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

thomond2006

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.

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thomond2006

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

LuckyGent88

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

thomond2006

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

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

KBurke85

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

Yours sincerely,

Everyone connected with Connacht Rugby

Cookiemunster

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

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

Richie_Rich89

Can see Cardiff winning this one.

thomond2006

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

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Can see Cardiff winning this one.

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

Richie_Rich89

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

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

Jewelers wrote: »

munster will put out the seconds next week

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

thomond2006

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

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

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

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

Richie_Rich89 wrote:

Can see Cardiff winning this one.

It's a possibilty

Shefwedfan

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

Form returning?

phog

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

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

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

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

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

This game is also live on S4C at 7:35

thomond2006

Another sellout in Cork tonight.

kub

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

Cooooollld here tonight

Shefwedfan

Earls out with injury

stephen_n

Very poor from Cardiff but great pressure from Munster there.