Munster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread IV

Pepp1989 · 15-05-2015 12:45pm

O'Donnell out for 6-8 weeks? Big blow

twinytwo · 16-05-2015 9:44am

on an unrealated note,,,, can someone tell me if the seating in the west stand of musgrave is assigned? or is it first come first severed?

phog · 16-05-2015 10:31am

twinytwo wrote: »

on an unrealated note,,,, can someone tell me if the seating in the west stand of musgrave is assigned? or is it first come first severed?

Unsure about today but for the Glasgow game it was unassigned.

Newtown90 · 16-05-2015 10:55am

phog wrote: »

Unsure about today but for the Glasgow game it was unassigned.

First come first serve always with Musgrave!

Lovely day for it here!

Micky Dolenz · 16-05-2015 11:05am

Who wants to predict the order of the first four?

It really can go anyway. I'll go with,

Ospreys
Munster
Ulster
Warriors

budhabob · 16-05-2015 12:08pm

Pepp1989 wrote: »

O'Donnell out for 6-8 weeks? Big blow

That could knock him out of contention for the world cup. Major blow for him personally given the season hes had.

Cookiemunster · 16-05-2015 1:22pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Who wants to predict the order of the first four?

It really can go anyway. I'll go with,

Ospreys
Munster
Ulster
Warriors

That would mean Ulster reserves winning in Glasgow. That's not going to happen. Munster are going to struggle for the top two even if they get a BP win today.

oneZeroOneZero · 16-05-2015 4:55pm

Would much rather have met Ulster at home in the semis, a Kingspan final is potentially far more challenging now.

thomond2006 · 16-05-2015 4:57pm

First home SF since 2010/11 so I'll take that first of all. Of course getting Ulster would have been better, aside from avoiding them in Belfast I'd prefer to play them over Ospreys.

case885 · 16-05-2015 5:04pm

Defence needs to tighten up for next weekend, we shouldn't be conceding 27 points at home to the dragons but Axel will know that. Who plays 7 is the big question. I like to see O Donohue come in with POM playing an openside role.

thomond2006 · 16-05-2015 5:48pm

case885 wrote: »

Defence needs to tighten up for next weekend, we shouldn't be conceding 27 points at home to the dragons but Axel will know that. Who plays 7 is the big question. I like to see O Donohue come in with POM playing an openside role.

I wouldn't worry too much about the defence. It was always going to be a bit loose given Munster got what they need early in the match.

Cookiemunster · 16-05-2015 5:51pm

case885 wrote: »

Defence needs to tighten up for next weekend, we shouldn't be conceding 27 points at home to the dragons but Axel will know that. Who plays 7 is the big question. I like to see O Donohue come in with POM playing an openside role.

The game today was open because Munster were going all out to score trys. Next week will be cup rugby and it'll be a much tighter game. Pens will be sent through the post rather than into the corner.

thomond2006 · 16-05-2015 6:10pm

Home PRO12 Semi-Final at Thomond Park
Munster play Ospreys the coming Saturday May 23rd at 2:30pm in Thomond Park Stadium.

In compliance with PRO12 rules, Munster Rugby will supply the Ospreys with 25% of each area of the stadium, categorised by price.

MRSC and Clubs
From this evening tickets will be allocated through the Munster Rugby Supporters Club and the Clubs. These tickets will remain available until 6pm on Monday 18th, after which time any unpurchased will be added to the public sale of tickets via Ticketmaster.

Public Sale
An initial allocation of tickets will be available on public sale here from 8pm tonight.

http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/20622.php#.VVd5xvlViko

I'd say tickets will be available on the day.

Cookiemunster · 16-05-2015 6:18pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

I'd say tickets will be available on the day.

Yeah, not a hope of selling 26000 tickets in a week. Still though if you want to be sure of getting your normal spot it's better to buy them now.

Newtown90 · 16-05-2015 9:44pm

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Yeah, not a hope of selling 26000 tickets in a week. Still though if you want to be sure of getting your normal spot it's better to buy them now.

Got mine there now. Cat A €40 hopefully be good weather for it now!

flangemeistro · 16-05-2015 11:08pm

CatFromHue · 16-05-2015 11:23pm

Don't know why you'd sell it now as all 3 players still play so can't see it being worth much.

When POC and Earls have retired and Murray is about to retire it might be worth something then.

connachta · 16-05-2015 11:32pm

So what's going on here? the red army is saying thank you to Connacht tonight??:D

phog · 16-05-2015 11:35pm

Before the match today we were chatting to a few guys about how we saw the day unfold, all of us thought Munster would win and get the BP win but a few thought that Glasgow and Osprey's would also get a BP win.

