Zebre vs Munster, Sat 30 Jan 2pm Irish time; TG4

thomond2006

Munster:
Andrew Conway; Darren Sweetnam, Francis Saili, Rory Scannell, Ronan O'Mahony; Ian Keatley, Tomás O'Leary;
James Cronin, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Dave Foley, Mark Chisholm; Billy Holland - capt., Jack O'Donoghue, Robin Copeland.

Replacements: Mike Sherry, Dave Kilcoyne, Mario Sagario, Dave O'Callaghan, Shane Buckley, Duncan Williams, Cian Bohane, Gerhard van den Heever.

Dave O'Callaghan is back fit! Nobody back from the Ireland squad.

irishbucsfan

Sweetnam's first start if I'm not mistaken.

Quite a young backline though.

Scannell 22
Sailli 24
ROM 26
Sweetnam 22
Conway 24

Hope they go well.

pappyodaniel

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Sweetnam's first start if I'm not mistaken.

Quite a young backline though.

Scannell 22
Sailli 24
ROM 26
Sweetnam 22
Conway 24

Hope they go well.

O mahoneys a lot older than I thought!

I haven't seen Shane Buckley, any good?

irishbucsfan

pappyodaniel wrote: »

O mahoneys a lot older than I thought!

I haven't seen Shane Buckley, any good?

Very good at getting sent off against England in a close game in the JWC, breaking my heart #neverforgetneverforgive

jm08

pappyodaniel wrote: »

O mahoneys a lot older than I thought!

I haven't seen Shane Buckley, any good?

Very good, abrasive player. Now, if he could sort out his discipline!

case885

We really need some young talent to step up at scrum and fly half, hopefully Poland and Johnston will be options next season.

ClanofLams

Have Zebre named their team? Presume they are missing all their Italian internationals?

irishbucsfan

ClanofLams wrote: »

Have Zebre named their team? Presume they are missing all their Italian internationals?

I think they have

La formazione delle Zebre Rugby che sabato 30 Gennaio alle ore 15 affronterà gli irlandesi del Munster allo Stadio Lanfranchi di Parma nel tredicesimo turno del Guinness PRO12:

15 Kayle Van Zyl

14 Dion Berryman

13 Tommaso Boni*

12 Matteo Pratichetti

11 Michele Visentin*

10 Kelly Haimona

9 Luke Burgess

8 Jean Cook

7 Johan Meyer

6 Emiliano Caffini*

5 Marco Bortolami (cap)

4 Gideon Koegelenberg

3 Pietro Ceccarelli

2 Oliviero Fabiani

1 Andrea De Marchi

A disposizione:

16 Emiliano Coria

17 Bruno Postiglioni

18 Guillermo Roan

19 Federico Ruzza*

20 Filippo Cristiano

21 Giulio Toniolatti

22 Mils Muliaina

23 Ulrich Beyers

aimee1

ClanofLams wrote: »

Have Zebre named their team? Presume they are missing all their Italian internationals?

they seem to have abt 12 players in the 6n squad so would guess they would be missing for the most part as they only named a squad of 30

former total

What has happened to GVDH? Can't even make the XV for this one? Exit door at the end of the season, surely.

Zzippy

thomond2006 wrote: »

Munster:
Andrew Conway; Darren Sweetnam, Francis Saili, Rory Scannell, Ronan O'Mahony; Ian Keatley, Tomás O'Leary;
James Cronin, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Dave Foley, Mark Chisholm; Billy Holland - capt., Jack O'Donoghue, Robin Copeland.

Replacements: Mike Sherry, Dave Kilcoyne, Mario Sagario, Dave O'Callaghan, Shane Buckley, Duncan Williams, Cian Bohane, Gerhard van den Heever.

Dave O'Callaghan is back fit! Nobody back from the Ireland squad.

I remember when you used to write long well-researched and well-written previews. With tables!

Didn't you used to aspire to being a sports writer at one time, or am I mixing you up with someone else?

The Lost Sheep

pappyodaniel wrote: »

O mahoneys a lot older than I thought!

I haven't seen Shane Buckley, any good?

Buckley looked promising at age grade but hasn't stepped up at pro level. He is a backrow but has seen some game time in the second row just for games....

former total wrote: »

What has happened to GVDH? Can't even make the XV for this one? Exit door at the end of the season, surely.

Just isn't good enough. almost certainly leaving in May

thomond2006

Zzippy wrote: »

I remember when you used to write long well-researched and well-written previews. With tables!

Didn't you used to aspire to being a sports writer at one time, or am I mixing you up with someone else?

I did, but then I lost my pashun for sports journalism.

Zzippy

thomond2006 wrote: »

I did, but then I lost my pashun for sports journalism.

Pity, your early work was very promising!

thomond2006

thomond2006 wrote: »

I did, but then John Hayes retired.

FYP

thomond2006

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FYP

You're a monster.

thomond2006

thomond2006 wrote: »

You're a monster.

thomond2006

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thomond2006

thomond2006 wrote: »

Ah jaysus.

I feel bad now.

Here, this should cheer you up:

Zzippy

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FYP

Banned for psychological abuse

phog

thomond2006 wrote: »

Munster:
Andrew Conway; Darren Sweetnam, Francis Saili, Rory Scannell, Ronan O'Mahony; Ian Keatley, Tomás O'Leary;
James Cronin, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Dave Foley, Mark Chisholm; Billy Holland - capt., Jack O'Donoghue, Robin Copeland.

