Munster vs Edinburgh, Sat 10th 7:35pm

thomond2006

Munster:
Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Alex McHenry, Rory Scannell, Matt Gallagher; Ben Healy, Craig Casey;
Jeremy Loughman, Rhys Marshall, John Ryan; Fineen Wycherley, Tadhg Beirne; Jack O’Donoghue, Tommy O’Donnell, CJ Stander (C).

Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, James Cronin, Roman Salanoa, Gavin Coombes, John Hodnett, Conor Murray, Jack Crowley, Dan Goggin.

Edinburgh Rugby team to face Munster at Thomond Park in the Guinness PRO14

15. Damien Hoyland (76)
14. Darcy Graham (34)
13. Mark Bennett (39)
12. George Taylor (24)
11. Duhan van der Merwe (60)
10. Jaco van der Walt (59)
9. Nic Groom (13)

1. Rory Sutherland (85)
2. Stuart McInally (147) CO-CAPTAIN
3. WP Nel (143)
4. Ben Toolis (122)
5. Grant Gilchrist (152) CO-CAPTAIN
6. Jamie Ritchie (70)
7. Hamish Watson (112)
8. Nick Haining (15)

Replacements: 16. Mike Willemse (22) 17. Pierre Schoeman (45) 18 Simon Berghan (83) 19. Andrew Davidson (4) 20. Mesulame Kunavula (3) 21. Dan Nutton (2) 22. Nathan Chamberlain (3) 23. James Johnstone (51)

Unavailable due to injury: Blair Kinghorn, Luke Crosbie, Magnus Bradbury, Henry Pyrgos, Viliame Mata, Fraser McKenzie, Chris Dean, Charlie Shiel, Matt Gordon

yerrahbah

That is a very strange Munster selection

thomond2006

yerrahbah wrote: »

That is a very strange Munster selection

We don't know who is or is not available due to the positive tests and self-isolation so it's difficult to read too much into it.

Good to see Salanoa, Hodnett and Crowley on the bench.

yerrahbah

thomond2006 wrote: »

We don't know who is or is not available due to the positive tests and self-isolation so it's difficult to read too much into it.

Good to see Salanoa, Hodnett and Crowley on the bench.

Ah ok, I naively thought it would just be the two players who tested positive that would be missing,

That is a strong Edinburgh team, could be in trouble here

aloooof

Co-captain? Don't think I've seen that before.

thomond2006

I think it's fair to say that JvG is backing a lot of youth tomorrow.

yerrahbah

Chance for the likes of Scannell and O'Donnell who have fallen down the pecking order to impress.

Great to see Goggin back after injury, he looked good last season

Tomtom364

With a young player starting at 13 & 10 I would really have liked to have Damian DeAllande at 12. Rory Scannell is a very experienced player and maybe he actually has more of a familiarity with the two lads but DdA is absolutely world class and exactly the type of player you want to give those young fellas confidence to preform.

Otherwise a fairly well mixed team between experienced players, good squad pros & young players. Very important match in terms of how the conference went last year

thomond2006

JvG mentioning "a few guys in quarantine" so it's difficult to know how the combinations were formed with an unclear number of players who are unavailable.

leakyboots

Some young guns getting the nod, looking forward to this

aloooof

Anyone know if the row between Virgin and Eir is over are am I going to have to look for this thru alternative means?

The Lost Sheep

3 set to get debut in Gallagher, Salanoa, Crowley
Will be interesting to see how Gallagher goes especially.

blindsider

aloooof wrote: »

Anyone know if the row between Virgin and Eir is over are am I going to have to look for this thru alternative means?

Row not over - alternative means? I'm sure that I have no idea what you mean...

ScrubsfanChris

Does Toland every shut the f**k up?
Healy put a brilliant kick down the touch line and all Toland is doing is ranting nonsense unrelated to what's happening on the pitch.

razorblunt

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Does Toland every shut the f**k up?
Healy put a brilliant kick down the touch line and all Toland is doing is ranting nonsense unrelated to what's happening on the pitch.

Silence is not a friend of his.

ScrubsfanChris

Great start from young Ben

eigrod

4 excellent kicks by Healy so far. Gets some distance in to them.

Dave_The_Sheep

eigrod wrote: »

4 excellent kicks by Healy so far. Gets some distance in to them.

