Munster vs Castres, Sunday 9th Dec 1pm; BT Sport 2

thomond2006

MUNSTER RUGBY
15. Mike Haley, 14. Andrew Conway, 13. Chris Farrell, 12. Rory Scannell, 11. Keith Earls, 10. Joey Carbery, 9. Conor Murray,
1. Dave Kilcoyne, 2. Niall Scannell, 3. John Ryan, 4. Tadhg Beirne, 5. Billy Holland, 6. Peter O'Mahony (c), 7. Chris Cloete, 8. CJ Stander.

Replacements:
16. Kevin O'Byrne, 17. Jeremy Loughman, 18. Ciaran Parker, 19. Fineen Wycherley, 20. Arno Botha, 21. Alby Mathewson, 22. JJ Hanrahan, 23. Sam Arnold

CASTRES OLYMPIQUE
15. Scott Spedding, 14. Armand Batlle, 13. Thomas Combezou, 12. Florian Vialelle, 11. Taylor Paris, 10. Benjamin Urdapilleta, 9. Ludovic Radosavljevic ,
1. Antoine Tichit, 2. Jody Jenneker, 3. Daniel Kotze, 4. Loic Jacquet, 5. Thibault Lassalle, 6. Mathieu Babillot (c), 7. Kevin Gimeno, 8. Alex Tulou.

Replacements:
16. Kevin Firmin, 17. Paea Fa'anunu, 18. Marc Clerc, 19. Christophe Samson, 20. Yannick Caballero, 21. Julien Caminati, 22. Martin Laveau, 23. Rory Kockott

Carbery and Stander are included in the starting lineup which otherwise sees no changes from the heavy win over Edinburgh.
The bench selection of JJ Hanrahan over Tyler Bleyendaal is an interesting one, it looks like JJ will remain as Carbery's backup going forward.

Castres have made a few changes from their side that played Agen last weekend, but the front row and halfbacks remain.

aloooof

thomond2006 wrote: »

The bench selection of JJ Hanrahan over Tyler Bleyendaal is an interesting one, it looks like JJ will remain as Carbery's backup going forward.

Certainly seems that way. I don't think Tyler has started a game at 10 for us this season, but has a couple of appearances as 12.

Tomtom364

aloooof wrote: »

Certainly seems that way. I don't think Tyler has started a game at 10 for us this season, but has a couple of appearances as 12.

Could be much more of an indication that if 1 of the 3 back 3 players went off (which is more likely then then the outhalf) they would much prefer to bring JJ on to Full back then move carbery there. Tyler doesn't cover 15.

phog

With Sammy on the bench then why have Tyler as he can only cover O/H & centre, JJ can cover O/H,centre and FB

aloooof

Tomtom364 wrote: »

Could be much more of an indication that if 1 of the 3 back 3 players went off (which is more likely then then the outhalf) they would much prefer to bring JJ on to Full back then move carbery there. Tyler doesn't cover 15.

Could be, JJ definitely offers more versatility. (I'd imagine if Tyler was gonna get the 22 jersey, Arnold wouldn't have been selected as 23, more likely a back 3 player. Obvious benefits to having Anrold to come off the bench against a team like Castres) EDIT: Pretty much what phog says above.

But the longer Tyler goes without being selected at 10 (or at 22 as 10 cover) the more likely it is that JJ will be retained ahead of him.

34 - 17 to the home team.

thomond2006

phog wrote: »

With Sammy on the bench then why have Tyler as he can only cover O/H & centre, JJ can cover O/H,centre and FB

I would rate Bleyendaal over JJ as a 10/12 and Conway can move across to fullback if needed.

The Lost Sheep

I will murder everyone who pisses me off at work in the stadium sunday considering im at connacht game on big session with few free drinks tomorrow........

mafi, ebersohn, david smith and yann david not included is big help.

Tomtom364

thomond2006 wrote: »

I would rate Bleyendaal over JJ as a 10/12 and Conway can move across to fullback if needed.

Yeah but then who goes Wing?

Try_harder

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

I will murder everyone who pisses me off at work in the stadium sunday considering im at connacht game on big session with few free drinks tomorrow........

mafi, ebersohn, david smith and yann david not included is big help.

Where you working? No where to avoid... Im in North tce

The Lost Sheep

Try_harder wrote: »

Where you working? No where to avoid... Im in North tce

Not dealing with you .....
Im in middle of east stand i think

thomond2006

Tomtom364 wrote: »

Yeah but then who goes Wing?

Good point!

Jump_In_Jack

Arnold covers wing, think he subbed on at wing for Ireland recently.

Try_harder

Lift from Wex-Wat now bus to Limerick! Come on Munster!!

2smiggy

Carberry out, JJ to start with Tyler onto the bench

Better to happen for the home rather than away match.

shootermacg

2smiggy wrote: »

Carberry out, JJ to start with Tyler onto the bench

Better to happen for the home rather than away match.

