Munster Team Talk Thread - Beirne After Reading

Isn't a rule put in place by definition JUST so teams can't cheat?

Yes top 8 is champions cup next 8 is challenge cup so for the URC all 16 teams always have some form of EPCR action

I hate to say it but we are, for the first time ever, looking at challenge cup next year

Codling I think seems all but confirmed, but if so won't be confirmed until after the 6 nations.

thats absolute nonsense. you have not got a clue what you're talking about.

You should actually be ashamed of having made such a ridiculous post

Maybe we were watching different games?

THP is a bigger concern that getting the 2 named below. Jager is regularly injured and is an dominant as hoped - a return of a forwards coach will help here. After that Ryan on a 1 year deal and the not available Salonoa....the likes of Foxe should have gotten a lot more game time this year.

A prop with experience playing tighthead too.

Bernard Jackman had the following guidance on X - pretty straight forward guidance for any official to follow tbf.

But very common...hence why teams have 2 props on the bench.

It’s all on the line for us over the next three final rounds, I wouldn’t want it any other way, this is really exciting now. No guts no glory. Whatever about injuries, whoever puts on the red jersey is under pressure now to secure our place in the playoffs, don’t have the luxury of making excuses it’s do or die time.

We have a massive match lining up for us this Friday evening; Cardiff in Cardiff.
Cardiff are in 6th, 1 point ahead of us in 7th, so this heaps pressure on both teams. They are in financial turmoil right now, playing at home, and we are desperate for a win.
It’s neck and neck around 5th-8th in the table, with a chasing pack of three teams less than 4 points behind us desperate to catch us from 9th to 11th, and Connacht in 12th are only 5 points behind us.
Mathematically the only team out of contention is the Dragons, which means no easy matches, every team will be fighting for wins, at least for the coming round and probably round 17 also. The final round might be interesting, I’d expect there to be two or three spots up for grabs between about 5 or 6 teams on the last round, which will make the final round match-ups very interesting.

I must do an analysis of matches to come to see how it will probably shake out.
We definitely have 3 tough rounds to come as all the teams we will be facing are in or around the top 8 and all will be desperate for points to make the playoffs.

Because the hooker could offer more around the pitch and due to uncontested scrums it was no longer required to have two props.

I’m a bit annoyed at the Munster officials, they should have been screaming at the match officials immediately when Archer went off. I would have told the players to stop the match until it was properly sorted.
The Munster officials obviously didn’t know the rules either, or they didn’t check what happened with Jager and Archer.

The guideline is any injury to either player in the same front row position caused by foul play, or a sub due to blood or head injury receives no penalty when going to uncontested scrums. Munster should know this stuff, and I’d find it hard to believe the officials would ignore them if they were making a clear point about this at the time.

This is the key point everyone is missing. Munster management should have known as soon as the situation arose.