URC Final 8 - Ulster vs. Munster - Friday, 3rd June @ 7.35pm - Premier Sports 2, TG4, URC TV

Nucifora giving Van Graan a two year extension at the start of this season would make you question his judgment or else he sees the provinces as a rather secondary concern.

At this stage Joey has missed the boat at 15. Keenan has that jersey nailed down and Lowry is well ahead as the back up.

Haley has had a brilliant season and could sneak in.

Yeah imo no place for Joey in any green Jersey whatsoever now.

I'd say same for Murray.

Prendergast is one of the best coaches in Europe. Leamy is highly rated for his work at Leinster. Two huge additions to the setup.

Rowntree is a boots-n-all rugby man that the players will believe in and rally behind.

Kendellen, Ahern, Coombes, both Wycherlys will also just naturally improve with experience/age.

RG will be fit.

Casey, Carberry, Haley, Fekitoa, Crowley, Zebo - there's ballers in this team if they can be coached right.

Onwards and upwards.

Woeful stuff. Murray shouldn't be playing for shannon not to mind Munster. Carberry as well. Awful game from both of them.

Not sure Fineen is up to it for a team that wants to win silverware, he played a lot this season and never imposed himself, time to give the jersey to Ahern.

Casey has to be our starting 9 from the start of next season.

Irish management there tonight will have plenty to think about. The idea of a Conway being in Irish squad ahead of Rob B must surely now be finished. We must look to the future and get this guy involved, yes he will make a mistake or two along the way, but what a talent.

Munster players sprinting out of the defensive line to get involved in some shirt grabbing.

But yeah it was the big bad ulster meanies provoking them.

This is exactly my point. We’ve seen it happen a good bit recently. Ulster may have been aware they could get Munster guys involved, leaving a huge overlap.

I’m crediting Ulster for it, ffs. Munster didn’t need to get involved. But you’re accusing me of say things like “big bad Ulster meanies”?!

This place has been a sh*t tip lately…

To the majority of Munster fans, commiserations. That will be a tough one to take for sure. We've been there with M.O'C. I genuinely don't take any enjoyment in seeing Munster in this state. I want all the provinces to be as strong as possible. But with JVG now gone and a new coaching ticket coming in there's reason to be optimistic about next season. JVG shouldn't have gotten as long as he did, but what's done is done. There's a serious crop of young talent there, along with a good core of experienced pros. With good coaching and intelligent recruitment (TH prop) I think the future can be bright. Onwards an upwards.

To the few Munster fans who took pleasure in gloating over Leinster's loss in the final last week...I hope you enjoyed that.

he definitely shouldnt be playing for shannon so

i hope most munster fans were happy about two of our best players of the professional era winning rather than taking glee at leinster losing( now, i know there were many idiots who just wanted to see leinster lose too). personally i was caught between both teams, i really wanted to see ROG and DR getting silverware but on the other hnd, that was basically the ireland team (rightly or wrongly) give or take a player or two, so i wanted to see them win overall tbh

off-topic, the overreaction to leinsters loss has been crazy over the last week, a better ref would have binned more LR players and leinster would have been much further ahead come the 60th minute

So if Munster do run out of the defensive line more than most… wouldn’t that be a good opportunity for Ulster to use that to their advantage?

That’s literally all I was asking. I even included “is there a chance” in my suggestion, asking the question.

And instead of actually discussing the point, like above, I got back “big bad Ulster meanies” BS.