Following on from here
New Munster chat thread folks. warning deserved there. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=109477571#post109477571
THats ridiculous from crowley.
Holy fook the colour of that Minster strip is septic. No team deserves to win anything attired like that. 😄
What was that "space cadets" comment about ?
Separately. I fuking hate rugby refs. Ref the game and stop thinking you are a school teacher.
Maradona would have been proud of that finish!
Carbon copy of that O'Driscoll try against Wasps in the RDS many moons ago.
And I mean that as the very highest compliment.
Unbelievable finish
absolutely supreme from Daly. That’s a massive killing blow with 14
Great moment for Daly.
Between that and his probing of the blind side-that long pass out to Nash was very JGP like. His decision making seems to have come on a lot, and the improvement in his his kicking is pretty evident. Great that’s he been able to learn from both Murray and JGP-really putting it up to JGP to regain his best form for the 6N
Wow!! Shane Daly after a great take from Abrahams
Super stuff from Daly. Casey's long pass in that wind was excellent also
Crowley had a good start too. Munster steeped not to get a red card
Casey's clearances have been super, big improvement in his kicking over time
Very lucky not to see red there
there is no dip there at all. Blessed that’s not red.
That should have been red I think
That is a ridiculous call from Pearce
REd card i think
Abrahams looks like a great bit of business, pace and dog about him
So many empty seats, I remember when you couldn't get a ticket for love nor money, what's gone wrong?
Yeah he looks very confident, making good decisions and passing is excellent as always.
Casey has been superb so far
That Munster jersey is utterly horrendous.
Munster did well not to concede early and then have been on top but they’ve nothing to show for it. SF not lacking in appetite but you’d still expect it’s a matter of if not when for Munster.
the pitch is going to get a pretty stern test tonight anyway
We won three on the trot, the Fiji game was after we beat Argentina. So swapping out Beirne for Fiji would have been after a win
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.
implication is that Beirne's Ireland workload detracts from his provincial contributions
No, that wasn't my point at all.
Do you think over a series of friendly games that a national coach (that has a have a far bigger playing pool than any provincial team) should start the same player in all the games in the series?
I could well be wrong here but I think there were 4 players used in all 4 AIs, in a year where we could be team building that's disappointing.
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?
Not a Munster fan but Quinn has disappointed me this season. Seems to be suffering from the same issue as many Munster players in that he looks flat and heavy legged, which apparently was due to overtraining. We'll see if that changes with the changes made to the backroom team. He's obviously an excellent athlete, just hasn't been able to show it or make much of an impact on games this season. I thought he looked more dynamic when he was first playing senior rugby straight out of school.
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.
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