Ulster V Munster - Match Thread- 7.05pm - BBCNI/NI

wp_rathead

Ulster XV: Piutau; Bowe, Marshall, Cave, Gilroy, Jackson, Pienaar; Black, Herring (capt), Herbst, Tuohy, van der Merwe, Diack, Reidy, Wilson

Replacements: Andrew, McCall, Warwick, Ross, Joyce, Marshall, Herron, Stockdale.


Munster XV: Conway; Sweetnam, Taute, Scannell, O’Mahony; Keatley, Williams; Kilcoyne, Scannell, Ryan; Ryan, Holland; O’Mahony, O’Donnell, O’Donoghue
Replacements: O’Brien, Scott, Archer, O’Shea, Copeland, Griesel, Wootton, Goggin.

Overall Guinness PRO12 head to head record:
Played 29, Ulster won 13, Munster won 15 with 1 game drawn.

At Kingspan Stadium, 7.05pm Live on BBC Sport NI and TG4
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU, 139th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Gwyn Morris (WRU), John Carvill (IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Murray Whyte (IRFU)
TMO: Tim Hayes (WRU)

Token Table:

Zzippy

Update: Maire Treasa is looking well

wp_rathead

awec wrote: »

updates here!

ah boo ya bet me too it...

sydthebeat

I have a feeling this will be a high scoring game of approx 50 aggregate points.

Munsters main attack is in the tight while Ulsters is out wide.

Adbrowne

rassie erasmus just gave a very impressive interview on tg4.

stephen_n

Ulster should win at home I'd imagine? Wonder will Munster maintain momentum from last week. Hard game to call though as I'd have neither team much ahead of the other, so home advantage might be enough for Ulster.

mansize

Watching on Norn Ireland so biased commentary awaits...

awec

wp_rathead wrote: »

ah boo ya bet me too it...

You made an opening post, your thread wins.

Posts moved.

mansize

Nigel reffing

LuckyGent88

Pitch looks fantastic. Hopefully a pretty decent game. Think ulster are going to be too strong for us today especially with the half back pairing and bench.

wp_rathead

fast tempo in this game
enjoyable so far

awec

TRY!

Piutau.

Lovely work by Gilroy.

Felix Jones is God

I'm.sky plussing this....no more talk about the game on here please!

Clegg

Munster had two men contesting that garryowen compared to Ulster's one.

Poor.

wp_rathead

brilliant by jackson and gilroy - no stopping piatau from there

thomond2006

How did we give that up?

LuckyGent88

Lovely kick from Jackson and smart knock down by gilroy but awful that we had 2 go for the one ball.
Had defended quiet well up to that

letowski

Conway had no business going for that..

ScrubsfanChris

In the replay, it's looked like it was knocked on by Gilroy into Stweetnam, then He knocked it on into Piatau's path.
Not that I'm complaining or anything :P

Clegg

Cave already off.

Piutau to centre, Gilroy to FB and Lyttle to the wing?

awec

Clegg wrote: »

Cave already off.

Piutau to centre, Gilroy to FB and Lyttle to the wing?

Yep, Marshall will shift into 12.

wp_rathead

jesus poor Cave

been pretty impressed by Munster so far gotta say

leakyboots

Hmmm.. lack of creativity, even though we're winning the breakdown battle

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wp_rathead wrote: »

jesus poor Cave

been pretty impressed by Munster so far gotta say

Think Munster are overdoing the short side stuff a bit. Then they go wide the other way and throw a woeful pass behind everyone.

Entertaining and fairly relentless game so far.

leakyboots

The sub was a mile offside before that turnover

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

wp_rathead wrote: »

jesus poor Cave

Rory Scholes would be getting so much game time at Ulster this season.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Not even any contact there.

EDIT: never mind...

awec

Fair call. A weaker ref would have given a yellow there.

LuckyGent88

Commentator saying he didn't even catch him!!! Clearly catches him with swinging arm but when POM was falling.

They are often given, but I hate penalties like that. Player did NOTHING wrong.

leakyboots

Yeah POM slipped, nothing in it

captbarnacles

LOL @ that

LuckyGent88

Sweet jaysus keatley.

Corner with this penalty

awec

Worst penalty ever?

Ha, Nige just said play in for something Kearney was sent off for last week.

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LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Commentator saying he didn't even catch him!!! Clearly catches him with swinging arm but when POM was falling.

wasnt a swinging arm.

leakyboots

Great stuff by Taute there

Clegg

Poor from both sides tbh. Ulster can't clear their lines properly.and Munster can't take advantage of all the ball they have.

Justin Bieber in the crowd there

leakyboots

Poor stuff to have nothing on the board after this opening 20 mins, Ulster have hardly had the ball

ScrubsfanChris

How Munster could do with another Paul Warrick.
Utility back with actually good kicking stats.

awec

Wow.

It's incredibly rare to see maul rules actually refereed during a choke tackle.

letowski

Munster's pack up for this one so far at least, but I've a bad feeling our half backs are going to be our downfall tonight though.

Adbrowne

Poor from Piatau there

Hagz

The more I see of Taute, the more he looks like the player Munster have needed in that midfield for so long.

wp_rathead

Hagz wrote: »

The more I see of Taute, the more he looks like the player Munster have needed in that midfield for so long.

keep him for next season and an axis of Tyler-Farrell-Taute woul be brilliant for them, with Arnold and Scannell as back ups

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Hagz wrote: »

The more I see of Taute, the more he looks like the player Munster have needed in that midfield for so long.

Tried to put him in my fantasy team but he's not there

ScrubsfanChris

Munster get an overlap and throw two skip passes. F**k me.......

Clegg

Munster have no composure when they get close to Ulster's line.

LuckyGent88

Plenty of possession and territory but don't look like breaking through for a try yet.