Munster V Castres H/C Rnd5 - Sat 14th @ 15:40

Benny Cake · 12-01-2012 12:18PM

buck65 wrote: »

Why, is she famous?

She has a serious medical condition & Warwick wanted a stable environment for her. A one year contract with Munster would have meant an uncertain future which didn't suit his family situation.

buck65 · 12-01-2012 03:17PM

Sorry didn't know she was sick. Idiot.

Otacon · 12-01-2012 03:27PM

When will the team be announced?

buck65 · 12-01-2012 03:51PM

Lunchtime tomorrow I'd guess.

Something like

Hurley, Murphy, Earls, Mafi, Zebo
O Gara, Murray
duPreez, Varley, Botha
Ryan, O Connell
O Mahony, Ronan, Coughlan

Fogarty, Horan, Archer, O Callaghan, Holland, Barnes, O Leary, Keatley

jacothelad · 12-01-2012 06:39PM

Cpt_Blackbeard wrote: »

My wording is probably a bit off mark there. I'd probably have conveyed my point a bit more clearly had I said: "He's not as horrendously slow as he looks"

Should we settle for new category. 'Deceptively slow'.

Benny Cake · 12-01-2012 07:05PM

jacothelad wrote: »

Should we settle for new category. 'Deceptively slow'.

I was often told I had deceptive pace... Apparently I'm actually much slower than I look...

Flincher · 12-01-2012 07:14PM

Benny Cake wrote: »

I was often told I had deceptive pace... Apparently I'm actually much slower than I look...

On a side note, somebody needs to take Alan Quinlan aside and explain the meaning of deceptively. I watched the Treviso game on the RTE Player and he used it for everyone. I think he thinks it means "very".

Granted, Niall Ronan probably is deceptively quick. He's pacey enough, even though he doesn't look it.

Simon Zebo on the other hand, is not. He runs fast. He looks like he runs fast. He looks like he should be fast. That's not deceptive. That's just fast.

buck65 · 13-01-2012 11:03AM

I think that Luke O Dea is deceptively fast. He looks fast but he is faster than you think.

Flincher · 13-01-2012 11:27AM

Castres Team:
15. Romain Martial, 14. Vincent Inigo, 13. Paul Bonnefond, 12. Pedro Garcia, 11. Pierre Gilles Lakafia, 10. Pierre Bernard, 9. Thierry Lacrampe

1. Saimone Taumoepeau, 2. Marc Antoine Rallier, 3. Anton Peikrishvili, 4. Matthias Rolland, 5. Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 6. Yannick Cabellero, 7. Steve Malonga, 8. Janie Bornman

Replacements: Mathieu Bonello, Mike Coetzee, Karena Wihongi, Scott Murray, Ibrahim Diarra, Rory Kockott, Seremaia Bai, Mathieu Nicolas

HEC Squad http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/castres_olympique.php?section=2

Team that played Stade last week http://www.espnscrum.com/france-top-14-2011-12/rugby/match/143645.html

Team that played Perpignan the week before http://www.espnscrum.com/france-top-14-2011-12/rugby/match/143637.html

Looks like their second string with a bit of quality on the bench

theKramer · 13-01-2012 12:25PM

Munster Team named:
Munster: D Hurley; J Murphy, K Earls, L Mafi, S Zebo; R O'Gara, C Murray; W du Preez, D Varley, BJ Botha; D Ryan, P O'Connell capt; P O'Mahony, N Ronan, J Coughlan. Replacements: D Fogarty, M Horan, S Archer, Donncha O'Callaghan, B Holland, T O'Leary, I Keatley, D Barnes

No surprise there. Thats the team everyone expected...

buck65 · 13-01-2012 12:43PM

buck65 wrote: »

Lunchtime tomorrow I'd guess.

Something like

Hurley, Murphy, Earls, Mafi, Zebo
O Gara, Murray
duPreez, Varley, Botha
Ryan, O Connell
O Mahony, Ronan, Coughlan

Fogarty, Horan, Archer, O Callaghan, Holland, Barnes, O Leary, Keatley

Buy that man a pint.

Benny Cake · 13-01-2012 12:44PM

Team is as expected. Slightly disappointed that Barnes isn't starting instead if Murphy but it a marginal call.

Munster should be capable of a bonus point win, bringing them within touching distance of a home qtr final spot...

bamboozle · 13-01-2012 02:07PM

Munster in fairness should be looking at winning by at least 20-30 points against a disinterested Castres second string which was hammered in Franklin Gardens.

darragh_haven · 13-01-2012 02:38PM

bamboozle wrote: »

Munster in fairness should be looking at winning by at least 20-30 points against a disinterested Castres second string which was hammered in Franklin Gardens.

WHY, Why would you say that. Now we'll have a dour 6 - 8 point win:mad:

NikNak8 · 13-01-2012 03:11PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

WHY, Why would you say that. Now we'll have a dour 6 - 8 point win:mad:

Call me old fashioned but I would settle for a dour 6-8 point win, don't know if the ticker could stand another injury time drop kick!

darragh_haven · 13-01-2012 03:17PM

NikNak8 wrote: »

Call me old fashioned but I would settle for a dour 6-8 point win, don't know if the ticker could stand another injury time drop kick!

your old fashioned......

PhatPiggins · 13-01-2012 06:14PM

I'm glad to see McGahan is sticking with form and persisting with Donnacha Ryan. There would have been a tempatation to stick him on the bench as he's now the most experienced backrow not currently in the starting backrow, if that makes sense.

Brian P · 14-01-2012 12:08AM

bamboozle wrote: »

Munster in fairness should be looking at winning by at least 20-30 points against a disinterested Castres second string which was hammered in Franklin Gardens.

There was a time when you would have been certain that Munster would win this type of game with a bonus point win but as we seem to be leaving two or three tries behind us in all out recent games ,I just wonder. Hopefully,the lads will click and gel for this one.

irishbucsfan · 14-01-2012 08:35AM

If Munster don't get the bonus point it'll have to be seen as a failure on their part.

I'm confident they will.

phog · 14-01-2012 12:00PM

Lovely day in Limerick for rugby, lots of supporters around, a fair few from Castres but the city is awash with red.

Can't wait now for KO.

C'mon Munster

Moflojo · 14-01-2012 12:16PM

So, before the game even starts today, does anyone else want to agree to not talking about individual players' Ireland prospects on this match thread?

It seems like every single thread is getting derailed by Ireland teamtalk and, as Sergeant Gerry Boyle might say, it's boring the absolute f**k out of me!

Anyone want to agree to this?

One_More_Mile · 14-01-2012 02:37PM

Any kind soul have a stream for this they can post?

Rickwellwood · 14-01-2012 03:14PM

Hopefully munster get the BP win today - cmon munster from a connacht supporter - I'm hiding behind the couch for our own game v toulouse jesus god only knows what the score will be in that one - Toulouse by a hatful and they need the BP too - scary.