Following on from here
New Munster chat thread folks. warning deserved there. https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=109477571#post109477571
Are there GAA policies in place to approve freebies (given the amateur status of the game) or is it all under the table still?
Rumour from BlueSky
I'd sooner we be allowed sign a front row player
That's a weird rumor. What use would a short term deal in late 2025 be?
Werent they after him prior to signing Jenkins?
bums in seats.
last thing munster need is another backrow.
A jordie barrett type deal
Well POM will probably be gone and maybe a short term signing or something to bring us into 2026 and they have someone lined up from 2026 but I'd prefer a front row player
Doesn't make any sense as Toyota verblitz will most probably still be playing rugby up until at least mid may 2025.
So possibly from sept to start Dec 2025.
Worth it for that??
It wouldn't even be that. The Rugby Championship runs into early October and then there's the AIs in November.
Yeah fair point, can't see any window then, unless it's a move from Japan for the season and he joins after the AIs
Maybe they'd sell a few tshirts and beers but I can't imagine this will do much for the silverware cabinet.
I got the impression it was post AIs til end of season.
I don't really see the point of it, but if it's not coming at the expense of other signings they are more in need of then it's hard to say no to the possibility.
20,500 tickets sold for tomorrow's game, Shame the weather has been so bad this week as they probably won't get many walk ups at this stage.
Team for tomorrow
Munster: Mike Haley; Calvin Nash, Tom Farrell, Rory Scannell, Shane Daly; Jack Crowley, Conor Murray; Dian Bleuler, Niall Scannell, Oli Jager; Fineen Wycherley, Tadhg Beirne (C); Jack O’Donoghue, Alex Kendellen, Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, John Ryan, Stephen Archer, Tom Ahern, John Hodnett, Paddy Patterson, Billy Burns, Brian Gleeson.
Must have been some calf bruise for POM
No POM, 6-2 split on the bench, Kendellen starts with Hodnett on the bench, along with Ahern & Gleeson
Munster should be all over Charlie Tector imo, to take over the Rory Scannell role for two seasons with a view to becoming the starting 12 at the end of Nankivell's contract.
Gulp! 🙈
15 Elliot Daly, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Lucio Cinti Luna, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl
1 Phil Brantingham, 2 Jamie George, 3 Marco Riccioni, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 5 Harry Wilson, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 7 Ben Earl, 8 Tom Willis
Replacements
16 Theo Dan, 17 Eroni Mawi, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Max Eke, 20 Nathan Michelow, 21 Gareth Simpson, 22 Olly Hartley, 23 Tobias Elliott
Why is Ahern not starting?
Saracens: Daly; Williams, Lozowski, Tompkins, Cinti; Burke, van Zyl; Brantingham, George, Riccioni; Itoje (c), Wilson; Gonzalez, Earl, Willis
Reps: Dan, Mawi, Clarey, Eke, Michelow, Simpson, Hartley, Elliott
POM is big loss. Cant see Munster winning this.
Bring back Joey!
And Cronin….I see Milne is moving from Leinster! Good move for him.
I'm assume Munster see him as a finisher with Hodnett and Gleeson, like you tho I think Sarries will be too strong for us tomorrow.
Might be well over before the finish for the finishers!
Yes but equally we might get some momentum for the last ~30 mins and manage to get some points from the game.
Need to win this game realistically.
I understand that, I also think Sarries are currently a better team than us.
Probably but Munster are home and slight favourites, given the group standings, bonus points are effectively useless. Even with two losing bonus points we'd probably still need to go and win in Northampton. I would really hope there has been no thought given to bonus points with the bench selection.
Munster may already have enough points to make the top 16. Another two points and they'll definitely qualify. Remember that the top 4 teams make the last 16. And Bulls and Stade Francais are currently on 0 points.
For a chance of a home last 16 game then yes a win is needed.
Michael Milne and Lee Barron joining from Leinster next season according to Murray Kinsella.
https://www.the42.ie/milne-barron-leinster-munster-4840349-Jan2025/
BPs are seldom useless and in particular in this format of the ERC.
Probably the strongest team we could have named with the injury list. I'd rather Butler on the bench to burns - the argument for experience is cancelled out when his form is in the toilet.
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