Munster Team Talk Thread - Beirne After Reading

Lots of IRFU enforced game time limitation across the four provinces by the looks of it.

I'd say it's voluntary. Like, van der Flier and McCarthy are starting and they played all four Ireland matches, but then Beirne, Doris and Porter did likewise and are benching.

Munster are going to romp home tomorrow so now is the time to rest anyone who needs it.

Can't blame Farrell for that...his job to pick the best team

Anyways it must be a big boost to o connells confidence to get the start & great to see

But that's the point, he didn't need his best team and he certainly didn't pick his best team for Fiji.

Everyone has an opinion on team selections, my own is you really don't need to pick the same player as a starter for all Autumn or Summer games. They're your opportunities to mix it up a bit.

always thought Beirne playing all 4 games was too much…and no update on Aherne, must have aknock, but wasnt listed on the players injury update

Your TV.

I easy there and the field didn't stand out to be anyway poor. We did get an unmerciful shower of rain before kick off but I can't recall it gathering on the surface or cutting up

Screenshots from the highlights

Does the pitch look bad or are we getting used to watching rugby on artificial pitches

How is Ruadhan Quinn getting on this season? Does he look like he could breakthrough in the coming years? Lots of back row talent in Munster with Edogbo and Gleeson also coming through without mentioning the likes of Kendellen and Hodnett who are both young enough.

If the implication is that Beirne's Ireland workload detracts from his provincial contributions (which is a complete misunderstanding of how the Irish rugby system works but we can park that), how do you reconcile that with the fact that Beirne has played more for his province since the World Cup than any other player selected for that tournament?

I don't think chopping and changing more in response to a sudden loss in form would be helpful personally. I think our age profile at lock is pretty good and the most obvious candidates to be brought into the international fold (Ahern and Edogbo) were injured so I don't feel there was a pressing need to rotate. Ultimately I'm reasonably happy with the selections and have faith in Andy Farrell generally.

With Beirne specifically, he plays so consistently for both Munster and Ireland, and almost never gets replaced, that I believe it must be by design. I remember when Billy Vuniplola was at his peak, the talk was that he had to play every week to maintain form. Maybe there is something similar with Beirne, I don't know.

The last time Beirne didn't play the full 80 minutes for Munster (apart from getting sin binned) was when he came off at 70 minutes in the URC semi against Leinster in 2023.

the pitch is going to get a pretty stern test tonight anyway

Casey has been superb so far

So many empty seats, I remember when you couldn't get a ticket for love nor money, what's gone wrong?

REd card i think

That should have been red I think

Very lucky not to see red there