Following on from here
New Munster chat thread folks. warning deserved there. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=109477571#post109477571
Didn't look like it from the angle they showed.
I've seen a bit of him, he actually gets around the pitch better than you'd expect.
He's doing well in the scrum but mmmmmmm
Munster scrum getting destroyed. 99.9% of other refs would be penalizing that.
Absolutely nailed Ben Healy there, surprised Healy got straight up after.
Disappointed for Barron. Had to go off after getting walloped in a successful jackal against Leinster as well, so he’s had a few knocks this season.
Good to see Buckley pick up some game time tho.
"If you're going forward you'll get the penalty".
Emmm, ok.
Very lucky, Lions completely blew that.
Is that an artificial pitch?
John Hodnett is like an Irish van der Flier
Patterson's passing has been nice and accurate
He’s had the odd high one (to Gav Coombes in particulnar) but he’s such a livewire and does things so quickly you’d forgive him.
Quality from JOD and Patterson after it looked like things were going nowhere.
Well done JOD, super sharp stuff repeatedly there. Moves his feet so well away from the big hits, Coombes didn't earlier and was driven back 10 feet
Kleyn and Coombes are getting through an amount of work
Two front rows gone off in the first half, not exactly what you want…
More like Hamish Watson in his style of play and stature. No bad thing that!
Enjoying this to be honest. Crap conditions. Surprisingly few mistakes.
Kleyn having a great game. Doesn't get due credit sometimes. He's an old style second row, absolutely melts the rucks.
Was Whycherly tactical? No doubt he was strugling in the scrum. At 17st, he must be giving up at least 5st to their THP.
There are Maersk class-A container ships that give up at least 5st to their THP.
Could’ve been, good shout.
They've no lineout, we've no scrum. Have to be happy with that 1st half though
Last penalty looked harsh. Lions prop went down on the far side from the ref
Jean Klyen has been so good for Munster this season. Arguably the midpoint club POTY.
Happy enough with that half. First try in particular, well worked.
Haley seems to be tasked with a little more kicking, and keeping it in field. It’s paying off in territory.
Kleyn just keeps on trucking and JOD having a good game too.
Scrum a huge issue tho.
I was bigging him up before the game, but Tshituka made one of the worst decisions I've ever seen on a rugby pitch. Scrum going forward from 5m out, already 3 penalties won, and he picks up the ball, passes to the 9, who then gets clobbered behind the gain line.
From a potential PT to go 10-5 up, and possible YC, Munster then go back up the pitch to score and make it 12-3.
Hard to see how this doesn't become a cricket score in the second half. Just pin them in the corners with the wind and maul them to death.
Will be interesting to see how long their THP can last in the second half, and who comes on for him. Comical appearance aside, he has been brilliant for them in this half (4 penalties? 5?).
Can someone catch me up why Crowley and Carbery aren’t playing tonight?
Not having an out and out lock next to Kleyn isn't helping the scrum.
Discipline has been really good so far with most/all the penalties being at scrum time.
Fekitoa taking another step up from last week and Salona is having a great game in the loose, some hands for a big man.
Nope, off after taking a knock
Munster has been unlucky with some of those scrum penalties but as the ref has penalised us then we're probably lucky not to someone in the bin.
Considering the weather I'm happy enough with the game so far.
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