Celtic League Semi-Final (Munster V Leinster)

Nukem

No one has posted anything about this and i think it could be a cracking match. Dying to see the majority of the Irish Lions facing off against each other. Say its gonna be some game. So early to the Lib for me and the pub by 5:D

Teams if ya missed them Leinster: G Dempsey, S Horgan, B O'Driscoll, G D'Arcy, D Hickie, D Holwell, G Easterby, R Corrigan (capt), S Byrne, E Byrne, L Cullen, M O'Kelly, D Dillon, K Gleeson, V Costello. Replacements (from): R Nebbett, J Lyne, D Blaney, B Gissing, S Jennings, E Miller, A McCullen, B O'Meara, F Contepomi, D Quinlan.

Munster: S Payne, J Kelly, M Mullins, R Henderson, A Horgan, P Burke, P Stringer, M Horan, F Sheahan, J Hayes, D O'Callaghan, P O'Connell, A Quinlan, D Wallace, A Foley (capt). Replacements: J Flannery, G McIlwham, T Hogan, D Leamy, M Prendergast, J Manning, P Devlin.


UP MUNSTER


Nukem

uberwolf

G'wan Leinster

Amz

uberwolf wrote:

G'wan Leinster

Yarrr!

I'll be there (with bells on)

RuggieBear

hopefully we get to see just how limited a side Munster truly are....Leinster to win by 7pts

RuggieBear

Amz wrote:

Yarrr!

I'll be there (with bells on)

Ditto....jingling my way to a leinster victory

Nukem

RuggieBear wrote:

hopefully we get to see just how limited a side Munster truly are....Leinster to win by 7pts

Ah dont be like that. Granted we have a poor backline but i think ye could get stuffed up front.Marcus to outrun Reggie by about a mile:D and once and for all show that Wallace is better than Gleeson:p

*Stir* *Stir*

Nukem

KnowItAll

Munster will win by doing what leicester done, destroying leinster up front and not giving the ball to the brilliant leinster backline. How Leinster have so many fowards in the irish team is puzzeling considering their forwards performance against an ordinary bath side in the heineken cup. They also lack the mental strength of Munster. I'm not anti Leinster (was cheering for them against Leicester) but unfortunatly it's painfully obvious they give the opposition too much respect.

Munster to win by 8 pts
C'mon munster

L5

is this on tv?

accensi0n

setanta

damnyanks

Leinster winning 12 - 7

Muwahah

Teg Veece

Leinster winning 12 - 7

Muwahah

That's odd, on the bbc website is says:
Latest score
Leinster 12 -13 Munster



COME ON MUNSTER!!!!

KevIRL

Teg Veece wrote:

That's odd, on the bbc website is says:
Latest score
Leinster 12 -13 Munster



COME ON MUNSTER!!!!

17-16 Leinster

KevIRL

Foley try for Munster

Sangre

From what I saw that was a shocking call on Holwell which cost Leinster the match.

damnyanks

What happened ? Was just going off the scores... stupid uk

Bri

Damn poverty1 & 2...what happened to Holwell?

Nukem

23-17 Munster Win
*dancing me* great match. Must say the ref was very poor all round not picking points just say he was not even to both teams when he should have been.

Comiserations to Leinster,great game.

Nukem

Bri

What happened to Holwell?!

Nukem

He punched/knee'd stringer on the deck. Thought it was harsh. Yellow would have done maybe,think Bryne needed a Red for the close line on wee pete though.

Nukem

RuggieBear

Why was Holwell sent off.....?

Didn't see the incident but i believe that little prick stringer was involved

Holwell was sent off for rucking, simple as that, the touch judge deemed that his attempted ruck was actually a knee drop on the head of Stringer/Burke (a baldy anyhoo) and suggested a straight red. Shocking decision.

Also Quinlan is very lucky not to have been sent off, 3 yards in front of the ref, swinging a closed fist, red card is the norm.

Good match, poor ref.(And touch judge)

Nukem

In fairness Stringer was playing it one the deck but Holwell did commit to an off the ball move

RuggieBear

We woz robbed!

Nukem

Deleted User wrote:

Good match, poor ref.(And touch judge)

lets leave at that because he caused more throuble than he prevented.

Felt sorry for Victo Costello came off when they were winning.

Nukem

Nukem

RuggieBear wrote:

We woz robbed!

Dont start

Bri

Holwell was reportedly going to stay for some of next season and go home during the 6 nations...Pity Leinster didn't get to the final as there'd be more chance of him staying if we actually got some damn silverware.

Yiz'd better whip Scarlets.

RuggieBear

Just pissed off leinster lost to such a ****ing soft try....what the **** were we doing dicking a bout on our own line

Bri

Any chance of a description of what they did? Couldn't goto the match and don't have setanta.

Nukem

Muster scored two tries. Horan and Foley. Same as usual batter away the fringes until they got in. Foleys try was good from a point of view two players couldnt stop him,soft to say the least.

Leinsters try by Dempsey was sweet . Soft hands by the whole backline and a beatiful floated pass by Holwell.

Rest were penos.

Nukem

Bri

Thanks for that.

Only place I could find updated was BBC but that was ultra-basic. Irishrugby.ie and friends are useless until a day after...Celticleage/cup site crap for live scores, Setanta's ticker just kept showing the kick off time.

Any other sites recommended?

Amz

*grumble*

RuggieBear

Amz wrote:

*grumble*

*grumble*
...and i'm sobering up now...at work :eek: :mad:

Amz

Yeah sobering up here too ...

jrd

Any highlights of the game on the net ?

Sangre

Although it made little difference an amazing try saving tackle by BoD, how the hell he flip him over at that angle?

there was a hint of a high-ish tackle there, but fair ****s, it was a good way of stopping a try!

kazzer

Farewell and good luck to Victor Costello and David Holwell (who will be sorely missed).

Sangre

Deleted User wrote:

there was a hint of a high-ish tackle there, but fair ****s, it was a good way of stopping a try!

Seem to move into a high tackle mid tackle I noticd but I don't think you can blame him with the body momentum but I'm only going on memory

daveirl

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