Munster v Leinster Build Up Thread

sydthebeat

probably the most eagerly awaited game since the end of last season (when was that again?)

Munster coming in with a rich vein of form with 8 wins and one loss (the xmas game where ulster wiped the floor with them in the belfast)

Leinster come in in disastrous form of 8 wins and one loss (when the u14s lost against the plucky greenhorns of the wesht)

bookies have this -3 to Leinster

IBF says that Leinster wont take the lead at any stage in the game

therefore guaranteed TBP for the boys in blue !!

have at it....

OldRio

'Possibles v Probables' for people of a certain vintage.

Buer

OldRio wrote: »

'Possibles v Probables' for people of a certain vintage.

Some things never change.

Rigor Mortis

Leinster vs Exiles for people of another certain vintage

molloyjh

I can't wait to see Munster forced to regress to endless box kicks again. :pac:

bennyl10

molloyjh wrote: »

I can't wait to see Munster forced to regress to endless box kicks again. :pac:

regress, or a plan that's worked for other teams?

the fact it was even brought up as a "well we don't like how they play it doesn't suit our plan" should be ridiculed far more :pac: :pac:

Rigor Mortis

molloyjh wrote: »

I can't wait to see Munster forced to regress to endless box kicks again. :pac:

If the weather forecast of wind, rain and snow is right everyone will be box kicking.

bennyl10

bennyl10 wrote: »

regress, or a plan that's worked for other teams?

the fact it was even brought up as a "well we don't like how they play it doesn't suit our plan" should be ridiculed far more :pac: :pac:

Leinster won though.

bennyl10

Miller Dirty Selenium wrote: »

Leinster won though.

And yet they still decided to moan about the opposition.

The Inbetween is mine

Leinster getting in their excuses good and early I see....

shootermacg

bennyl10 wrote: »

And yet they still decided to moan about the opposition.

Nothing new there. They blame other teams when they lose too. "We lost versus Saracens because other teams in the Pro 14!" No other teams in the Pro 14 were actually playing that game.

You could just blame the Dublin meeja,. but they're just printing what their readers want to read. And judging by this thread, they're exactly right

Former Former Former

bennyl10 wrote: »

regress, or a plan that's worked for other teams?

the fact it was even brought up as a "well we don't like how they play it doesn't suit our plan" should be ridiculed far more :pac: :pac:

I don't think anyone from Leinster said it didn't suit their plan, just that it was an awful game.

I'd say most coaches would be happy with the opposition tactics if they only score 3 points in 80 minutes of a semi final.

lawrencesummers

Impossible to see Leinster losing this.

They have learned their lesson from the Connacht game.
The big game players, Healy, Ryan, henshaw know that the 6 nations is coming and they need to hit form.

molloyjh

bennyl10 wrote: »

regress, or a plan that's worked for other teams?

the fact it was even brought up as a "well we don't like how they play it doesn't suit our plan" should be ridiculed far more :pac: :pac:

Careful now benny, you might trip over your arm with all the reaching you're doing. :pac:

Seriously though, Munster have to be favourites here. All but a full strength team, at home, with a point to prove. Leinster could lose this and nobody would think twice about it. If Munster lose to Leinster again all the same questions will arise as before.....

arsebiscuits1

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Impossible to see Leinster losing this.

They have learned their lesson from the Connacht game.
The big game players, Healy, Ryan, henshaw know that the 6 nations is coming and they need to hit form.

Henshaw and Ryan gave timely reminders of their quality against Ulster too. Both had excellent performances.

aloooof

As I said elsewhere, bit of a nothing game for Munster as we'll still be top of our conference regardless. Leinster with much more to play for. We should probably just play the kids.

(Full house?)

molloyjh

aloooof wrote: »

As I said elsewhere, bit of a nothing game for Munster as we'll still be top of our conference regardless. Leinster with much more to play for. We should probably just play the kids.

(Full house?)

