Munster vs Harlequins, Sun 13th Dec 5:30pm; BT Sport

thomond2006 · 11-12-2020 12:47pm #1

Munster:
Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Chris Farrell, Damian de Allende, Keith Earls; JJ Hanrahan, Conor Murray;
James Cronin, Kevin O’Byrne, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Tadhg Beirne; Gavin Coombes, Peter O’Mahony (C), CJ Stander.

Replacements: Rhys Marshall, Josh Wycherley, John Ryan, Fineen Wycherley, Jack O’Donoghue, Craig Casey, Ben Healy, Rory Scannell.

Harlequins:
1. Joe Marler (205)
2. Scott Baldwin (21)
3. Wilco Louw (7)
4. Hugh Tizard (3)
5. Glen Young (23)
6. James Chisholm (99)
7. Will Evans (24)
8. Alex Dombrandt (55) - Captain
9. Danny Care (286)
10. Marcus Smith (89)
11. Cadan Murley (37)
12. Ben Tapuai (30)
13. Luke Northmore (11)
14. Nathan Earle (33)
15. Mike Brown (336)

Impact Players
16. Elia Elia (55)
17. Santiago Garcia Botta (25)
18. Fin Baxter (0)
19. Richard De Carpentier (0)
20. Tom Lawday (21)
21. Scott Steele (9)
22. James Lang (69)
23. Ross Chisholm (120)

Unavailable for selection:
Andre Esterhuizen, Simon Kerrod, Joe Marchant

Unavailable due to injury:
Joe Gray, George Head, Joe Wrafter, Craig Trenier, Will Collier, Dino Lamb, Matt Symons, Stephan Lewies, Martin Landajo, Brett Herron, Paul Lasike, Michele Campagnaro, Aaron Morris

In a 4 game pool stage, this is a must win for Munster.
Munster opt for Murray and JJ at half-back with Gavin Coombes at 6.

thomond2006 · 11-12-2020 1:14pm

It's not the revolution we might have hoped for. Coombes is the only real bolter into the starting XV, though there is plenty youth on the bench.

Tomtom364 · 11-12-2020 1:18pm

Very conservative I think. Not too impressed with the selection.

If he was going to try Casey or Healy out starting it was this game not next week so that won't be happening.

In particular Healy I think should be starting, offers just as much if not more then JJ.

I think Rory Scannell on the bench is a terrible decision. The experiments of naming him at 13 have largely offered very little i think.
He is a solid pro and been great servant for Munster but I don't think he offers enough to be in the 23 jersey, would have preferred any of Goggin, Daly, Nash, Sweetnan, particular Goggin or Daly.

aloooof · 11-12-2020 1:20pm

I think Healy will be disappointed not to get the nod. Once we see himself and Casey come off the bench with 25-30 mins to go I'll be happy enough.

theVersatile · 11-12-2020 1:30pm

I've no doubt that if **** hits the fan after 50 mins, JVG will have no trouble bringing in the new 9/10 combo.

SUAF

Dog Botherer · 11-12-2020 2:00pm

Hugh Tizard. what a world.

Cookiemunster · 11-12-2020 5:23pm

aloooof wrote: »

I think Healy will be disappointed not to get the nod. Once we see himself and Casey come off the bench with 25-30 mins to go I'll be happy enough.

Healy has been playing very well, but remember that he's only started 3 of the 7 games this season (In fact he has a grand total of 4 starts in his career). JJ started the other 4 and is still first choice.

Healy will get plenty of HEC minutes off the bench and the pecking order could well change in the second half of the season when he has more experience.

yerrahbah · 11-12-2020 5:38pm

That's a really mobile Münster bench, I would have gone for Goggin over R.Scannell as Goggin could cover the wing too.

Absolutely need to win this one, probably need a TBP too

aloooof · 11-12-2020 5:53pm

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Healy has been playing very well, but remember that he's only started 3 of the 7 games this season (In fact he has a grand total of 4 starts in his career). JJ started the other 4 and is still first choice.

Healy will get plenty of HEC minutes off the bench and the pecking order could well change in the second half of the season when he has more experience.

JJ has 4 starts vs Healy's 3, but Healy has more minutes, 303 vs JJ's 257. (Admittedly, part of that is down to JJ's injury after 21 mins against Ospreys).

I just felt that, with JJ's recent injury issue and the way the fixtures fell with Quins up first, it might've made JVG more likely to go with him than if we had Clermont away first, for example.

He'll get plenty of mins alright tho, and is a great option to have off the bench tho, as he's shown earlier in the season.

thomond2006 · 13-12-2020 1:23pm

Bumpity bump

TBP win you'd hope. Getting points next week will be a challenge.

Winnieacre · 13-12-2020 4:06pm

Any suggestions as to how to watch this on TV in Ireland?
Used to watch through eir broadband package.

Tried to take monthly pass to BT sport but only available to UK residents. Nowtv only has Sky sports pass available.
Am I missing something?

Any advice appreciated.
W

Risteard · 13-12-2020 4:08pm

Winnieacre wrote: »

Any suggestions as to how to watch this on TV in Ireland?
Used to watch through eir broadband package.

Tried to take monthly pass to BT sport but only available to UK residents. Nowtv only has Sky sports pass available.
Am I missing something?

Any advice appreciated.
W

NowTV seem to list a BT sport's package here

https://www.nowtv.com/ie/sports-overview

thomond2006 · 13-12-2020 4:17pm

BT is within the Sports Extra package. That's what I'm using.

Winnieacre · 13-12-2020 5:34pm

Risteard wrote: »

NowTV seem to list a BT sport's package here

https://www.nowtv.com/ie/sports-overview

I have previously purchased passes from NowTV but for some reason only the Sky sports pass is available when I log in.

Set up new account in son's name and got the Extra with bt sport no problem - strange!

Thanks

W