Match Thread: Pro 12- Glasgow Warriors V Munster, Friday 25th October, 19:35, TG4

Fireball07

|Glasgow|Munster
15|Sean Maitland|Johne Murphy
14|Tommy Seymour|Andrew Conway
13|Byron McGuigan|Casey Laulala
12|Sean Lamont|Ivan Dineen
11|DTH Van Der Merwe|Ronan O'Mahony
10|Duncan Weir|JJ Hanrahan
9|Chris Cusiter|Conor Murray
1|Ryan Grant|James Cronin
2|Pat McArthur|Mike Sherry
3|Moray Low|Stephen Archer
4|Tim Swinson|Donncha O'Callaghan
5|Jonny Gray|Paul O'Connell
6|Rob Harley|Peter O'Mahony
7|Tyrone Holmes|Sean Dougall
8|Josh Strauss|CJ Stander
|Replacements|Replacements
16|Dougie Hall|Damien Varley
17|Jerry Yanuyanutawa|Dave Kilcoyne
18|Jon Welsh|BJ Botha
19|Tom Ryder|Billy Holland
20|Chris Fusaro|James Coughlan
21|Nikola Matawalu|Cathal Sheridan
22|Ruaridh Jackson|James Downey
23|Mark Bennett|Cian Bohane




After 2 weeks of Heineken Cup, we return to Pro12 action and the top 2 face off each against each other in this clash in Scotstoun. Both teams picked up 5 points from their 2 opening matches in Europe.

Both sides have made some changes to their starting XV, but have nevertheless named strong sides.

For Glasgow, playmaker Nikola Matawalu is only named on the bench, as is Ruaridh Jackson, but in their place Duncan Weir and Chris Cusiter are still a reliable half-back partnership. The back 3 of Maitland, Seymour and Van Der Merwe can do serious damage and a pack containing Grant, Low, Harley and Strauss is not to be underestimated. At home, they will certainly believe they can continue their 100% start to the season.


As for Munster, they have named a very interesting, one which fans have hope for. In the absence of Simon Zebo, Denis Hurley and now Keith Earls- Andrew Conway and Ronan O'Mahony come into the starting team after impressing for the A side, and they will accompany the in-form Johne Murphy. Earls was supposed to start at outside centre, but his late injury means Casey Laulala will return to the starting team, with Cian Bohane taking up a spot on the bench.
A strong looking backline is capped off by Conor Murray partnering JJ Hanrahan, Ian Keatley now given a rest and interestingly, it would seem that Murray is acting as 10 cover, as two centres are named on the bench.
In the pack, Stander gets a start at 8, captain O'Mahony reverst to 6 while the experienced lock pairing of O'Connell and O'Callaghan remains in place while the front row from the Gloucester game is completely changed.


Some may argue that this pack is stronger than the one that played last weekend, and it is an exciting-looking team in general.



Glasgow are a very formidable opponent, and Munster will be disappointed with their performances in Europe. Perhaps an injection of youth, in addition to the likes of Cronin and Stander may give them the boost they need to really raise their game. It should be an interesting game.

phog

POC out now as well. There goes our chance to win :-(

Fireball07

phog wrote: »

POC out now as well. There goes our chance to win :-(

Really?? Haven't turned on my tv yet.....terrible news. Who's in on the bench?

phog

Fireball07 wrote: »

Really?? Haven't turned on my tv yet.....terrible news. Who's in on the bench?

Only saw it in twitter. Dave Foley get the bench spot

razorblunt

Christ there's a beard and a half on the Glasgow side!

randomname2005

I believe it is ok to request streams. If there are any available, please PM me. Apologies if any problems with this request

Howard Juneau

6 seconds and DOC gets a word from the ref! No better buachaill !

RuggieBear

randomname2005 wrote: »

I believe it is ok to request streams. If there are any available, please PM me. Apologies if any problems with this request

there is stream request only thread. better to use it

Anatidaephobia

Sloppy so far. I didn't really get a good look but I thought the first penalty was a bit harsh.

Fireball07

3-0 down, could have been 6. Already given away a few stupid penalties, need to settle.

RuggieBear

this will be the first time i'll have seen stander play...get to see what all the fuss is about

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

We're absolutely shocking so far

that lineout was a joke

crasy dash

Any update what happened to paulie?im on the road at the moment?

Fireball07

What was the call on that last lineout, no one even almost challenged for it... in a great position too.

Nice from Conway.

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Nice break from Conway, woeful from Murray. So obvious he was going to take that on himself

razorblunt

Terrible decision.

Anatidaephobia

What the duck was that penalty for?

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

We look like a side that is badly coached.

Fireball07

We're getting a bit of battering so far, they're very physical, very well-organised.

razorblunt

Anatidaephobia wrote: »

What the duck was that penalty for?

Holding on, flanker was completely on the wrong side, terrible from Davies.

Fireball07

Not much opportunity for our chasers to get on the end of the kicks so far.

ssaye2

Mad it's only 3 pts can see halfback subs causing damage for Glasgow in 2nd half

Howard Juneau

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience wrote: »

We look like a side that is badly coached.

I'd say we look like a team missing 5 or 6 of our spine players

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Howard Juneau wrote: »

I'd say we look like a team missing 5 or 6 of our spine players

We looked like a badly coached side with those players in the team last weekend and the weekend before

Fireball07

What a kick from JJ. Class.

ssaye2

Superb by jj

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

great kick from JJ

Fireball07

Out on the full from the kick-off by Weir.... let's hope this scrum goes better.

awec

Munster got battered in that scrum.

ssaye2

Lll has great offloading ability pity the support

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

awec wrote: »

Munster got battered in that scrum.

We've been battered in every scum. CJ is doing a good job with horrible ball

Sherry is having a nightmare all over the park

Fireball07

Good defence there in the end.....bit passive at first. But scrums are no good for us if we're going to get crushed every time.

ssaye2

Scrum destroyed ath

awec

They're actually running backward in the scrum.

The difference is huge, as soon as the ball goes in and Glasgow put in the shove the Munster scrum folds like a deckchair.

sioda

Scrums are awful

Fireball07

And there we go... they knock the ball on, they get 3 points.

Howard Juneau

Hand on the ball in the scrum there?

razorblunt

Men vs Boys in the scrum.

danthefan

Howard Juneau wrote: »

Hand on the ball in the scrum there?

Penalty given.

wittycynic

Serious change needed in front row.

Fireball07

Oh yay, another scrum...

Howard Juneau

Want to see Conway get a little ball now please

Fireball07

Was that actually forward?

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

ugh, I'm not enjoying this at all.

AlfaZen

Not forward and a late hit.

Fireball07

Now that it's their scrum... this could be very bad.

CatFromHue

Fireball07 wrote: »

Was that actually forward?

I thought it was.

I was looking at the lines/different shades of green of the grass and it looked like he passed it forward on them.

Howard Juneau

Fireball07 wrote: »

Was that actually forward?

Ref said so...he's given Weirba warning about questioning his decisions....odds on Munster to get the first yellow so!

razorblunt

Watching this on BBC alba is awful

Ugo Monye spacecraft experience

Going from watching Ulster to watching us is just so depressing.

former legend

razorblunt wrote: »

Men vs Boys in the scrum.

Getting schooled.