Replacements: Mike Sherry, Dave Kilcoyne, Mario Sagario, Dave O'Callaghan, Shane Buckley, Duncan Williams, Cian Bohane, Gerhard van den Heever.

Dave O'Callaghan is back fit! Nobody back from the Ireland squad.

Wasn't Cronin called up to the Irish squad?

Zzippy

Zzippy wrote: »

Banned for psychological abuse

leakyboots

Buckley had a stormer in one of the away matches when we were in poor form before Xmas, Scarlets I think? Abrasive carrier.. but then he was dropped back to the As for some reason. Was very impressed with him that day.

vienne86

It'll be interesting to see how this young backline goes.

This match is away for Munster, isn't it? i.e. it's Zebre v Munster.

former total

vienne86 wrote: »

This match is away for Munster, isn't it? i.e. it's Zebre v Munster.

I didn't want to be "that guy" but yeah, the title is wrong.

thomond2006

Deleted User wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

Ah jaysus.

I feel bad now.

Here, this should cheer you up:

Zzippy wrote: »

Banned for psychological abuse

phog wrote: »

Wasn't Cronin called up to the Irish squad?

vienne86 wrote: »

It'll be interesting to see how this young backline goes.

This match is away for Munster, isn't it? i.e. it's Zebre v Munster.

former total wrote: »

I didn't want to be "that guy" but yeah, the title is wrong.

Cookiemunster

phog wrote: »

Wasn't Cronin called up to the Irish squad?

He was released back to Munster to get game time, as was Henshaw with Connacht.

jm08

leakyboots wrote: »

Buckley had a stormer in one of the away matches when we were in poor form before Xmas, Scarlets I think? Abrasive carrier.. but then he was dropped back to the As for some reason. Was very impressed with him that day.

He is captain of the 'A' I think (are they working on his discipline).

Saw him at a Munster A v Leinster A a few years ago and he was the standout player on the pitch.

budhabob

jm08 wrote: »

He is captain of the 'A' I think (are they working on his discipline).

Saw him at a Munster A v Leinster A a few years ago and he was the standout player on the pitch.

Other than discipline I've always been impressed. Saying that, I like a few players on the pitch to have that bit of niggle about them.

Pink Fairy

budhabob wrote: »

Other than discipline I've always been impressed. Saying that, I like a few players on the pitch to have that bit of niggle about them.

I wish they could instill that bit of niggle into Peter O'Mahoney............

Zzippy

Pink Fairy wrote: »

I wish they could instill that bit of niggle into Peter O'Mahoney............

Yeah, he's such a softie... :pac:

lazybones32

Pink Fairy wrote: »

I wish they could instill that bit of niggle into Peter O'Mahoney............

Wha?! POM has it in oodles but they wanted to get rid of it: they gave him an early captaincy in Munster for a few games to try and cool him off.
Ire V Samoa or Fiji (a few years ago), POM was the only Irish player to respond with physicality to a high/tip tackle on an Irish player (might have been himself) but the rest of the Irish guys were just standing, looking around, after one of their teammates took a deliberate blow. I think ROG or Wally in commentary on the incident, said that if that had happened a few years previously, the Irish Team would have been in there in a heartbeat.

POM had to cool a little bit; at the start he'd nearly rip a fella for anything. Dave Foley had a bit of it too but I haven't seen it in a while.

Pink Fairy

"Whoooosh"

aimee1

lazybones32 wrote: »

Wha?! POM has it in oodles but they wanted to get rid of it: they gave him an early captaincy in Munster for a few games to try and cool him off.
Ire V Samoa or Fiji (a few years ago), POM was the only Irish player to respond with physicality to a high/tip tackle on an Irish player (might have been himself) but the rest of the Irish guys were just standing, looking around, after one of their teammates took a deliberate blow. I think ROG or Wally in commentary on the incident, said that if that had happened a few years previously, the Irish Team would have been in there in a heartbeat.

POM had to cool a little bit; at the start he'd nearly rip a fella for anything. Dave Foley had a bit of it too but I haven't seen it in a while.

Kuridrani i think upended him in the defeat the week before the cancelled NZ game.

former total

The picture quality from Italy is always crap. It's like watching rugby in the 70s.

Anatidaephobia

Really strong scrum.

aimee1

chisholm dropped that ?

Anatidaephobia

Poor enough from Chisholm.

Buer

Dropped but never lost it and maintained contact all the way. Try for me.

aimee1

is keatley contractually obliged to kick the ball out on the full once a game or something

Buer

Great chaseing back from TOL. Scannell and Keatley appear to have left the full back to one another there.

Anatidaephobia

Cronin is playing well so far.

Pink Fairy

Not a bad game at all.....think the Zebre 10 is begging to have that daft ponytail pulled though!

chippers

good entertaining game, zebre with some lovely offloading

vienne86

Pink Fairy wrote: »

Not a bad game at all.....think the Zebre 10 is begging to have that daft ponytail pulled though!

He should tuck in in to his shirt! He can kick though - just put them ahead.

leakyboots

Thought Cronin popped his man up there, should have been a penalty to us

shootermacg

DAT ref.....

leakyboots

Zebre's handling skills better than ours. Need to up a gear in the second half, we're too passive. Scannell at 12 going well, Cronin too.

Pink Fairy

Games gone stale after the break. Messy and too much stop/start

Pink Fairy

Aannnd Dave with a clothesline that any wwf wrestler would be proud of, 10 mins in the bin

Buer

Looks like we've got ourselves a good ol' fashioned cripple fight.