That should be red all day long. Refs don't have a clue how dangerous that is.
Absolutely no need of that pity he cant be red carded!
That was a very bad half of rugby all round. Very little quality and 3 players off injured.
Connacht with the wind in the 2nd half and munster with several players gone off injured the Conbacht are11/4 with bookies -3.5 in the handicap, or -9.5pts 15/2
Putrid game. If we can sort out our exits and play in the right areas of the pitch we can probably grind out a win, but it won't be pretty.
There would need to be a serious shift in how the breakdown is reffed if that was to get a red. Players enter the ruck just like that at pretty much every ruck, just in the case there’s an unfortunate injury.
Personally would prefer if there was a clamp down across the board but with how things are reffed at the minute, was never going to be a red.
I would be surprised if Munster score again. No lineout and kicking penalties unless under the posts virtually impossible against the wind. I think Connacht will win this by a good bit if score early second half
Yes you are right refs don't clamp down on it. And in current climate its usually deemed a yellow.
We really don't help ourselves with all the chirping at the ref. Too many voices in every game and it doesn't help things
Why didn't we go to the posts instead of the corner there
Very surprised as well as fairly central. Lineout ball difficult today with that wind and rain.
Another poor decision from Busby. Nothing wrong with Murray there.
We've had a lot of those against us today
If I never saw another irish ref in the sportsground again I'd be delighted
Murray is lucky there to avoid a card. Never really tried to get lower.
Shoulder to the head....just a penalty
I feel like Beirne always kills Connacht. Keeping Munster in this with turnovers and steals.
Beirne definitely keeping us in this. Don't know how Munster are still level as been very poor.
Think Buckley was scrummaging illegally there to be honest.
Fair play to Connacht taking full advantage of a woeful second half from Munster
Well a badly needed win but a really terrible game of rugby with quite a few injuries out of it. Tough conditions though. Torrential rain literally never stopped all day. Hope O’Donoghue’s injury isn’t as bad as feared. Hansen looked like he picked up a knock near the end as well.
Woeful for weeks now.. yes injurys play a role but everything looks laboured. We will lose to Toulon and then Northampton and with all the Injury's the season will Peter out.
Congratulations lads well done, never doubted ye 😏
Not a pretty win but a win nonetheless. Prendergast once again standing up. Carty and JJ big factors in that win.
Not pretty but a win is a win and giving them nothing is always a plus.
End score is about right but we laboured to it as I thought we the better team by a distance owing largely to so many injuries to Munster.
Commentary was annoying- this was no worse than the Munster Leinster game as a spectacle but they didn't constantly slag off the quality in that game. Weather was biblical so we had to tough it out which we did.
Conditions were awful. Thoughts go out to Oli Jager and his folks. He simply wasn't moving. The Ralston tackle on O'Donoghue was definitely related to the conditions but he came in from the side and he simply took the leg. I know it was unintentional and related to the conditions but that was a red card all day.
As a game both Connacht and Munster were shocking bad. Munsters lineout was a joke and at the same time JJ, Jack and Caolin couldn't stop making mistakes.
Anyway glad to have the points.
Concerns are Forde (he seemed ok) and also Hansen (looked like a potential broken wrist?).
And kudos to Bundee Aki. How the hell did you manage to take that ball after the block down and keep Munster from crossing the line.
Now to see Frank Murphy in action in the next inter-pro,,,😟
In fairness to the commentating team, this was an appalling match. Both teams were shockingly bad.
Which commentating team are you taking about? TG4? Premier Sports? RTÉ radio or GBFM?
Premier Sport, Ryle and Quinlan.
I'm not saying it was a good game or anything like it, just that if Munster won it would be a "battle" but because Connacht won it was a bad game.
Are they told not to have an opinion. Busby is a terrible referee but it's like they are in situ to justify his absolute horrible decisions
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