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.

Borders no.2

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