Leicester vs Munster match thread, Sun 20 Dec 5:15pm, BeeTee Sport

thomond2006

You know folks, you don't have to wait for me to start a match thread! :P

Leicester Tigers
15. Telusa Veainu; 14. Adam Thompstone, 13. Peter Betham, 12. Matt Smith, 11. Vereniki Goneva; 10. Freddie Burns, 9. Ben Youngs;
1. Marcos Ayerza, 2. Tom Youngs, 3. Dan Cole, 4. Michael Fitzgerald, 5. Graham Kitchener, 6. Ed Slater, 7. Brendon O'Connor, 8. Lachlan McCaffrey
16. Harry Thacker, 17. Matias Aguero, 18. Fraser Balmain, 19. Dom Barrow, 20. Tom Croft, 21. Sam Harrison, 22. Thomas Bell, 23. Seremaia Bai

Munster Rugby
15. Andrew Conway; 14. Keith Earls, 13. Francis Saili, 12. Denis Hurley, 11. Simon Zebo; 10. Ian Keatley, 9. Conor Murray;
1. James Cronin, 2. Mike Sherry, 3. John Ryan, 4. Mark Chisholm, 5. Dave Foley, 6. Robin Copeland, 7. Dave O'Callaghan, 8. CJ Stander

16. Niall Scannell, 17. Dave Kilcoyne, 18. Mario Sagario, 19. Billy Holland, 20. Jack O'Donoghue, 21. Tomas O'Leary, 22. Rory Scannell, 23. Lucas Amorosino

Donnacha Ryan is a late absentee. Dave Foley starts with Billy Holland benching.

Stheno

thomond2006 wrote: »

You know folks, you don't have to wait for me to start a match thread! :P
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But you do it so well :P

Zzippy

Stheno wrote: »

But you do it so well :P

He used to do it so much better!

CatFromHue

A LBP here could be enough to get Munster one of the best runner up spots

Stheno

Zzippy wrote: »

He used to do it so much better!

True, think he's sick of always doing the match threads

Pink Fairy

CatFromHue wrote: »

A LBP here could be enough to get Munster one of the best runner up spots

Actually expect Munster to win today, think the last 7 days have been a much needed kick up the arse in the province

thomond2006

Zzippy wrote: »

He used to do it so much better!

I'm not in the country so I feel a little out of the loop tbh!

Akrasia

Pink Fairy wrote: »

Actually expect Munster to win today, think the last 7 days have been a much needed kick up the arse in the province

me too, but then I always expect munster to win

It's been a good start so far

Akrasia

Apart from that missed penalty

Stheno

Akrasia wrote: »

me too, but then I always expect munster to win

It's been a good start so far

Good defence especially I thought.

Keatley just missed what looked like a fairly kickable penalty there, is it windy?

thomond2006

Is there much wind (have no sound)? Kinda expected Keatley to knock it over.

Good start from Munster. Could do with a big score while they are on top.

aimee1

Borders no.2 wrote: »

Good start from Munster. Could do with a big score while they are on top.

only problem is they are not really threatening a score. similar to last week

flouncer

I not only want but expect Munster to win this

thomond2006

Well at least we held out there.

Tackle without the ball?

aimee1

lucky not to get yc

Stheno

Try Leicester

aimee1

thats well against the balance of play. one real go and a try after 6-7 phases

Triumvirate

So much good work undone by some soft pillar defending which is very much at odds with the focus and intensity of the opening quarter from Munster.

Stheno

Ooh another scrap!

garhjw

Some sloppy play by Munster, poor execution when they had possession in the final third.

Try was too easy for Leicester as well

Some Yoke

Zebo playing solidly

Stheno

Some Yoke wrote: »

Zebo playing solidly

Was just thinking the same, he's had a few great catches throughout this match so far.

aimee1

garces doesnt seem too bothered about players coming in from the side at every beakdown

Stheno

aimee1 wrote: »

garces doesnt seem too bothered about players coming in from the side at every beakdown

Yep they are very scrappy, but isn't he known for that?

Triumvirate

Big moment to get nothing. Also suggests they're losing faith in Keatley's goal kicking to pass up 3 point shot in a tight game.

Akrasia

aimee1 wrote: »

garces doesnt seem too bothered about players coming in from the side at every beakdown

And leicester players making no attempt to roll away

Pink Fairy

Drift defense is shocking though

aimee1

Akrasia wrote: »

And leicester players making no attempt to roll away

both sides are at that equally. they all know garces doesnt ref the breakdown too heavily

flouncer

Advantage over.?

Stheno

Good defence there to prevent a try

Akrasia

flouncer wrote: »

Advantage over.?

was only a scrum advantage i think

Akrasia

Zebo got a punch in the face while he was lying on the ground a minute ago.

captbarnacles

Terrible call. Ball was still moving.

Triumvirate

Tigers are wasteful. They look a little lazy in attack, to be honest. Munster getting in over ball with Tiger forwards ambling to the ruck.

Munster still every chance of winning this.

vienne86

Yellow Leicester - that'll help! And Keats gets the 3.

Stheno

aimee1 wrote: »

both sides are at that equally. they all know garces doesnt ref the breakdown too heavily

Maybe he heard us, he's just given Leicester a yc for being offside.

thomond2006

Excellent last 2/3 minutes of the half!

case885

Standers turnover huge there, leads to a yc and hopefully 3 points

Poor game so far. Munster have done ok. Stander upping his game.

Triumvirate

That's a very harsh yellow. Really dumb but it was hardly a try scoring opportunity or on a warning and impeded scrum half minimally?

Munster will be delighted with how this has gone.

Pink Fairy

10-6 at half time and we have a man advantage for 9 more mins

nc6000

Interesting yellow card. So Kitchener can't come back on after the head-injury-assessment (assuming he passes it) until the 10 minutes are up?

KrustyUCC

Very little threat from Munster in open play

We need to be getting beyond the game line and get quicker ball

Goldstein

Dave Foley and Chisholm won't enjoy the analysis of that Leicester try.

Hopefully we can put our heads down and get a score or two now while they're down to 14.

Stheno

nc6000 wrote: »

Interesting yellow card. So Kitchener can't come back on after the head-injury-assessment (assuming he passes it) until the 10 minutes are up?

Kitchener didn't pass the HIA

thomond2006

**** ya. Great miss pass by Murray to Cronin.

Stheno

Is Dave O'Callaghan Donncha's brother?

aimee1

thomond2006 wrote: »

**** ya. Great miss pass by Murray to Cronin.

2 yards forward.

Saili takes too much from the ball at times.

case885

We really had to score there, if we don't score while they're a man down then we're in trouble

wp_rathead

thomond2006 wrote: »

**** ya. Great miss pass by Murray to Cronin.

not really seen as it was forward
hon munster