Munster Team Talk Thread - Snymans are(n't) Forever

bayern · 05-03-2021 3:36pm

Munster A: Darren Sweetnam; Calvin Nash, Alex McHenry, Jack Crowley, Liam Coombes; Jake Flannery, Paddy Patterson; Liam O’Connor, Diarmuid Barron, Keynan Knox; Cian Hurley, Thomas Ahern; Tommy O’Donnell (C), Jack Daly, Alex Kendellen(u20).

Replacements: Rhys Marshall, Scott Buckley, Roman Salanoa, Ethan Coughlan(u19), Conor Phillips, Seán French.

Caranica · 05-03-2021 3:46pm

bayern wrote: »

Munster A: Darren Sweetnam; Calvin Nash, Alex McHenry, Jack Crowley, Liam Coombes; Jake Flannery, Paddy Patterson; Liam O’Connor, Diarmuid Barron, Keynan Knox; Cian Hurley, Thomas Ahern; Tommy O’Donnell (C), Jack Daly, Alex Kendellen(u20).

Replacements: Rhys Marshall, Scott Buckley, Roman Salanoa, Ethan Coughlan(u19), Conor Phillips, Seán French.

A reduced bench again. Can't help but wonder if this game could have happened if we didn't get the 4 senior guys back from Ireland.

Clareman · 05-03-2021 10:36pm

With 2 dead rubbers coming up you'd imagine most of the A team will get a run, I'm hoping that the Ennis lad Ethan Coughlan will get a run

yerrahbah · 06-03-2021 9:49am

I think last night showed that we should hang onto JJ (if he wants to stay)

Joey if fit and firing will be away with Ireland.

IMO Healy still has a bit to go in terms of being a genuine option at 10.

Does anyone else think we may be in the market for a scrum half for next season?

If we assume that Murray and Casey will be with Ireland during the internationals

And if we assume that McCarthy is leaving, that leaves only Cronin with no SH in the Academy

bayern · 06-03-2021 10:31am

yerrahbah wrote: »

I think last night showed that we should hang onto JJ (if he wants to stay)

Joey if fit and firing will be away with Ireland.

IMO Healy still has a bit to go in terms of being a genuine option at 10.

Does anyone else think we may be in the market for a scrum half for next season?

If we assume that Murray and Casey will be with Ireland during the internationals

And if we assume that McCarthy is leaving, that leaves only Cronin with no SH in the Academy

Munster will sign one of leinsters young 9's: Patterson, Osborne or O'Sullivan.

Caranica · 06-03-2021 1:45pm

bayern wrote: »

Munster will sign one of leinsters young 9's: Patterson, Osborne or O'Sullivan.

Comms on A game saying Patterson is Munster's best player.

12-17 at half time, we coughed up an early yellow and two tries. They got a player binned and we scored two tries. 12-17 at half time.

Caranica · 06-03-2021 2:41pm

Finished 24 all, a fair result to what turned out to be a great game of rugby.

Cookiemunster · 08-03-2021 4:09pm

Earls rumoured 1 yr extension has been confirmed. https://www.munsterrugby.ie/2021/03/08/keith-earls-signs-irfu-contract-extension/#post

yerrahbah · 08-03-2021 4:40pm

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Earls rumoured 1 yr extension has been confirmed. https://www.munsterrugby.ie/2021/03/08/keith-earls-signs-irfu-contract-extension/#post

Great news, he is still performing at International level.

There is definitely another year in him.

Now Stander please.

Bluwave · 08-03-2021 6:04pm

Earls like some other players are probably getting IRFU contracts to stop them coming back to provincial ones where the provincial accounts are not as able to sustain costs as the IRFU is.

Im not sure that he and a few others would have gotten an IRFU contract were it not for the things that happened over the last year.

He’s still in the mix for the Irish jersey, but is definitely in the latter stages of his international career and players like stocktake, larmour, Conway, Lowe are inching closer to overtaking him.

phog · 09-03-2021 9:49am

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Earls rumoured 1 yr extension has been confirmed. https://www.munsterrugby.ie/2021/03/08/keith-earls-signs-irfu-contract-extension/#post

Good bit of business, he's still the top winger in the country.

Clareman · 09-03-2021 10:17am

Bluwave wrote: »

Earls like some other players are probably getting IRFU contracts to stop them coming back to provincial ones where the provincial accounts are not as able to sustain costs as the IRFU is.

Im not sure that he and a few others would have gotten an IRFU contract were it not for the things that happened over the last year.

He’s still in the mix for the Irish jersey, but is definitely in the latter stages of his international career and players like stocktake, larmour, Conway, Lowe are inching closer to overtaking him.

I'd imagine the reason they are getting central contracts is that players on provincial contracts who get called up to camps or make appearances get more money, a few years ago Gordon D'Arcy was the highest paid Irish player because he wasn't on a central contract and appeared in nearly every match.