This is more like it. Give guys like Salanoa and McCarthy game time to see where they are at.

arsebiscuits1

Rare we get this fixture so close to international season with all of the seniors available.

The 6 nations audition narrative has been harvested by the media recently and I must say I am enjoying it.

Virtually every player whose in a realistic position for Ireland minutes playing this weekend also has an opposite number who feels they deserve those Ireland minutes themselves. Will make it interesting indeed

The Inbetween is mine

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Impossible to see Leinster losing this.

They have learned their lesson from the Connacht game.
The big game players, Healy, Ryan, henshaw know that the 6 nations is coming and they need to hit form.

Healy and Ryan are past due at this point

bayern

anyone who says Ryan is out of form didn't watch the ulster game.

bennyl10

molloyjh wrote: »

Careful now benny, you might trip over your arm with all the reaching you're doing. :pac:

Seriously though, Munster have to be favourites here. All but a full strength team, at home, with a point to prove. Leinster could lose this and nobody would think twice about it. If Munster lose to Leinster again all the same questions will arise as before.....

ah sure if you cant reach in a Munster Leinster thread what are we even doing here??:pac:


Pressure is surely on Leinster here, league wise? Sure they'll want to win, but they're all but guaranteed a spot in the knockouts(regardless of what way they fall). Leinster cant afford to not win a game they have over Ulster

bayern

bennyl10 wrote: »

ah sure if you cant reach in a Munster Leinster thread what are we even doing here??:pac:


Pressure is surely on Leinster here, league wise? Sure they'll want to win, but they're all but guaranteed a spot in the knockouts(regardless of what way they fall). Leinster cant afford to not win a game they have over Ulster

given the rainbow cup won't happen, it's not a must win game.

pressure surely on Munster to prove that all this talk about being better than last time they played is fact and not fiction.

PTH2009

Is this on Premier Sport 2 ?

thomond2006

Munster, please keep it under 50 against the money laden, rigging Evil Empire. That's all us poor craturs can hope for.

Rigor Mortis

aloooof wrote: »

As I said elsewhere, bit of a nothing game for Munster as we'll still be top of our conference regardless. Leinster with much more to play for. We should probably just play the kids.

(Full house?)

Some of the kids look more dangerous than the aul heads.

sydthebeat

PTH2009 wrote: »

Is this on Premier Sport 2 ?

according to ultimate rugby:

eir Sport 1 TV
Pro14 TV Live Stream
SuperSport CSN TV
SuperSport Grandstand TV
SuperSport Rugby TV

irishbucsfan

Leinster will take the lead for the last time just before half time and will win with a bonus point, the shame of this will ultimately lead to the collapse of Munster rugby

leakyboots

Really hope this goes ahead, should be a cracker

PTH2009

sydthebeat wrote: »

according to ultimate rugby:

eir Sport 1 TV
Pro14 TV Live Stream
SuperSport CSN TV
SuperSport Grandstand TV
SuperSport Rugby TV

****e

Radio and deferred coverage on TG4 it is then

lawrencesummers

Presumably Cian Healy and Sexton will be completely anonymous for their entire time on the pitch and will then be guaranteed to start against Wales.

Cookiemunster

PTH2009 wrote: »

Is this on Premier Sport 2 ?

https://www.premiersports.com/sports/pro14/fixtures

arsebiscuits1

lawrencesummers wrote: »

Presumably Cian Healy and Sexton will be completely anonymous for their entire time on the pitch and will then be guaranteed to start against Wales.

Or will have unbelievable performances and people will still say they were anonymous because changing ones opinion based on recent data seems to be a bit of a faux pas in these parts :pac:

I think the only way some people will be happy with Sexton is if he dons a ginger afro wig and gets 20 years younger

Buer

We're going away to Munster?

I thought the Rainbow Cup was to be cancelled?

