Munster V Leicester ERC - groundhog day

Akrasia

Prediction for the game?



An hour to go before kickoff
Just a refresher on the lineups for the game


Munster

15 Simon Zebo
14 Andrew Conway
13 Sam Arnold
12 Rory Scannell
11 Alex Wootton
10 Ian Keatley
9 Conor Murray
1 Dave Kilcoyne
2 Rhys Marshall
3 Stephen Archer
4 Jean Kleyn
5 Billy Holland
6 Peter O'Mahony
7 Chris Cloete
8 CJ Stander

Kevin O'Byrne, Brian Scott, John Ryan, Darren O'Shea, Jack O'Donoghue, Duncan Williams, JJ Hanrahan, Darren Sweetnam

Leicester Tigers

15 Telusa Veainu
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Matt Smith
12 Mathew Tait
11 Jonny May
10 George Ford
9 Ben Youngs
1 Kyle Trayno
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Michael Fitzgerald
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Valentino Mapapalangi
7 Luke Hamilton
8 Sione Kalamafoni

Harry Thacker, Logovi'i Mulipola, Chris Baumann, Dom Barrow, Mike Williams, Sam Harrison, Joe Ford, Nick Malouf

Don Kiddick

I think our back row is what wins this for us tonight...

Akrasia

According to TRK, the saints will probably be routing all their back line movements at width directly through Ford, if we can just nail the receiver from Ford's pass we'll have them in disarray

.ak

Is this on BT sports?

thomond2006

.ak wrote: »

Is this on BT sports?

BTS2

Akrasia

Akrasia wrote: »

According to TRK, the saints will probably be routing all their back line movements at width directly through Ford, if we can just nail the receiver from Ford's pass we'll have them in disarray

Saints have already been crushed once today, would be harsh to make them play Munster now too!

thomond2006

We could do without this lad on co-commentary.

budhabob

What a pass from scannell! Some high tempo 5 mins.

Leicester not even competing a tiny bit at ruck time. Munster should be trucking it straight through them.

budhabob

I'm shattered after that.

Akrasia

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Saints have already been crushed once today, would be harsh to make them play Munster now too!

More proof that i can't concentrate on two things at once

Excellent kick chasing.

budhabob

Conway having a great start, great break and chasing every ball in the air and competing well

Johann van Eyebrows looks a serious fella.

BBDBB

appreciate the updates lads, thanks

BOD is ok in the studio and good on podcasts and things like that. But he is an awful awful match commentator. He used to be ok, but he's gotten really nervous on the mic the last 12 or so months and it's getting worse.

budhabob

Keatley looks badly hurt....

Bridge93

THAts the worst advantage play ever by the ref. They lost 30m

BBDBB

BBDBB wrote: »

appreciate the updates lads, thanks

Munster 3 - 0 Leicester after 15 mins.

Keatley took a fair knock but seems to be okay to jog it off.

budhabob

Deleted User wrote: »

Munster 3 - 0 Leicester after 15 mins.

Keatley took a fair knock but seems to be okay to jog it off.

Thank feck, I've no confidence in JJ at the min

sydthebeat

SAm Arnold having a blinder so far

Conway early contender for MoTM

Done everything well

sydthebeat

Nice one

Don Kiddick

Don't forget the ball Rhys

Great hands from Rhys Marshall. Reminiscent of that try that Shaggy scored once carrying the ball behind his back!

Easy direct rugby really.

Munster 8 - 0 Leicester, straightforward conversion to come.

10 - 0 : 21 mins on the clock

leakyboots

Great stuff, have said it on here before but Rhys is possibly the best all-round hooker on the island, amazing hands and footballing skills

Former Former

Leicester are all over the place. Munster can get a BP no bother here.

budhabob

Deleted User wrote: »

Conway early contender for MoTM

Done everything well

Scannell, Arnold, conway and Marshall all having crackers.

thomond2006

Leicester are offering little so far. Munster's defence is well able for them.

leakyboots

POM had a lovely turnover there to get us back up the pitch

swiwi_

Murray is one of my favourite players to watch. Such a good 9.

This game is so much better than the dross from the French games.

13 - 0

Just another 25 to go for OP's wish!

budhabob

The one player who had been reasonably quiet tonight is Cloete. was expecting to see more of him in this

Elvisjuice

wat a try

Elvisjuice

budhabob wrote: »

The one player who had been reasonably quiet tonight is Cloete. was expecting to see more of him in this

just made rthat ry

Lovely from Keatley, Zebo has an easy finish. Straightforward conversion again on the way.

18 - 0 : 31mins

awec

Northampton are so ****.

budhabob

2nd brilliant turn over by POM

leakyboots

Lads Cloete is unbelievable. How many times was he involved in the lead up to that?

budhabob

Elvisjuice wrote: »

just made rthat ry

Think I'm a few mins behind.....just in now

BBDBB

awec wrote: »

Northampton are so ****.

nurse! he's out of bed again!

20 - 0 : 32 mins.

May as well blow this up already ref. Leicester haven't even looked slightly dangerous.

thomond2006

Keatley has been phenomenal. Absolutely bossing the game and gives Zebo probably his easiest of tries in a Munster shirt!

Burkie1203

budhabob wrote: »

2nd brilliant turn over by POM

Elbows on the ground tho. Poor from Garces

budhabob

leakyboots wrote: »

Lads Cloete is unbelievable. How many times was he involved in the lead up to that?

Clearly checked on here, saw my earlier post, and got motivated.

Excellent defence from Conway there.

Saw the threat early, got into the space to force the pressure, and almost made the intercept.

cameramonkey

Munster motoring along nicely, typical MOC team performance. How I miss him at Leinster.

Am I allowed to hope Leicester get back into this to make a game of it?

Billy Holland was asking for a YC there!

Oh dear. Leicester taking a kick at goals, 20 points down.