Plenty to spare on them alright.

A-Train

A soft enough try to give up by Munster

razorblunt

Toland has been shouting about Munster’s aggressiveness but there’s been an absolute rake load of lads slipping off of tackles.

Though O'Donoghue was lucky not to be penalised there during the maul.

Looks like the 15 got it down first?

razorblunt

Would have been harsh on Edinburgh that.
Munster stuck on the halfway line going nowhere and a loose kick from scannell.
Despite comms suggesting it was a genius kick.

razorblunt

Edinburgh have so many passengers at rucks, good to see Munster target that with counters

razorblunt

Owens telling Watson twice to leave it.
Ping him ffs.

ScrubsfanChris

Zero aggression in defense

kingofthekong

Munster getting bullied upfront

eigrod

2 attacks Edinburgh, 2 tries.

razorblunt

An attempted offload on the floor whilst on his belly. FFS.

The backline are woeful, throwing it wide with not one person taking it to the line before passing. The Edinburgh backline just standing waiting for it.

thomond2006

Craig Casey makes a great break. Clearly inspired by similar runs made by John Hayes.

Ben Healy looks like a ginger Kylo Ren.

I don't mind Toland - don't really pay much attention but at times I feel like he is watching a different game.

Munster forwards second best here, need to regroup at half time.

sydthebeat

Jack o donoghue carrying the munster team in the first half, been very good.

Munster need to offer more going forward. I'd like to see haley step in more at first receiver to stop this god awful one out man stuff

Piehead

Healy should get a start for Eire

Mchenry having a bit of a mare hopefully he can pick it up second half

ScrubsfanChris

Did the backline only meet up this afternoon? Incredibly sloppy.

schmoo2k

Need to throw a few deep behind the running on forwards to get it out round the corner.

thomond2006

That is incredible from Conway and Marshall.

Buer

thomond2006 wrote: »

That is incredible from Conway and Marshall.

Liam Toland: "Where did Conway get the wheels?"

Where did the fastest player in the country get the wheels, Liam? Christ.

ScrubsfanChris

4th high tackle penalty against Edinburgh

Clareman

I know Casey isn't that tall but Edinburgh have been high all night

Buer

I refuse to believe Stephen Larkham has any significant say in Munster's attacking play.

Ben Healy pulling a Sexton on that. Great roar of indignance.

ScrubsfanChris

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

4th high tackle penalty against Edinburgh

And 5th brings yellow

Clareman

Finally a card, Joy Irwin is the video ref, Nigel asking for Joy sounded a bit weird for a second.

kmart6

Clareman wrote: »

Finally a card, Joy Irwin is the video ref, Nigel asking for Joy sounded a bit weird for a second.

Joy Neville.

Clareman

kmart6 wrote: »

Joy Neville.

Sorry, I think I got the Man United backs mixed up

eclipsechaser

Was there not a punch thrown on Munster 4?

kmart6

In 60 seconds Toland said there was nothing wrong with the penalty for in from the side when it was clear as day and then praises Casey for following his kick and the speed of him cause there were 3 Munster players ahead of him, oblivious to Casey needing to get them onside.

eir must get him really cheap to continue using him.

kmart6

eclipsechaser wrote: »

Was there not a punch thrown on Munster 4?

Looked like he might have tried to and either got blocked by his own players leg or pulled back.

Clareman

kmart6 wrote: »

In 60 seconds Toland said there was nothing wrong with the penalty for in from the side when it was clear as day and then praises Casey for following his kick and the speed of him cause there were 3 Munster players ahead of him, oblivious to Casey needing to get them onside.

eir must get him really cheap to continue using him.

I assumed that he was paying Eir, no way is he being paid for this :eek::eek::eek:

sioda

kmart6 wrote: »

Looked like he might have tried to and either got blocked by his own players leg or pulled back.

Thought the same tbh

Buer

kmart6 wrote: »

In 60 seconds Toland said there was nothing wrong with the penalty for in from the side when it was clear as day and then praises Casey for following his kick and the speed of him cause there were 3 Munster players ahead of him, oblivious to Casey needing to get them onside.

I was watching thst wondering what the f*ck he was on about. Casey fielded a kick, hoofed it and missed touch. Basic rugby demands that he instantly busts his balls to chase as he has just put his entire team offside.