Oh FFS!

crasy dash

shootermacg wrote: »

Oh FFS!

Not ideal at all but with Murray along side him to boss him he also has Rory at 12 who can take the place kicking pressure off him if it doesnt go well at the start.

Not sure what conditions are like in Thomond today but last night there was a lot of rain so it might not be a day for kicking just has to relax and play to conditions and dont force it:o

Farrell out now Sammy starts with Taute on the bench

icdg

Ryle Nugent is calling the game for BT.

budhabob

crasy dash wrote: »

Not ideal at all but with Murray along side him to boss him he also has Rory at 12 who can take the place kicking pressure off him if it doesnt go well at the start.

Not sure what conditions are like in Thomond today but last night there was a lot of rain so it might not be a day for kicking just has to relax and play to conditions and dont force it:o

Farrell out now Sammy starts with Taute on the bench

2 late changes far from ideal, Arnold willbe pushing hard to prove he deserves the 13 Jersey so hopefully goes well.

Less confident then I was yesterday

LuckyGent88

Some disaster news to arrive into the ground and hear.

Farrell was immense last weekend. JJ controlled the game well last week but we will need him to kick the points today.

Hopefully that is the last shower of the day now.

budhabob

Why is the build up showing Cardiff/saracens BT sport 2 showing same as BT sport 3?

mark_jmc

budhabob wrote: »

Why is the build up showing Cardiff/saracens?

Yeah getting worried- phew!

Stout Warrior

Wouldn't be as confident with hanrahan starting

thomond2006

MUNSTER RUGBY
15. Mike Haley, 14. Andrew Conway, 13. Sam Arnold, 12. Rory Scannell, 11. Keith Earls, 10. JJ Hanrahan, 9. Conor Murray,
1. Dave Kilcoyne, 2. Niall Scannell, 3. John Ryan, 4. Tadhg Beirne, 5. Billy Holland, 6. Peter O'Mahony (c), 7. Chris Cloete, 8. CJ Stander.

Replacements:
16. Kevin O'Byrne, 17. Jeremy Loughman, 18. Ciaran Parker, 19. Fineen Wycherley, 20. Arno Botha, 21. Alby Mathewson, 22. Tyler Bleyendaal, 23. Jaco Taute

chupacabra

What happened to Joey?

Rows Grower

chupacabra wrote: »

What happened to Joey?

Tight hamstring.

budhabob

Munster the better team so far, but failed badly there to capitalise on all the territory & possession

thomond2006

Scrappy performance so far from Munster.

Stout Warrior

Error strewn. Scanner not hitting his darts Haley putting balls out on the full cloete knocking on

Mango Joe

Sorry for being off topic - anyone having problems casting this to TV from the Eir Sport Android app?

Am getting an error message re copyright issues????

Don't want to have to watch on phone

Worked fine yesterday for Leinster v Bath.(?)

chupacabra

Poor decision from Conway

Shefwedfan

What happened Farrell?

Stout Warrior

Tadgh Beirne not having a good day at the office

Vinnie222

Stout Warrior wrote: »

Tadgh Beirne not having a good day at the office

Murray's passing has been poor

Mushy

Mango Joe wrote: »

Sorry for being off topic - anyone having problems casting this to TV from the Eir Sport Android app?

Am getting an error message re copyright issues????

Don't want to have to watch on phone

Worked fine yesterday for Leinster v Bath.(?)

Working fine for me. Would you uninstall and install again? Or do you have a vpn in use that might affect it somehow

razorblunt

always great seeing Doyle speaking French to those teams.

Diabhal Beag

Bar a few glimpses Munster have been absolute poo in attack

Stout Warrior

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Bar a few glimpses Munster have been absolute poo in attack

Doing the hard work and then throwing it away with errors

razorblunt

No idea what the backs are up to, don't appear to be playing heads up rugby at all.

Squidgy Black

Scannell needed to give that out wide.

ScissorPaperRock

Munster just not getting the ball away at key moments

thomond2006

Amazed that the high tackle wasn't called.

Akrasia

ScissorPaperRock wrote: »

Munster just not getting the ball away at key moments

Yeah. Very poor game so far. Munster pack doing the hard yards but our link play is poor

Akrasia

Plus whoever designed this Munster jersey needs to be fired

Stout Warrior

Get scannell off 4 line outs overthrown

This is poor.

razorblunt

"Breaks the tackle from Tulu" says QUinlan.
The tackle that was made whilst JJ was in the air is it?

Akrasia

That JJ kick just sums up the game perfectly

thomond2006

Turgid stuff very much in tune with a Sunday 1pm kickoff.

LuckyGent88

Another brutally frustrating game to watch. No composure in the 22 and blowing chance after chance.

ScrubsfanChris

For the amount of possession we had, that's a shambolic scoreline.