gone into liquidation.

TheJims

Gaaah! Streams won't be around will there be ???

Digifriendly

thomond2006 wrote: »

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2011/01/11/dahlia-tv-enters-liquidation/

Actually there's not much TG4 could have done, Dahlia TV has gone into liquidation.

That article is dated January 11th yet the Treviso vs Munster game was shown a couple of weeks ago so why not tomorrow's game?

TheJims

I guess all these deals are made like a month before matchs, n the last match was deal had to be honoured, whereas this didn't?? (Making it up as i go along...)

phog

6 - 3 to Munster but Ryan has been binned.

Judgement Day

Thank God we can't see it - sounds a horrible spectacle. We will be lucky to get out of it with the win. Howlett on for Hurley after 45 mins. Soon be time for the big one!

C'MON IRELAND!

GerM

13-3, Ryan try. Aironi have missed 3 easy penalties.

phog

D Ryan scored a try after coming back from the bin, YC for Aoroni.

phog

GerM wrote: »

13-3, Ryan try. Aironi have missed 3 easy penalties.

Where you getting the commentry?

Judgement Day

phog wrote: »

Where you getting the commentry?

Link to score here: http://www.espnscrum.com/celticleague-2010-11/rugby/match/119987.html

phog

Judgement Day wrote: »

Link to score here: http://www.espnscrum.com/celticleague-2010-11/rugby/match/119987.html

I have that but it doesnt say that the missed penalties were gimmies.

GerM

phog wrote: »

Where you getting the commentry?

Combination of MF updates and Italian radio commentary on ML site.

phog

Penalty try for Munster

LuckyGent88

penalty try munster. 20-3 after 58 mins

phog

Quinnie on for Nagle, great to see him back

LuckyGent88

Fogarty,Cusack and Archer on now for Varley,Buckley and Warwick

phog

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Fogarty,Cusack and Archer on now for Varley,Buckley and Warwick

As is Horan

phog

Nick Williams scores against his old team, brings the score to 20 - 10

phog

All over, final score 20 - 10 for Munster, we keep out lead at the top of the table.

thomond2006

Excellent. 11 points clear of Leinster.

phog

Match reports from Munsterrugby.ie

Workmanlike Munster

Munster's 20-10 win over Aironi Rugby could never be described as a classic but Tony McGahan's side went about their task in a workmanlike way that was fashioned by a solid set piece at both scrum and line-out.

The final scoreline, while not fully reflective of Munster's control particularly in the second half, did illustrate the commitment of the Italians throughout a game that was still delicately balanced until that penalty try at the start of the final quarter.
Munster's first try in the 48th minute owed more to a horrible lineout over-throw that caught everyone flat-footed except Donnacha Ryan who claimed it at the tail and ambled over untouched.

That really killed off any chance the Italian side had of claiming their first League victory, a feat that looked entirely possible in the opening half when they saw their endeavour thwarted by missed penalties and, in the 57th minute, sheer dogged defence that denied them after a powerful Willliams led surge off a five metre lineout.

The main feature of that opening half was the sound of referee David Jones's whistle, the Welsh official awarding 17 penalties, almost equally, the one in the 27th minute heralding a yellow card for Ryan and soon after, when Simon Zebo's superb line of running, carved open the Aironi defence, the Welsh official hauled him back for 'crossing'.

The penalty count ruined any chance of continuity and left spectators and players alike frustrated with what was a turgid first half contest that yielded two penalty scores for Munster and one for Aironi's James Marshall who really should have landed two more at least.

There was a greater urgency about Munster in the second half and if pressure deserves scores then they were worth both, though Aironi could justifiably grumble over the haste with which Jones headed for the posts for the penalty try award.

Now 17 points up and having gotten to grips with the Aironi pack it was a question of keeping their focus and shape. They lost that shape briefly near the end but by then the outcome was beyond doubt.

Overall they can be happy with the outcome, "Its never easy to come way from home and win," Tony McGahan said afterwards, " we had a job to do and I'd be happy with the way we wnet about our business. Of course there are aspects we need to look at, but right now, I'd be more than happy with our day's work and the four points we're going home with."

Munster: J Murphy; D Hurley (Howlett 45 min)., L Mafi, S Tuitupou, S Zebo; P Warwick (D Cusack 63 min), D Williams (C Murray 52 min); W du Preez (M Horan 58 min), D Varley (D Fogarty 58 min), T Buckley (S Archer 63 min); I Nagle (A Quinlan 58 min), M O'Driscoll capt; D Ryan, T O'Donnell, J Coughlan (B Holland 71 min). Yellow card - D Ryan

Aironi Rugby: D Demas; K Robertson, G Pavan G Pizzaro 63 min), M Pratichetti, J Toniolatti; J Marshall (R Bocchino 57 min), P Travagli (G Bronzini 74 min); A de Marchi (An De Marchi 62 min), T D'Apice (R Santamaria 47 min), F Staibano (L Redolfini 57 min); J Furno (G Biaggi 72 min), M Bortolami capt; J Sole, G Krause (N Cattina 72 min), N Williams. Yellow card - G Toniolatti

Referee. David Jones (WRU)

thomond2006

Denis Hurley going for a scan next week according to Doug Howlett on Twitter.

phog

thomond2006 wrote: »

Denis Hurley going for a scan next week according to Doug Howlett on Twitter.

Saw that ober on MFs, what happened to him? It might give Zebo a chance to get game time.