Sale vs Munster, Sat 18 Oct 1pm; Sky Sports

thomond2006

For Sale:
15 Michael Haley, 14 Tom Brady, 13 Johnny Leota, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Tom Arscott, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Chris Cusiter,
8 Mark Easter 7 David Seymour (c), 6 Magnus Lund, 5 Michael Paterson, 4 Jon Mills, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 2 Marc Jones, 1 Eifion Lewis-Roberts

Replacements: 16 Shalva Mamukashvili, 17 Ross Harrison, 18 Alberto de Marchi, 19 Andrei Ostrikov, 20 Josh Beaumont, 21 Will Cliff, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Mark Jennings

For Munster:
15 Felix Jones, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Andrew Smith, 12 Denis Hurley, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Ian Keatley, 9 Conor Murray,
8 CJ Stander, 7 Tommy O'Donnell, 6 Peter O'Mahony (c), 5 Paul O'Connell, 4 Dave Foley, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Duncan Casey, 1 Dave Kilcoyne

Replacements: 16 Eusebio Guinazu, 17 James Cronin, 18 BJ Botha, 19 Billy Holland, 20 Robin Copeland, 21 Duncan Williams, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Gerhard van den Heever

Date: Saturday, October 18
Venue: AJ Bell Stadium
Kickoff: 13:00 local
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant Referees: Laurent Cardona (France), Thomas Déjean (France)
TMO: Bruno Bessot (France)

May as well start a match thread! This is a must win for Munster given the other pool opponents. I'll be at the match and it looks like there will be plenty Munster fans there.

The big selection call comes at tighthead with Archer starting.

durkadurka

Sale away Sale away Sale away.

Mister Gooey

durkadurka wrote: »

Sale away Sale away Sale away.

So bad!

Flipper22

Great to see Archer starting ahead of Botha! He's come such a long way since that game against Leinster A in Donnybrook a couple of seasons ago where I genuinely feared for his safety against Jack McGrath.

CatFromHue

Sale's results in the Aviva haven't been great this season with only two wins (London Welsh and against a weakened Wasps) from six games.

I watched a bit of them against Northampton last weekend and Saints didn't have to work hard for their first two tries, I turned it off after that.

Munster should have enough for them, and if they've any wish to do well in the comp a big one is needed.

Barely recognise a name on the Sale team. Think Munster will win this anyway.

Fireball07

Munster should win. I can't see Sarries or Clermont slacking off against Sale, so we can't afford to either. We have underperformed in these kind of fixtures before, but a BP should be achievable.

twinytwo

you heard it here first folks... paulie for the hat trick:pac:

who_me

Murray practising his place-kicking again, always good to see there's an option in case of freakish injuries on the day.

phog

Need to win this one

G'wan Munster

Molester Stallone II

Odin Jolly Oat wrote: »

Barely recognise a name on the Sale team. Think Munster will win this anyway.

Ex Munster man Sam Tuitupo is playing for them

Fireball07

I do have to say I don't like our red shorts. Navy/Black is the way to go.

Fireball07

A lively opening 2 mins from Sale.

Fireball07

And a monster clearance from Murray, he's so good at those type of kicks.


And lovely pass from Cipriani to Leota, but our centres should be shutting that gap. Penalty Sale at the scrum

Larbre34

Not surprised Sale are playing like a team insulted at being written off.

This is their yard and I hope they go well.

Fireball07

Showed intent to go down on the line, but we just beat them up from then on.... the drive from POM was class. Looked like Killer definitely got in.

Swan Curry

That's a great try

ssaye2

Try

Buer

Why the hell did he need to go upstairs for that? You can't get more obvious.

Larbre34

Try Liverpool.

Fireball07

What a run by CJ! He's having a great game so far, pure power.

poteen o hooley

What an absolute cnut that wretch Robson is on Sky Sports. He hates Munster and cannot contain it.

Larbre34

poteen o hooley wrote: »

What an absolute cnut that wretch Robson is on Sky Sports. He hates Munster and cannot contain it.

