Leinster Vs Munster Pro 14 final build up thread

stephen_n

mfceiling wrote: »

Well done Leinster.

Gave up watching after about 55 minutes. There was just an air of inevitably of what was to come.

You may as well stick Leinster's name on that trophy for the next ten or twenty years....no other team close to them in the league.

I’d imagine the four saffer teams may have something to say about that.

Sterling Archer

On a positive note two Ireland teams in the final, and some solid players coming through in all camps to hope for better days on the international front

Larbre34

Larbre34 wrote: »

So the first 3 rounds of the Rainbow Cup are more interpros, beginning with Leinster v Munster.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Yeah - far more interested in Europe, some absolutely brilliant fixtures coming up.

KH25

Thought Casey looked really lively when he came on. Maybe forced it a bit but he looks like he could be a great player. I think he should have been given more than 10 minutes today. Murray wasn’t at the races.

AbusesToilets

Leinster were much better linking forwards and backs in their attacking play. VdF was off the chain today, possibly the most explosive I've seen him play.

Loved Ruddocks performance too, won just about every collision, made two massive carries. Looked so dynamic today.

salmocab

Larbre34 wrote: »

So the first 3 rounds of the Rainbow Cup are more interpros, beginning with Leinster v Munster.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

The good news is no one beats Munster 7 times in a row!
I saw some suggestions of things like that during the week and really it’s like the they’ll win it for Stander thing that pundits were pushing, it’s meaningless once the match starts.

Burkie1203

Possession was 65-35

VDF and Stander both made 20 tackles.


Coombes 14/48m
Conan 21/55m

wittycynic

Clayton Orange Maiden wrote: »

And on the topic of distribution, bolded/underlined are players who have been 'redistributed' to Munster from various places, it's over half the team. So this is happening at scale already.

Look we could go back and forth about the quality of player Munster have been in receipt of, but the bottom line in this discussion seems to be "Leinster management are running things well and the discrepancy between Leinster and the other provinces is down to the fact that all the other provincial coaches just aren't doing as good a job as Leinster's" (though I'm not saying you're necessarily making this point - just giving an impression of what seems to be the prevailing view).

There's nothing wrong with being satisfied with how Leinster is being managed, and if you're a Leinster fan I doubt you'd be enthusiastic about change that might lessen your dominance, but I don't buy they're the only ones doing a good job and that's all there is to it.

it's just hard to see where Irish domestic rugby is going at the moment.

Is the only real contest from here on out the one for the second best team in Ireland, barring a dramatic and unprecedented downturn in Leinster's fortunes?

VayNiice

theVersatile wrote: »

That's a very different game if Porter gets red carded at the start of the game. I don't even mean that in the 15 v 14 sense, but just that it would've laid down a marker and stopped a lot of the nonsense at the breakdown - would've been a lot more open of a game if Adamson put the foot down early. Instead, it was a wild west shoot out with a Roulette Wheel deciding penalties given.

As the ref called it, Porter was passively standing upright and Kleyn ran head first into Porters face. Some common sense needs to be applied and thankfully it was. You're grasping at straws if that's Munsters missed opportunity.

stephen_n

Thought Coombes went really well in what was a poor performance overall, he really stood out. Has to be knocking on the door for Ireland at this stage.

VayNiice

What more does Luke McGrath need to do to get into the Irish squad?

breezy1985

Liam Green Trash wrote: »

Why would you reference a team achievement to discredit an individual achievement

My point was to just point out the absurdity of the previous post

Movementarian

wittycynic wrote: »

If we want to maintain a competitive and healthy game in this country, it will have to.

Where were the calls for this when Munster were dominating Europe and domestic competitions? =p Just cause Leinster got their act together and put structures in place doesn't mean they should be punished.

breezy1985

breezy1985 wrote: »

My point was to just point out the absurdity of the previous post

But it's not absurd murray was maby the best 9 in the world at one point and started with the lions stringer never even toured. I love peter stringer but his prime was not comparable to Murrays

sydthebeat

Munsters "marquee" players were no where today. Dda did nothing, Murray was ineffective, carbery only added to to the blunt stats, pom was ghostly, CJ huffed n puffed. Tight five were very much second place. Conway could have been smoking a cigar for the whole game.

Coombes was good, Beirne effected plays when he could. Earls was clever and good when he could be.

But most of all, munster aren't cohesive.

JVG has run his course, he's not the man to take munster any further. You need a platform to run your plays from and Munster don't have it against the top teams. More semi final disappointment beckons unless they look higher.

Clegg

Can we have Joey back now please?

He's utterly wasted at Munster. They don't know what they're doing in attack.

breezy1985

Liam Green Trash wrote: »

But it's not absurd murray was maby the best 9 in the world at one point and started with the lions stringer never even toured. I love peter stringer but his prime was not comparable to Murrays

But who the best player at any one time is can only be measured by the other players at that time

Exclamation Marc

Clegg wrote: »

Can we have Joey back now please?

