Munster vs Cardiff Blues, Fri 5th April 7:45pm, Live on ES1

thomond2006 · 04-04-2019 11:55AM #1

Munster:
Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Chris Farrell, Rory Scannell, Keith Earls; Tyler Bleyendaal, Conor Murray;
Dave Kilcoyne, Kevin O’Byrne, John Ryan; Jean Kleyn, Billy Holland; Peter O’Mahony (C), Chris Cloete, Arno Botha.

Replacements: Niall Scannell, Jeremy Loughman, Stephen Archer, Tadhg Beirne, CJ Stander, Alby Mathewson, JJ Hanrahan, Sammy Arnold.

Cardiff Blues:
Gareth Anscombe; Owen Lane, Rey Lee-Lo, Willis Halaholo, Aled Summerhill; Jarrod Evans, Tomos Williams;
Rhys Gill, Kristian Dacey (capt), Dillon Lewis, Seb Davies, Rory Thornton, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Olly Robinson, Josh Turnbull

Replacements: Ethan Lewis, Brad Thyer, Keiron Assiratti, George Earle, James Botham, Lloyd Williams, Garyn Smith, Matthew Morgan

Munster host Cardiff Blues in Cork with both sides battling for playoff positions in Conference A. Cardiff present tricky opposition as they arrive with a week's rest after a big win over Scarlets. They also play on an artificial surface themselves.

Munster have named quite a strong side with only a few rotations that aren't injury enforced (Carbery and JOD). Cardiff are missing Josh Navidi who has been ruled out for the season.

thomond2006 · 04-04-2019 11:55AM

https://munsterrugby.ie/preview/team-named-munster-side-to-face-cardiff-blues/

LuckyGent88 · 04-04-2019 12:00PM

Did Rhys Marshall just get dropped completely or is he injured again??

thomond2006 · 04-04-2019 12:01PM

Gareth Anscombe; Owen Lane, Rey Lee-Lo, Willis Halaholo, Aled Summerhill; Jarrod Evans, Tomos Williams;
Rhys Gill, Kristian Dacey (capt), Dillon Lewis, Seb Davies, Rory Thornton, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Olly Robinson, Josh Turnbull

Replacements: Ethan Lewis, Brad Thyer, Keiron Assiratti, George Earle, James Botham, Lloyd Williams, Garyn Smith, Matthew Morgan

phog · 04-04-2019 12:14PM

Very strong team, hopefully the makings of a good evening in Cork

KBurke85 · 04-04-2019 12:21PM

Hi Munster please win by 8 points or more and don't concede 4 tries.

Yours sincerely,

Everyone connected with Connacht Rugby

Cookiemunster · 04-04-2019 12:56PM

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Did Rhys Marshall just get dropped completely or is he injured again??

It's called rotation. Expect similar in Italy next week.

thomond2006 · 04-04-2019 01:31PM

Marshall might start in Italy with Scannell on the bench again. KOB has been very good this season.

Richie_Rich89 · 04-04-2019 01:53PM

Can see Cardiff winning this one.

thomond2006 · 04-04-2019 01:57PM

KBurke85 wrote: »

Hi Munster please win by 8 points or more and don't concede 4 tries.

Yours sincerely,

Everyone connected with Connacht Rugby

Not to worry, Munster can't afford a slip up.

Jewelers · 04-04-2019 02:03PM

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Can see Cardiff winning this one.

how do you see that ? they are missing navidi, jenkins and williams

Richie_Rich89 · 04-04-2019 02:13PM

Jewelers wrote: »

how do you see that ? they are missing navidi, jenkins and williams

They've had some success against Munster in recent seasons, home and away. And they'll be used to playing on a fake pitch. Plus, Munster have the Heineken Cup to think about, while Cardiff are 100% focused on scrapping for a play-off place.

Jewelers · 04-04-2019 02:18PM

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

They've had some success against Munster in recent seasons, home and away. And they'll be used to playing on a fake pitch. Plus, Munster have the Heineken Cup to think about, while Cardiff are 100% focused on scrapping for a play-off place.

munster will put out the seconds next week

Cookiemunster · 04-04-2019 02:23PM

Jewelers wrote: »

munster will put out the seconds next week

They won't. The 'seconds' are in America.

thomond2006 · 04-04-2019 02:25PM

Jewelers wrote: »

munster will put out the seconds next week

The seconds would lose to Benetton.
I imagine we'll see the benchers for tomorrow start in Italy. Munster can't afford to lose any remaining regular season games if they want to finish top, unless Glasgow lose tomorrow.

