Munster vs Treviso, Sat 5th Sept 7:45pm; Live on TG4

thomond2006

Munster:
Felix Jones; Andrew Conway, David Johnston, Rory Scannell, Shane Monahan; Ian Keatley, Duncan Williams;
James Cronin, Mike Sherry, BJ Botha; John Madigan, Dave Foley; Dave O'Callaghan, Jack O'Donoghue, CJ Stander - capt.

Replacements: Niall Scannell, John Ryan, Stephen Archer, Robin Copeland, Shane Buckley, Cathal Sheridan, Tyler Bleyendaal, Cian Bohane.

First competitive match of the season and the selection that stands out is David Johnston who is normally a 10 or 15 I believe at outside centre. Rory Scannell starts at 12 after some good performances last season in the Pro12. No Dave Kilcoyne who must still be with Ireland as cover. No Gerhard Van Hen Heever at all which is a surprise. Williams gets the nod over Sheridan at 9.

irishbucsfan

Scannell/Johnston really does stand out. Looking forward to see how they get on.

Also Mike Sherry

case885

Will be interesting to see how Madigan and Foley get on together, hopefully they can form a good partnership.
Not too sure of Monahan on the wing, would have been a good opportunity for sweetnam.

Wang King

In Cork tomorrow for a christening.... Wonder if I can swing watching this without upsetting anyone

CatFromHue

Wang King wrote: »

In Cork tomorrow for a christening.... Wonder if I can swing watching this without upsetting anyone

Just say the kid is ugly and the parents will be ****e at bringing it up. You're afternoon will be free after that :pac:

Wang King

CatFromHue wrote: »

Just say the kid is ugly and the parents will be ****e at bringing it up. You're afternoon will be free after that :pac:

It's in Collins barracks... My life will be over if I say that!

Losty Dublin

Wang King wrote: »

It's in Collins barracks... My life will be over if I say that!

They've barracks in Cork named after Phil Collins? Must be something in the air

budhabob

Hoping this is an imporovement this avo's game.

letowski

Did Duncan Williams get a new scrum cap?

budhabob

letowski wrote: »

Did Duncan Williams get a new scrum cap?

With any luck his last one was cursed, and now he'll become world class.

budhabob

Great break by scannell.

letowski

Hopefully himself and Johnson go well today. Scannell has a nice skillset he should get good oppertunities now with Hurley injured

thomond2006

Ballsy move to go for the corner pays up! Dreadful miss from Stander.

vienne86

Well fair play to Treviso putting on that pressure and getting the try.

vienne86

....and some conversion by Hayward.

C'mon Munster - concentrate!

budhabob

Scannell makes good ground in contact consistently (haven't seen him pass though), DOC looks so ungainly, Cronin carrying well, and madigan looks a good prospect.

thomond2006

What just happened with that knock on?

letowski

Bizarre scrum 5 for munster

vienne86

letowski wrote: »

Bizarre scrum 5 for munster

Don't understand that. Anyway 3 for Munster.

crasy dash

Don't know what to say its such a poor game littered with mistakes .
Monahan and scannell looking sharp though.

vienne86

This is like watching paint dry. Fans and staff look bored.

Very impressed with Scannell.

Hagz

JOD offloads to the opposition and then immediately rips it back off him. :pac:

budhabob

JOD continuing where he finished last season....some barn storming stuff from him.

Last ditch defense there. Monahan in particular did well.

thomond2006

Let off there, good defence to prevent the try. I'm loving this new version of Treviso!

blackdog1

Williams has put it into the 2nd row every scrum. Can sherry not hook?

letowski

Infairness to Treviso they came to play. They have brought a big team too, Munster not really getting over the gain line and going thru phases.

vienne86

blackdog1 wrote: »

Williams has put it into the 2nd row every scrum. Can sherry not hook?

Yes, very blatantly. But this never seems to get penalised.

irishbucsfan

Cad e an score?

crasy dash

Se a seacht chun treviso

crasy dash

Nicely done by stander much more intensity by Munster this half.
Axel must have given it to them in the dressing room.

letowski

Doc has been good, in the last year he has brought much more physicality to his game, he is a big lad.

thomond2006

Treviso winger in the bin. Plenty of time to nab the BP.

Hagz

What kind of a pass was that from Williams to Bleyendaal?! Sometimes Williams just forgets how to pass.

CoDy1

Hagz wrote: »

What kind of a pass was that from Williams to Bleyendaal?! Sometimes Williams just forgets how to pass.

Don't think he ever learned to in the first place:pac:

budhabob

Good to see bohane back after the injury woes last season.

thomond2006

I don't understand taking three points there.

vienne86

thomond2006 wrote: »

I don't understand taking three points there.

Surely a BP is the priority now.

thomond2006

vienne86 wrote: »

Surely a BP is the priority now.

Yep, good call in the end.

connemara man

Lbp for treviso. Poor game all in all. Munster could have been miles ahead but weren't anywhere near clinical enough

Squidgy Black

Surprised at how well Treviso did, particularly in the set piece.

vienne86

Munster looked lethargic, I thought.

Treviso came to play - impressed with them.

letowski

Really need to improve for the Ospreys, we had a fairly new look team today and things never nearly clicked. Thought the backrow and wingers did well, Scannell was good too.

phog

Very mixed bag from Munster, perfect evening for rugby but our handling errors killed us. Very happy with JOD and Madigan.

Out lineout creaked as did our scrum. Keatley had a missed bag, missed a sitter, poor game management decisions and poor execution at times.

Conway, Scannell and Jones threatened a few times but then we knocked on or got turned over. It was hard to watch or get too excited.

Lots to work on for next week.

crasy dash

Just wondering does anybody have the game recorded.
My box had a technical issue and didn't record it gggr.

phog

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