The Inbetween is mine

Munster to win quite easily,
JJ Hanrahan to show all and sundry that the Ireland 10 jersey is his alone....
the shame and ignominy is too much for Sexton to handle and he leads his teammates in mass Harakiri on the 22 to appease the ham and pear sandwich gods

Rigor Mortis

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

If the weather forecast

The forecast is

Serbian

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Munster to win quite easily,
JJ Hanrahan to show all and sundry that the Ireland 10 jersey is his alone....
the shame and ignominy is too much for Sexton to handle and he leads his teammates in mass Harakiri on the 22 to appease the ham and pear sandwich gods

When did the prawn sambos get upgraded to ham and pear? I hope they cover this in the pre-match build up on eir.

lawrencesummers

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Munster to win quite easily,
JJ Hanrahan to show all and sundry that the Ireland 10 jersey is his alone....
the shame and ignominy is too much for Sexton to handle and he leads his teammates in mass Harakiri on the 22 to appease the ham and pear sandwich gods

With sextons accuracy of late someone else is going to have to hold the sword

Dave_The_Sheep

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

the ham and pear sandwich gods

Prosciutto and pear, damnit. How many times...

mfceiling

Munster to field an entirely saffer team in anticipation of our new Southern hemisphere friends.

Leinster to field an entirely academy team with calls from all Leinster supporters to claim this should be Andy Farrell's starting 15 in the 6N.

Ulster and Connacht to quietly watch on from the moral high ground.

Rigor Mortis

mfceiling wrote: »

Munster to field an entirely saffer team in anticipation of our new Southern hemisphere friends.

Leinster to field an entirely academy team with calls from all Leinster supporters to claim this should be Andy Farrell's starting 15 in the 6N.

Ulster and Connacht to quietly watch on from the moral high ground.

Ah the notion of Ulster on the moral high ground. Proof that modern memories are getting shorter.

Rigor Mortis

Serbian wrote: »

When did the prawn sambos get upgraded to ham and pear? I hope they cover this in the pre-match build up on eir.

Its all that Thomond Fella's doing. He came up to Dublin and became more D4 than the D4 themselves.... citified.

jacothelad

Rigor Mortis wrote: »

Its all that Thomond Fella's doing. He came up to Dublin and became more D4 than the D4 themselves.... citified.

Is it true that Thomond deep fries his avocado toast in Kerrygold?:D:D:eek::eek:...and boils his eggs in Proseco Spumante?

lawred2

Cookiemunster wrote: »

https://www.premiersports.com/sports/pro14/fixtures

yay

the postponed game was supposed to have been on Eir right?

rudiger2.0

lawred2 wrote: »

yay

the postponed game was supposed to have been on Eir right?

That link says UK only. I'm pretty sure it'll be on Eir and not on Premier Sports unfortunately

lawred2

rudiger2.0 wrote: »

That link says UK only. I'm pretty sure it'll be on Eir and not on Premier Sports unfortunately

:rolleyes:

picked up a BF offer from sky that gave all Sky Sports/BT Sport and Premier Sport

and still not enough to watch the rugby

lawrencesummers

If it rains like this on Saturday there will be a pool of fake tan run off on the ground under the Leinster scrum

awec

I hope Munster beat the shite out of them. A merciless annihilation from minute 1 to minute 80.

Up the turnips!

irishbucsfan

awec wrote: »

I hope Munster beat the shite out of them. A merciless annihilation from minute 1 to minute 80.

Up the turnips!

I hope Jessica alba comes round to my gaff to watch the match with me

arsebiscuits1

lawrencesummers wrote: »

If it rains like this on Saturday there will be a pool of fake tan run off on the ground under the Leinster scrum

Donnacha O'Callaghan has been retired years at this stage. And never played for Leinster

lawrencesummers

arsebiscuits1 wrote: »

Donnacha O'Callaghan has been retired years at this stage. And never played for Leinster

1/10

lawrencesummers

irishbucsfan wrote: »

I hope Jessica alba comes round to my gaff to watch the match with me

She could explain the rules while she is there.