Munster Team Talk Thread - Beirne After Reading

Replying to Jim even hypothetically, will never result in anything meaningful.

What’s worse is that it’s a Munster born ref who has played for Munster officiating Munster in a game they need to win. I don’t doubt Murphy’s ability to remain impartial, but my God that’s a bad look for the league. Talk about making a rod for yourself!

The most Munster result ever, so typical of them over the last number of years. Need a result to progress, to win a trophy, to get an easier knockout game or whatever is on the line and typical Munster they bottle it. Gutless,inept performance.

The hard luck feel among Munster fans after they threw the game away against Toulouse sums it up. Munster lost a game they should have won and all you hear is brave, unlucky Munster. 

So many rejects from Leinster are hugely important players for Munster - Conway, Carberry, Loughman etc.

3 points fav with the books tonight & Munster lose by 10 points.

No doubt Munster will focus on how strong Leinsters 2nd/3rd string is, instead of looking inwards. Or if they do look inwards its Van Graans fault, even though Munster have been nearly men even before him.

The fact POM is so hugely revered in Munster says it all, a good, honest player over the years and thats about it - never won a trophy with Munster. Sad to see the standards & expectations slip so much from the Munster teams of old.

Can't see it improving much from next season.

The nearly men, they should copyright that.

Ah lads…. JVG is moving on with Rowntree getting the top job. Mike Pendergast, one of the most revered attack coaches in Europe, is coming home. The young lads today like Kendellan and Ahern were our best players. It was a poor performance and a really poor result. But there’s plenty to be optimistic about. (For next season at least, if not this one).

As an aside… Leinster players like Loughman “hugely important to Munster”? Isn’t he our 3rd choice loosehead??

How many starts will Archer get next season?

Just home from the match...have to say the amount of shite I got from Leinster fans was unreal....you can't beat our 3rd choice team etc....a real gutless performance tonight...very peed off

Na. It was a penalty practically in front of the posts, so kicking for the corner isn’t an option. There’s plenty to criticise about the Munster performance, but 3 points was clearly the right call there, imo.

Have to say this was a bit of a reality check for the folks calling for Kendellan and Ahern to tour with Ireland to NZ this summer. They're promising players but they were shown up today by Penny and McCarthy.

Not really sure where the optimism is coming from if the best of Munster's youth at this early stage are already looking second best to their Leinster equivalents.

I actually thought Penny was mostly absent his try aside - whereas Kendellan put in a massive shift. McCarthy a good player tbf.

But one day people will realise that comparing positions based off of interpro matches is flawed at best.