He's utterly wasted at Munster. They don't know what they're doing in attack.

Nah. Ross Byrne over Joey any day of the week. I'd even take Harry Byrne over him.

irishbucsfan

VayNiice wrote: »

As the ref called it, Porter was passively standing upright and Kleyn ran head first into Porters face. Some common sense needs to be applied and thankfully it was. You're grasping at straws if that's Munsters missed opportunity.

The ref bottled it, it was definitely a high tackle and a penalty at least.

I don't think it would have been a red card though.

breezy1985

breezy1985 wrote: »

But who the best player at any one time is can only be measured by the other players at that time

He was in the conversation with Aaron smith it's not like theres suddenly a dearth of scrum halves

sydthebeat

Sterling Archer wrote: »

On a positive note two Ireland teams in the final, and some solid players coming through in all camps to hope for better days on the international front

2 Irish teams in the final???

Ireland have been head and shoulders above all teams in the competition. Ulster and connacht would have provided a more entertaining if lower quality final.

Sooner the bokke come the better.... The chaff will be left behind thankfully

wittycynic

Movementarian wrote: »

Where were the calls for this when Munster were dominating Europe and domestic competitions? =p Just cause Leinster got their act together and put structures in place doesn't mean they should be punished.

Even at the height of Munster's powers the most they ever managed was three back to back victories against Leinster. They played 19 times in the noughties with Munster being ahead 10 wins to 7, with two draws. Leinster and Munster won 2 Celtic Leagues each in that time, while Ulster won 1. It was much more even than you remember.

theVersatile

FWIW I thought POM did quite a bit before he went of injured. JVDF better no doubt but it's not like he was "invisible" as they like to say. I wish they did a big stats report like they do for the 6N games.

Wasn't a game for impact at the breakdown though given the way it was reffed.

Burkie1203

sydthebeat wrote: »

Munsters "marquee" players were no where today. Dda did nothing, Murray was ineffective, carbery only added to to the blunt stats, pom was ghostly, CJ huffed n puffed. Tight five were very much second place. Conway could have been smoking a cigar for the whole game.

Coombes was good, Beirne effected plays when he could. Earls was clever and good when he could be.

But most of all, munster aren't cohesive.

JVG has run his course, he's not the man to take munster any further. You need a platform to run your plays from and Munster don't have it against the top teams. More semi final disappointment beckons unless they look higher.

Stander made 20 tackles.
He had 9 carries for 3m gained. He simply doesn't hurt Leinster with ball in hand. When most of your big moments are on your own try line it tells its own story.

POM was largely anonymous. 1 carry in 50 minutes.

thomond2006

Burkie1203 wrote: »

Stander made 20 tackles.
He had 9 carries for 3m gained. He simply doesn't hurt Leinster with ball in hand. When most of your big moments are on your own try line it tells its own story.

POM was largely anonymous. 1 carry in 50 minutes.

POM shipped a knock early and I'd say his carry stats are rarely high anyway.
I'd be shocked if he's not missing for a few weeks.

Clegg

Leinster's pack outperformed Munster's an a unit and also individually. I wasn't expecting that coming into the game.

On paper we had a better front row, but after that if was a toss up. Didn't play out like that on the pitch. To a man Leinsters starting pack and replacements outperformed their Munster counterparts.

I simply don't know what JVG is doing with his side. They didn't box kick as frequently as last season or earlier this season when it arguably would have been the better tactic for today. They had so little territory.

Clegg

Also, for as much effort as Farrell and De Allende put in, they really produced very little. They're such a blunt attack instrument that Leinster could read wherever attacks where coming through midfield. Best example when Munster tried an out the back pass to Farrell in the wider channel. Henshaw read if from a mile off and smashed Farrell ten metres behind the gain line.

It's hard when you're forwards aren't giving you any sort of attacking platform, but Munster have shelled out a lot to get them into the province and in coached to get the best out of them, but they're getting very little in return.

sydthebeat

Anyway..

Four in a row, hopefully the inaugural rainbow cup is more competitive, but I fear it will be an Irish final in that as well

KH25

sydthebeat wrote: »

Anyway..

Four in a row, hopefully the inaugural rainbow cup is more competitive, but I fear it will be an Irish final in that as well

Am I the only person who isn’t at all enthused by the rainbow cup? I don’t see why we can’t just wait until next season for the pro16.

sydthebeat

KH25 wrote: »

Am I the only person who isn’t at all enthused by the rainbow cup? I don’t see why we can’t just wait until next season for the pro16.

And suffer another 2 months of a completely one sided pro 14 (sic 12)


Nah... No thanks

At least they had the good grace to put this years league out of its misery early and without excess suffering