Munster Team Talk Thread - Beirne After Reading

50HX · 30-05-2025 01:27PM

Happy enough with that 23 tbh the Lee Barron exclusion aside.

Need to keep Sharks moving around the park as much as possible & not get drawn into a slug fest up front.

Haley makes perfect sense as does RS to cover centre & 10.

Hope our line out gets parity at minimum.

Ahern needs a massive showing & a big year for him nxt season as well with 6 spot open if that's where is goin from no on

phog · 30-05-2025 10:54PM

Munster play Bath in a pre season game in Musgrave Park on 12th September

P.Walnuts · 31-05-2025 05:51PM

Really good start from Munster, Casey is playing super stuff these days.

Very quiet on here?

kabakuyu · 31-05-2025 05:54PM

All in SA.Munster doing well,sharks making mistakes.

P.Walnuts · 31-05-2025 06:01PM

If you told me Micheal Milne would be comfortably dealing with Vincent Koch 6 months ago I may have had you sectioned

leakyboots · 31-05-2025 06:04PM

Scrum going well, Crowley kicking well bar that bizarre miss off the tee. Nanks is making great hay in midfield.

aloooof · 31-05-2025 06:07PM

Our maul d is going very well all things considered. Casey, on this form, is going start pushing JGP for Ireland tbh. Scrappy enough, and our scrum is an issue on their put in as expected, but we’re putting ourselves very much in this game. Kilgallen and Nash going well and we’re doing a really good job of targeting their FB.

Clegg · 31-05-2025 06:12PM

Neither Irish 10 can kick the jaysus ball with any effect.

OldRio · 31-05-2025 06:12PM

Oh my God Beirne...... Amazing

Eoinbmw · 31-05-2025 06:13PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123503086#Comment_123503086

What you must have missed the munster try

Clegg · 31-05-2025 06:15PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123503092#Comment_123503092

That wasn't a post to bash Crowley. He's made a lot of errors with his kicking today just like Prendergast earlier.

It's a problem that both our front line 10's have

LostArt · 31-05-2025 06:16PM

Sharks doing their best to match Leinster for stupid decision making today

leakyboots · 31-05-2025 06:18PM

How does the TJ miss Scannell being bundled out in a headlock

Eoinbmw · 31-05-2025 06:19PM

Some defensive shift put in by Munster that half

leakyboots · 31-05-2025 06:20PM

Nanks has been totemic

Clegg · 31-05-2025 06:21PM

Apart from that one attack around the 30th minute mark, Munster have completely nullified the Sharks heavy carrying game. A combination of smart defence and bad handling has ruined any Sharks attack.

letowski · 31-05-2025 06:22PM

Good first half, just came under a bit of pressure there in the last 10, Casey and Crowley need to kick that ball into the stands when exiting from inside the 22.

Need to get back to playing kick/territory in the first 30. But the scrum on our own ball is going well, lineout too, Munster are in with a great chance now. They are very disjointed.

budhabob · 31-05-2025 06:22PM

Gonna need some fitness to keep this up, defense immense so far.

aloooof · 31-05-2025 06:23PM

That last 10 minutes, to not concede feels huge. Kilgallen having a serious game.

Beirne had been quiet but comes up with a huge play. He must have amongst the highest rugby IQ’s out there, always seems to be that fraction ahead of everyone else.

It’s a pity Jack missed that penalty, to make it a 2 score game. Sharks will come back into this but we’re doing better than I expected here.

letowski · 31-05-2025 06:24PM

Kilgallen has been excellent btw. We’ve a player in him.

aloooof · 31-05-2025 06:31PM

Casey has improved so many areas of his game but his feints are now also top drawer. He had one to get Etzebeth to bite on a box kick, and another of the back of scrum to manipulate their back field before a kick. He’s turning into such a huge player for us.