I hope I don't jinx it but by the looks of it, it's going ahead.
Referee: Chris Busby
AR 1: Andrew Brace AR 2: Eoghan Cross
TMO: Olly Hodges
Teams added to original post
Kendellan's first start? Nice one. Hoping for a bit more fluidity in attack with Casey and Healy together. Tho Connacht's approach couldn't be more different than Castres, so should make for a much better game. Especially with Carty making it as well. There's been a bit of spice to this the last few encounters.
Yep Kendellen's 1st start on his 4th appearance. Happy to see Thomas Ahern, Jack Daly and Jack Crowley on the bench also.
Will be great to see Healy v Carty, six nations second out half spot up for grabs.
Should be a home win I think.
No Earls, Beirne, Murray or POM? Or Zebo for that matter.
Very interesting selection from Munster. A lot of very experienced players not even on the bench but still a very strong team
Good looking Munster back row (Kendellen and Coombes!) and look forward to see Ahern off the bench. Connacht still short a bunch up front: Thornbury, Buckley, Boyle, no Murray but that may not be injury-related. Sorry Wooton isn't playing and would have been nice to have Blade on the bench but still a lot of threat in the back line and Farrell on the bench. C'mon Connacht.
Surprised Munster aren't going stronger for this. Leaving out Beirne, POM, Murray and Earls would suggest they're targeting the Ulster game next week and not this one.
I fancied Connacht before the team announcement but I can't see anything other than a Connacht win now.
Just means their trusting their young players isint that what people have been critiasising them for not doing. I'm very happy with the team selected
I never said they weren't
I was just observing that they've chosen to rest all of their big names bar De Allende for this particular match, clearly with an eye on next week,
Not sure if that's the right call as this match will be much tougher than Ulster at home IMO
Great see teams being named again, it has almost a mini lockdown but these teams are men against boys, I'll take any point we get from this fixture but I can't see a win on the cards for us.
Ah it's not a take anything we can get fixture. Connacht are favoured by a point and that's probably fair.
very good Munster team yeah
The difference will be experience, + bench. Hope so
Munster for thewin.
Has the game still got the go ahead
Munster need to come out of the blocks strongly.
If its a close game on 50 minutes i fancy connacht to have the edge over 80.
Munster are a bit like a french team now, you dont know which one will turn up. If its the mindset that went to coventry a BP win is possible, if its the conservative side with no fluidity that played castres then connacht will bring a lot more than castres did and get the win they should have had in TP.
Big day for casey at 9 to show his game, I always love watching aki and delighted yhat coombes is back, but a lot of legs havent done 80 minutes in a long long time.
Have you not seen how much the lawn is growing?
No way pete is available.
Crowd looks decent, Connacht maybe snook In a few extra then the 4000 🤣
This ref is a pity.
Silly Munster penalty and a missed Carty touch.
2 good squares in shīt rugby scratched off within the first 40 seconds.
Prendergast playing WR
Seriously?? Already! The game is 6 minutes old.
He literally posted that before the game started, don't mind him.
He just let Connacht absorb three big clear outs there when it was clear that Munster were holding on. Stuff like that would wreck my head as a coach and player.
Anyone know what cuntry I should set my VPN to to get tg4 player? I've tried the US, the UK and Oz.
Give it time.
Sorry. Country.
Piss off
Will do
My god, the standard has been appalling so far.
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