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Edinburgh vs Munster, Sat 20th Feb, 7:35pm

  • 19-02-2021 1:00pm
    #1
    thomond2006
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    Edinburgh Rugby:
    15. Damien Hoyland (77)
    14. Jack Blain (8)
    13. Mark Bennett (48)
    12. Chris Dean (103)
    11. Eroni Sau (17)
    10. Jaco van der Walt (67)
    9. Henry Pyrgos CO-CAPTAIN (44)

    1. Pierre Schoeman (56)
    2. David Cherry (31)
    3. Lee-Roy Atalifo (3)
    4. Andrew Davidson (10)
    5. Grant Gilchrist CO-CAPTAIN (155)
    6. Nick Haining (18)
    7. Luke Crosbie (48)
    8. Viliame Mata (81)

    Substitutes:
    16. Mike Willemse (31)
    17. Boan Venter (0)
    18. Murray McCallum (58)
    19. Magnus Bradbury (89)
    20. Ally Miller (19)
    21. Charlie Shiel (26)
    22. Nathan Chamberlain (6)
    23. Matt Currie (0)

    Unavailable through international selection (8): Simon Berghan, Rory Darge, Willem Nel, Jamie Ritchie, Rory Sutherland, George Taylor*, Duhan van der Merwe, Hamish Watson.

    Munster:
    Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Chris Farrell, Damian de Allende, Shane Daly; JJ Hanrahan, Craig Casey;
    James Cronin, Niall Scannell, John Ryan; Jean Kleyn, Billy Holland (C); Jack O’Donoghue, Chris Cloete, Gavin Coombes.

    Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, Jeremy Loughman, Stephen Archer, Fineen Wycherley, Jack O’Sullivan, Nick McCarthy, Ben Healy, Rory Scannell.

    A strong looking Munster side with our returning Ireland squad players included.


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  • #2
    thomond2006
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    Hooker David Cherry – who made his Test debut in the national side’s Calcutta Cup win over England at Twickenham – second-row stalwart and co-captain Grant Gilchrist and stand-off Jaco van der Walt will all start the Guinness PRO14 clash following their fallow week release from the international championship.


  • #3
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,208 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    Pretty strong looking team. Great to see Conway back, think that's his first game in awhile?


  • #4
    yerrahbah
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    aloooof wrote: »
    Pretty strong looking team. Great to see Conway back, think that's his first game in awhile?

    Great to have him back

    Played again Harlequins Dec 13th, hasn't featured since

    The likes of Coombes, Casey and Daly will be looking to catch the attention of Farrell ahead of the Italy game


  • #5
    greenkiwi1
    Registered Users Posts: 81 ✭✭greenkiwi1


    yerrahbah wrote: »
    Great to have him back

    Played again Harlequins Dec 13th, hasn't featured since

    The likes of Coombes, Casey and Daly will be looking to catch the attention of Farrell ahead of the Italy game

    Would have started KOB for the above reasons to maybe get a look in at Irish camp. Hope it’s not going to revert back to the NScannell show with our best hookers KOB & Marshall having to share 5 minutes off the bench.


  • #6
    Sabre0001
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    Strong team. Great to see Conway back and hopefully himself and Daly go well. Would have liked to see O'Byrne at 2 - he's been great this season. Maybe he'll get a run against a tiring team and get to show off the silky hands :D

    🤪



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  • #7
    phog
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    Delighted to see Conway back, probably too late for him to make claim for a 6Ns spot but here's hoping.


  • #8
    thomond2006
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    No experimenting in that lineup by Munster. Connacht aren't mathematically gone yet and I don't think we can count on the season ending in March given the current Covid situation.


  • #9
    TomsOnTheRoof
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    Delighted for Conway but disappointed overall. I don't see how Scannell deserves to be starting ahead of O'Byrne and having Archer on the bench, especially considering his last performance, is a wasted opportunity. Likewise, given that we have fly half covered on the bench I think Rory is fortunate enough. I know the lads just signed two year contracts but I find it hard to fathom personally.


  • #10
    bayern
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭bayern


    No Crowley?


  • #11
    .ak
    Registered Users Posts: 30,308 Mod ✭✭✭✭.ak


    Good looking backline. Should make easy work of Edinburgh.


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  • #12
    Sabre0001
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    .ak wrote: »
    Good looking backline. Should make easy work of Edinburgh.

    Ah, you've fallen for the classic Munster ruse - we'll likely win in the final few mins with a dropgoal or clutch try!

    🤪



  • #13
    razorblunt
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    Decent starting XV for Edinburgh, backs on the bench not so much.
    Big fan of Crosbie.


  • #14
    thomond2006
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    A 10 point wind I'd say!


  • #15
    theVersatile
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    Bump.

    Cloete involved early


  • #16
    razorblunt
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    Cloete pinged early.

    Neck roll on Farrell not pinged.
    Stall set out by the ref early.


  • #17
    Dave_The_Sheep
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    Edinburgh starting pretty well, to be fair to them.


  • #18
    sioda
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    How many times have you to be asked to use it by the ref.


  • #19
    The Inbetween is mine
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    Use it..use.it...use it...refs need to cut that out.. penalise the delay and that will end it pdq


  • #20
    greenkiwi1
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    Watched RK play this morning with the Force in Super Rugby AU. Commentator mentioned that there is a new hard 5 sec rule for box kicks etc from the first Use It. Hardly any box kicks....


  • #21
    The Inbetween is mine
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    The wind really held JJ's kick up there


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  • #22
    razorblunt
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    I thought they might play this in mini Murrayfield.


  • #23
    aloooof
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,208 Mod ✭✭✭✭aloooof


    Some good stuff in the last 10 mins.


  • #24
    razorblunt
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    Schoeman offside by a mile.


  • #25
    The Inbetween is mine
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    That was the second try we scored there I'd say


  • #26
    sioda
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    Set pieces looking excellent tonight tbf


  • #27
    The Inbetween is mine
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    O'Donoghue touched the line there?


  • #28
    sioda
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    The Inbetween is mine wrote: »
    O'Donoghue touched the line there?

    I thought so


  • #29
    The Inbetween is mine
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    Keep up the workrate here and we could really hurt them tonight


  • #30
    sioda
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    Surprised no yellow for Edinburgh at this stage


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  • #31
    razorblunt
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    Munster are getting a good return on counter rucks too many Edinburgh lads just setting for the sake of it.


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