Munster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread.

thehighground wrote: »

Are you going on Tuohy's present form or last year's form prior to his injury?
You do realise he hasn't played so far this season!

Last year's form. He was the form second row in the country last season.

He's back in the team now, and the games are a fair bit away yet. If he plays like he did last year I don't think Ryan should be near the team. If he comes back sluggish then I could see Ryan picked ahead of him.

thehighground wrote: »

If he was the form 2nd row last season, its amazing he didn't make the 6Ns 22 - particulary with 2nd row injuries. And Ulster were struggling pretty badly towards the end of last season.

He did well against the Maori - but Ryan did very well against the ABs in Thomond!

It's my opinion that he was the form 2nd Row. I was going mad on here when he was left out of Irish squads last year. I wouldn't have him ahead of POC, DOC or Cullen but I've always been a very big fan of his. He was Ulster's best player (along with Boss arguably) when they were playing well and kept up the level of performance when they dropped away.

He was eventually rewarded during the summer. Hopefully now he's got his foot in the door he'll be looked to more.

I'm looking for tickets for Munsters Heineken Cup match on Sat Oct 16th. Would anyone know how I could get a few tickets? Would greatly appreciate it.

andrewdcs wrote: »

Go to the London Irish site, they are on general sale now I'm pretty sure.



In other news Mafi has been cited twice for Saturdays game. His 'tackle' on D'Arcy was bad but never saw any punches?

That citing was for the forearm to D'arcy.

castie wrote: »

Wonder if Cian Healy will get a citing also then.
Clearly saw him throwing a slap at least.

If throwing a slap gets you a citing then Quinlan would be attending hearings every week.

Unless you're equating whatever Healy did to what Mafi did. Which would be insane.

He'll miss the LI game at least, the ML have to give him some sort of ban. Honestly, it would suit Irish rugby more if he wasn't available. An Irish player would get in somewhere if he is missing. Foreigners should really only be brought in if they can add something to the first XV that isn't available from the Irish pool. That's why Mafi isn't needed.

Assuming Earls isn't back, we have a number of options.

I wouldn't mind seeing Deasy at 12 and Tuitupou at 13 or Tuitupou at 12 and Barnes at 13. Retain Murphy on the wing. We gotta start giving youngsters exposure to see if they are made of the right stuff. Certainly the likes of Mapusua will test them.

thomond2006 wrote: »

He'll miss the LI game at least, the ML have to give him some sort of ban. Honestly, it would suit Irish rugby more if he wasn't available. An Irish player would get in somewhere if he is missing. Foreigners should really only be brought in if they can add something to the first XV that isn't available from the Irish pool. That's why Mafi isn't needed.

Assuming Earls isn't back, we have a number of options.

I wouldn't mind seeing Deasy at 12 and Tuitupou at 13 or Tuitupou at 12 and Barnes at 13. Retain Murphy on the wing. We gotta start giving youngsters exposure to see if they are made of the right stuff. Certainly the likes of Mapusua will test them.

Completely forgot Deasy. Would much rather see him in the team than Mafi, would benefit Munster/Ireland far more in the long term

thomond2006 wrote: »

Yeah LI are porous but they have a penchant for getting tries and Mapusua is a very underrated player.

I agree Tuitupou is a 12. We'll need to see a bit more from him in attack though. He has all the defensive capabilities. Incidentally phat who would you play with him at centre assuming Earls and Mafi are unavailable?

Vital that we get Buckley back. MOD has a case of getting a start, I was very impressed with him when he came on at the weekend.

LI can score tries against weak teams but revert to a grunt game against the better ones. I don't think they have the forwards to beat Munster to be honest.

Mapusua isn't underrated by anyone, though Sky over hype him, you know what you get with him though and there should be some big clashes between him and Tuiptupou.

Sorry it must seem like I'm disagreeing with you on every thread.

PhatPiggins wrote: »

LI can score tries against weak teams but revert to a grunt game against the better ones. I don't think they have the forwards to beat Munster to be honest.

Mapusua isn't underrated by anyone, though Sky over hype him, you know what you get with him though and there should be some big clashes between him and Tuiptupou.

Sorry it must seem like I'm disagreeing with you on every thread.

Bob Casey is one of the most overrated forwards around. Nick Kennedy is great but apart from him, Danaher and Dermody I think their forwards are a real weakness.

Could be a good day for Munster to arm wrestle LI out of the game and allow ROG to do that one thing he does.

andrewdcs wrote: »

Go to the London Irish site, they are on general sale now I'm pretty sure.



In other news Mafi has been cited twice for Saturdays game. His 'tackle' on D'Arcy was bad but never saw any punches?

Its for the Toulon game on October 16th. London Irish is on the 9th.

It's because he's NIQ of course, I guarantee that a current international would get far less and would definitely be available for the AIs ala John Hayes last year.