Nonsense.

d-gal

Can't wait til Stander is Irish qualified. Will put it up to Heaslip

Molester Stallone II

Larbre34 wrote: »

Not surprised Sale are playing like a team insulted at being written off.

This is their yard and I hope they go well.

Munster dogs of war have come to **** all over their yard !

Larbre34

d-gal wrote: »

Can't wait til Stander is Irish qualified. Will put it up to Heaslip

He may get in line.

Buer

poteen o hooley wrote: »

What an absolute cnut that wretch Robson is on Sky Sports. He hates Munster and cannot contain it.

"Electric from Munster"

God that you just feel the hate.

Fireball07

Absolutely fantastic steal from POM at the lineout, just ripped it out of his hands. Good move, before done for crossing.


And then they almost caught us out there, another great clearing kick from Murray though.

Kanrith

What a kick by Murray.

Larbre34

Nice sly box to the ribs on POM there

Fireball07

They seem to be exposing our outside channel... not sure if it was Smith that time, but they've made a few too many linebreaks.

Buer

Surely a swinging arm there from Sale player at the ruck?

Buer

Fireball07 wrote: »

They seem to be exposing our outside channel... not sure if it was Smith that time, but they've made a few too many linebreaks.

Munster midfield has been porous all season. To be expected with new combinations but they need to tighten up. Most teams have made a couple of big line breaks through the centres this season.

Larbre34

Buer wrote: »

Surely a swinging arm there from Sale player at the ruck?

A few.

molloyjh

Larbre34 wrote: »

Nice sly box to the ribs on POM there

He cynically went straight off his feet and prevented the ball coming back quickly. He was lucky he wasn't penalised for it. Never tried to stay on his feet at all.

Larbre34

Robson hates Munster for remarking Liotta causing carnage. The vitriol.

Fireball07

Buer wrote: »

Munster midfield has been porous all season. To be expected with new combinations but they need to tighten up. Most teams have made a couple of big line breaks through the centres this season.

If Sale can do it, Sarries and Clermont will be punching massive holes. Smith's got caught a few times in the last few weeks.

ssaye2

Ref is gone

Buer

molloyjh wrote: »

He cynically went straight off his feet and prevented the ball coming back quickly. He was lucky he wasn't penalised for it. Never tried to stay on his feet at all.

Indeed. Different referee would have pulled him right up on it and given him a warning. As it stands, this referee isn't too hot on it so he may as well live dangerously and kill the ball. He'll get hit for it. Sale tried the same on their own line before the try and the defender was danced on by about 3 players.

Larbre34

I admire this ref for coming back from that horror leg break but I wonder was it wise.

Diabhal Beag

This is a serious blow to the Nouveau Heineken Cup if he can't continue

Larbre34

Jesus if he didnt have bad luck he'd have no luck at all.

poteen o hooley

Larbre34 wrote: »

Nonsense.

tiochfaidh ar la

ssaye2

Sale player trippEd him mad

Fireball07

Buer wrote: »

Indeed. Different referee would have pulled him right up on it and given him a warning. As it stands, this referee isn't too hot on it so he may as well live dangerously and kill the ball. He'll get hit for it. Sale tried the same on their own line before the try and the defender was danced on by about 3 players.

Possible new ref now, new interpretations.

poteen o hooley

Larbre34 wrote: »

Nonsense.

tiochfaidh ar la

clueless commentator too

Will23

The amount of wasted time this half is ridiculous! It took the video ref 2 mins to find a clip. New look heino cup looking amateur so far!

Buer

Fireball07 wrote: »

Possible new ref now, new interpretations.

Indeed. Going to be interesting. Could be a guy looking to make a mark coming into the game. We'll know soon enough.

The less experienced he is, the more I'd expect POC and POM to exert influence though.

Fireball07

Penalty against Killer in the scrum.

That's 2 against our front row so far. Not good.

ssaye2

Having a shot 55m huge wind

awec

poteen o hooley wrote: »

What an absolute cnut that wretch Robson is on Sky Sports. He hates Munster and cannot contain it.

poteen o hooley wrote: »

tiochfaidh ar la

clueless commentator too

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