Munster v Ulster URC round 7 Match thread

Ulster

(15-9): Stewart Moore, Ben Moxham, James Hume, Luke Marshall, Ethan McIlroy, Billy Burns, Nathan Doak;

(1-8): Andy Warwick, Tom Stewart, Marty Moore, Alan O’Connor (Captain), Sam Carter, David McCann, Sean Reffell, Duane Vermeulen.

Replacements: John Andrew, Rory Sutherland, Gareth Milasinovich, Cormac Izuchukwu, Jordi Murphy, John Cooney, Angus Curtis, Craig Gilroy

Thank christ Edogbo is fit,

Eoin O Connor starts for the first game since Wasps last year, Evan O Connell, Nephew of Paul, looks set to make his Munster Debut at the tender age of 6

You're right

Ulster absolutely should win this game given the two teams that are announced

But I can feel something special might happen tomorrow

I rewatched the Leinster Munster game from last week.

I think Munster need to get a really good start and build up a lead early on. If we don't, we'll be hammered in the 2nd half when the benches come into play

Munsters' accuracy and defence were huge last week. I think with Crowley and Patterson as halfbacks, we can negate a lot of the power in the Ulster pack, and Haley is rock solid at 15 who can put the likes of Pa Campbell into space for breaks on counter attack

Doak is a really good player, but he's slow from the ruck. Doak is the Ulster version of Conor Murray. I don't think Ulster will be able to unlock us with Doak Box kicks off slow ball.

Having Patterson playing, means faster ball, less time for the big guys to get into position to smash plays off 9

Patterson is not as technically skilled as Casey or Murray, but Casey's not available, and he makes up for precision with speed, and that's ok with me.