The Lost Sheep · 04-04-2019 02:26PM

Cookiemunster wrote: »

They won't. The 'seconds' are in America.

Not many 'seconds' are in the States. Most in States havent played much pro14 if any pro14

Cookiemunster · 04-04-2019 02:35PM

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Not many 'seconds' are in the States. Most in States havent played much pro14 if any pro14

OK then, name me a 23 minus the internationals that would be available without all those lads in the states. Remembering that three of that touring squad were in a weakened Munster 23 only two weeks ago.

Mr Tickle · 04-04-2019 02:36PM

thomond2006 wrote: »

The seconds would lose to Benetton.
I imagine we'll see the benchers for tomorrow start in Italy. Munster can't afford to lose any remaining regular season games if they want to finish top, unless Glasgow lose tomorrow.

We're in a good position to manage a few guys all the same. I'd hope we see O'Mahony go off for Stander reasonably early tomorrow. Then either rest Pete or bench him next week. Between Botha, O'Donoghue and Wycherley we can rest some key guys and still field a strong pack. Might be worth giving Kilcoyne a week off before the knockout rugby starts too.

Henry Ford III · 05-04-2019 08:50AM

Richie_Rich89 wrote:

Can see Cardiff winning this one.

It's a possibilty

Shefwedfan · 05-04-2019 10:16AM

How was Murray last week? I only watched bits of the game?

Form returning?

phog · 05-04-2019 11:21AM

Shefwedfan wrote: »

How was Murray last week? I only watched bits of the game?

Form returning?

Match thread seemed to give him a hard time - I thought he was improved.

Zzippy · 05-04-2019 12:51PM

I thought he was much better. Pass still seems a bit slower than before and box kicking accuracy needs work but certainly played a lot better than he had recently. Lucky to escape punishment for the tackle after the penalty on the Edinburgh 9.

stephen_n · 05-04-2019 01:13PM

Shefwedfan wrote: »

How was Murray last week? I only watched bits of the game?

Form returning?

Game of two halves, he was dire in the first half but came good in the second.

Tomtom364 · 05-04-2019 01:59PM

stephen_n wrote: »

Game of two halves, he was dire in the first half but came good in the second.

I think it's unfair to say he was dire in the first half.
The game plan was terrible in the first half, just box kick everything and hope for the best.

I felt Munster in general became increasingly comfortable in the second half when they started to threaten the line a few more times and vary the kicking between the contestable box kicking and a more territorial game. Who knew bringing a variety and unpredictably to your attack/possession game could be a good idea ....

stephen_n · 05-04-2019 03:11PM

Tomtom364 wrote: »

I think it's unfair to say he was dire in the first half.
The game plan was terrible in the first half, just box kick everything and hope for the best.

I felt Munster in general became increasingly comfortable in the second half when they started to threaten the line a few more times and vary the kicking between the contestable box kicking and a more territorial game. Who knew bringing a variety and unpredictably to your attack/possession game could be a good idea ....

I thought his passing, kicking and decision making were all poor in the first half. He definitely improved in all facets during the second half. His passing is still not where it was though.

BBDBB · 05-04-2019 04:40PM

This game is also live on S4C at 7:35

thomond2006 · 05-04-2019 05:49PM

Another sellout in Cork tonight.

kub · 05-04-2019 06:02PM

thomond2006 wrote: »

Another sellout in Cork tonight.

Good going considering someone organised an AIL game kicking off at 8:00pm in Cork Con.

mark_jmc · 05-04-2019 07:15PM

Cooooollld here tonight

Shefwedfan · 05-04-2019 07:27PM

Earls out with injury

stephen_n · 05-04-2019 07:54PM

Very poor from Cardiff but great pressure from Munster there.

Munster vs Cardiff Blues, Fri 5th April 7:45pm, Live on ES1

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