Perpignan vs Munster, Sat 14 Dec 3:40pm; Sky Sports

thomond2006

Perpignan:
15 Joffrey Michel, 14 Richard Haughton , 13 Lifeimi Mafi, 12 Watisoni Votu , 11 Sofiane Guitoune , 10 Tommy Allan, 9 Nicolas Durand,
8 Luke Narraway (c), 7 Al Strokosch, 6 Daniel Leo, 5 Guillaume Vilaceca , 4 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 3 Paulica Ion, 2 Land , 1 Sebastien Taofifénua

Replacements: 16 Guihelm Guirado , 17 Pascal Cotet , 18 Jean-Baptiste Custoja , 19 Justin Purll , 20 Tom Ecochard , 21 David Marty, 22 Tommaso Benvenuti , 23 Jean-Pierre Perez.

Munster:
15 Felix Jones, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 James Downey, 11 Johne Murphy, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Cathal Sheridan, 8 James Coughlan, 7 Sean Dougall, 6 Peter O'Mahony (c), 5 Paul O'Connell, 4 Donncha Ryan, 3 BJ Botha, 2 Damian Varley, 1 James Cronin

Replacements: 16 Duncan Casey, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Donncha O'Callaghan, 20 Tommy O'Donnell, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Denis Hurley

Date: Saturday 14th December
Venue: Stade Aime Giral
Kick-off: 1640 local, 1540 GMT
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant referees: Martin Fox, Paul Dix (both England)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)

James Cronin and Cathal Sheridan make their first Heineken Cup starts for Munster. A win here for Munster will put Perpignan well and truly out and leave the pool as a two horse between themselves and Gloucester, provided Gloucester beat Edinburgh today.

phog

Looks like we'll have the best weather of the four provinces for the game, no excuses. I reckon it it be fast game and hope Sheridan/Keatley can cope with the decision making that is normally left to Murray.

Hoping for a win but would take a LBP.

thomond2006

Yellow Card for Lifeimi Mafi

More of this please!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o17dpQPnsu8

I don't think either side today are as strong as the teams back then. No John Hayes now.

phog

thomond2006 wrote: »

More of this please!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o17dpQPnsu8

I don't think either side today are as strong as the teams back then. No John Hayes now.

My god we gifted them a soft try from the LO, asleep for it but a few nice tries from Munster.

Full 80 mins needed today.

CatFromHue

I only saw highlights of that game before but always thought it was ROG who throw the lovely pass for Hurley's try!

Mahatma Geansai

thomond2006 wrote: »

More of this please!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o17dpQPnsu8

I don't think either side today are as strong as the teams back then. No John Hayes now.

That was one of my favourite ever Munster jerseys. Only 2 players from that starting 15 will start again today.

thomond2006

Yellow Card for Lifeimi Mafi

phog wrote: »

My god we gifted them a soft try from the LO, asleep for it but a few nice tries from Munster.

Full 80 mins needed today.

Who cares. We bate the life out of them.

Anatidaephobia

Lively start; we're putting them under pressure.

Anatidaephobia

Possible try for Dougall, but I think there was obstruction.

Kanrith

Beautiful!

Edit: Never mind, no try.

former legend

Yellow Card for Lifeimi Mafi

No try I don't think

awec

No chance, clear obstruction.

Kiwi_knock

Great start for Munster, good decision though.

danthefan

Wahey! The TMO gets it right.

wp_rathead

right call unfort

P_1

Great start but that was blocking that the NFL greats would have been proud of

wp_rathead

some pen by the young lad

.ak

P_1 wrote: »

Great start but that was blocking that the NFL greats would have been proud of

Not if he gets caught. Downey blocks a lot, the problem is he's ****e at hiding it.

P_1

.ak wrote: »

Not if he gets caught. Downey blocks a lot, the problem is he's ****e at hiding it.

True, he isn't the most subtle at it, clever tactic mind, just needs some work on the execution

CatFromHue

FIGHT
FIGHT
FIGHT
FIGHT
FIGHT

keps

No shortage of aggression:D

Kanrith

Stamp on Earls I think.

Glass Prison 1214

Yellow Card for Lifeimi Mafi

Looks to me like Perpignan started those fights.

chupacabra

I know its good that incidents are being picked out and players rightly penalized etc etc. but all this TMO usage is very excessive and ruins the game imo

awec

Baffling decision to yellow there.

Kanrith

How is O'Mahony getting a yellow card?

Davei141

Rubbish yellow cards. Hooker goes after POM for no reason at all and he ends up in the bin for not throwing a punch?

Kiwi_knock

That is mad, never a yellow card for either.

Glass Prison 1214

Yellow Card for Lifeimi Mafi

Thats completely unfair on O'Mahony, he didn't do anything.

chupacabra

jokeshop

laugh

What a load of rubbish.

Micky Dolenz

Nonsense

Quint2010

Ffs two yellows for that? Ridiculous

Anatidaephobia

That's just strange.

Running Balance

Yellow Card for Lifeimi Mafi

At least the ref is ain't waiting for an answer from the tmo, who is taking an age to respond!!

Fireball07

Yellow Card for Lifeimi Mafi

Very poor decision.

Mahatma Geansai

We won't see the Perpignan higher ups lodging a complaint today anyway...

ScissorPaperRock

That's a joke. There wasn't much in it for a start, but what was O'Mahony supposed to do but defend himself?

Taco Corp

If POM gets a card there then their 6 needs to go too

decisions

So POM gets a yellow for being held by two perp players?

spiralism

If anyone should have got a yellow it should have been their 6, he stamped and even looks like he threw a punch. Ref just trying to stamp authority and feed his ego.

A2LUE42

That is a bloody joke. Nothing in it. Two players binned and five minutes standing around. The TMO calls are getting to be a joke at this stage and are really being overused.

siochain

Video reply is getting to much. OK for try decision.


POM yellow is a load of b*****ks

Davei141

Give the advantage and let them bloody maul!

.ak

Bizarre call to card either of them. Can only assume he wanted to nip the niggle in the bud.

Turtwig

Surely the foot stamp was the only thing that should have been sanctioned.
Can't understand his reasoning for yellows for both players with handbags.

Fireball07

Yellow Card for Lifeimi Mafi

Great kick.

Glass Prison 1214

Yellow Card for Lifeimi Mafi

Munster should have more players on the pitch right now.

PanaDrama

Shocking reffing.

Good kick from Keatley.

Benda

Score ?

Taco Corp

Jernal wrote: »

Surely the foot stamp was the only thing that should have been sanctioned.
Can't understand his reasoning for yellows for both players with handbags.

Reckon the ref is trying to put a stop to off the ball stuff early