Cookiemunster · 09-03-2021 11:54am

Latest squad news. Gallagher is back in training. Cloete is going for a scan on an ankle injury. The rehab list is down to Goggin, Cronin and Snyman. https://www.munsterrugby.ie/2021/03/09/squad-update-munster-prepare-for-scarlets-at-thomond/#post

yerrahbah · 09-03-2021 11:57am

No mention of Shane Daly being injured despite 42.ie reporting he was

https://www.the42.ie/jacob-stockdale-ireland-squad-5374941-Mar2021/

Great to have Gallagher back as another FB option, Cloete inured again after putting together a few good performances .

No mention of Ahern who was down to play in the A game but didn't.

I'd expect plenty of rotation over the next 2 games with the likes of J.Wycherley, Knox, Salanoa, Ahern, Crowley, McHenry and Flannery getting gametime

aloooof · 09-03-2021 11:59am

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Latest squad news. Gallagher is back in training. Cloete is going for a scan on an ankle injury. The rehab list is down to Goggin, Cronin and Snyman. https://www.munsterrugby.ie/2021/03/09/squad-update-munster-prepare-for-scarlets-at-thomond/#post

Presume Hodnett is still out just not listed?

thomond2006 · 09-03-2021 12:00pm

Pleasant surprise to get Gallagher back. Hopefully he can be involved over the next two games.

Losing Cloete would be a big blow. I'd imagine the players that are high in minutes with Ireland won't be available for the Pro14 final and Cloete would been in line to benefit from CJ's possible absence.

bayern · 09-03-2021 12:02pm

aloooof wrote: »

Presume Hodnett is still out just not listed?

academy players not listed in those reports.

therefore no update on Josh W and Ahern who both missed A game due to injury.

sioda · 09-03-2021 1:53pm

Toulouse at home in the quarter finals should be interesting. But god the draw took forever

arsebiscuits1 · 09-03-2021 1:53pm

Toulouse probably worst case scenario for a French oppo.

Tough game ahead

PMC83 · 09-03-2021 2:18pm

sioda wrote: »

Toulouse at home in the quarter finals should be interesting. But god the draw took forever

Was a little over the top alright! Showing us every ball when they went in and out every time

phog · 09-03-2021 2:21pm

sioda wrote: »

Toulouse at home in the quarter finals should be interesting. But god the draw took forever

I gave up on it, painful to watch.

Such a pity that no crowds are allowed in, I love H/C days against teams like Toulouse

phog · 09-03-2021 2:41pm

Am I correct in thinking we have :

Away to Leinster Pro14 Final
Home to Toulouse H/C 1/4 Final
then possibly away to Wasps/Clermont H/C 1/2 Final

one week after the other

Eod100 · 09-03-2021 2:42pm

phog wrote: »

Am I correct in thinking we have :

Away to Leinster Pro14 Final
Home to Toulouse H/C 1/4 Final
then possibly away to Wasps/Clermont H/C 1/2 Final

one week after the other

Yup, definitely the business end of the season

Thrashssacre · 09-03-2021 2:55pm

phog wrote: »

Am I correct in thinking we have :

Away to Leinster Pro14 Final
Home to Toulouse H/C 1/4 Final
then possibly away to Wasps/Clermont H/C 1/2 Final

one week after the other

The Wasp/Clermont would be the QF, Toulouse is only last 16.

yerrahbah · 09-03-2021 2:58pm

phog wrote: »

Am I correct in thinking we have :

Away to Leinster Pro14 Final
Home to Toulouse H/C 1/4 Final
then possibly away to Wasps/Clermont H/C 1/2 Final

one week after the other

Beirne, Stander, Murray and Earls could start against Scotland and England

I don't see those players playing 5 huge games one after another

Cookiemunster · 09-03-2021 3:08pm

yerrahbah wrote: »

Beirne, Stander, Murray and Earls could start against Scotland and England

I don't see those players playing 5 huge games one after another

It's already been mentioned that the Ireland starting XV (at a minimum) won't be involved in the Pro14 final.

Brief_Lives · 09-03-2021 4:03pm

Cookiemunster wrote: »

It's already been mentioned that the Ireland starting XV (at a minimum) won't be involved in the Pro14 final.

why is that now?

bayern · 09-03-2021 4:04pm

Cookiemunster wrote: »

It's already been mentioned that the Ireland starting XV (at a minimum) won't be involved in the Pro14 final.

shouldn't effect Munster much compared to Leinster.

VANG1 · 09-03-2021 4:04pm

That means Leinster missing 7 backs and 5 forwards at least.

Eod100 · 09-03-2021 4:07pm

Brief_Lives wrote: »

why is that now?

Its a week after the last 6N game and a week before the CC so say CC would take priority.

Munster Team Talk Thread - Snymans are(n't) Forever

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