In comparing our away game v Dragons earlier in the season one guy said we scored 5 tries there so we should have no difficulty in doing so in IIP.

So in total, we scored 13 tries v Dragons this season, that's some haul of tries.

flangemeistro · 16-05-2015 11:35pm

CatFromHue wrote: »

Don't know why you'd sell it now as all 3 players still play so can't see it being worth much.

When POC and Earls have retired and Murray is about to retire it might be worth something then.

Cheers for the advice, just said I'd mention it as i came across it and it seems like a waste just to be hanging in the wardrobe.

athtrasna · 16-05-2015 11:37pm

flangemeistro wrote: »

Cheers for the advice, just said I'd mention it as i came across it and it seems like a waste just to be hanging in the wardrobe.

Mine was worn with pride many times and washed so only Paulie's signature remains...he's made of special stuff, right down to his signature

flangemeistro · 16-05-2015 11:41pm

athtrasna wrote: »

Mine was worn with pride many times and washed so only Paulie's signature remains...he's made of special stuff, right down to his signature

Couldn't wear mine if i wanted to , it's only a medium and the last time i saw a medium was in the back of a caravan at a county fair.

.ak · 16-05-2015 11:53pm

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George Bailey · 17-05-2015 12:55pm

Glenviewjf wrote: »

Got mine there now. Cat A €40 hopefully be good weather for it now!

Was this through ticketmaster? Trying to get some but there are no decent tickets on sale, only the end sections of each of the stands.

They don not appear to be on sale through the Munster site either

athtrasna · 17-05-2015 1:20pm

George Bailey wrote: »

Was this through ticketmaster? Trying to get some but there are no decent tickets on sale, only the end sections of each of the stands.

They don not appear to be on sale through the Munster site either

Mrsc members can access tickets that are not on general sale. Cat A were selling fast last night.

phog · 17-05-2015 2:40pm

Tyler Bleyendaal warmed up with the squad yesterday as did Johne Murphy, Tyler looked bigger than I thought he was, he looked taller and broader than Keatley.

He brought out a kicking tee but I didn't notice if he took kicks at goal during the warm up, Murray certainly too a few.

bennyl10 · 17-05-2015 2:52pm

phog wrote: »

Tyler Bleyendaal warmed up with the squad yesterday as did Johne Murphy, Tyler looked bigger than I thought he was, he looked taller and broader than Keatley.

He brought out a kicking tee but I didn't notice if he took kicks at goal during the warm up, Murray certainly too a few.

Tyler took a couple of kicks at goal alright, Foley was watching quote closely while doing so also!

He's a lot bigger than I thought he was..
Looks fairly promising.. Be nice to see him maybe make the bench next week..

George Bailey · 17-05-2015 2:59pm

athtrasna wrote: »

Mrsc members can access tickets that are not on general sale. Cat A were selling fast last night.

Thanks

Cookiemunster · 17-05-2015 3:00pm

George Bailey wrote: »

Was this through ticketmaster? Trying to get some but there are no decent tickets on sale, only the end sections of each of the stands.

They don not appear to be on sale through the Munster site either

MRSC and Munster clubs have first pick on the good tickets until 6pm Monday. After that everything goes on general sale.

Mahatma Geansai · 17-05-2015 3:34pm

Earls is such a special player. Joe has to find a place for him in the Irish side for the RWC.

thomond2006 · 18-05-2015 1:04pm

Mahatma Geansai wrote: »

Earls is such a special player. Joe has to find a place for him in the Irish side for the RWC.

I don't see how Earls won't be on the plane, unless he gets hurt again. At worst he's the perfect utility player for in a squad with number restrictions.

Oregano_State · 18-05-2015 8:22pm

Mahatma Geansai wrote: »

Earls is such a special player. Joe has to find a place for him in the Irish side for the RWC.

thomond2006 wrote: »

I don't see how Earls won't be on the plane, unless he gets hurt again. At worst he's the perfect utility player for in a squad with number restrictions.

I dunno. I was at the game on Saturday and I thought some of his defending was absolutely cat. His decision to go high on Faletau in the first couple of minutes was a particularly bad call.

Yes, he was good in attack, but still made one or two errors there. The attempted pass/offload to Donnacha Ryan in the first half that went straight into touch comes to mind.

aimee1 · 18-05-2015 8:30pm

Oregano_State wrote: »

I dunno. I was at the game on Saturday and I thought some of his defending was absolutely cat. His decision to go high on Faletau in the first couple of minutes was a particularly bad call.

Yes, he was good in attack, but still made one or two errors there. The attempted pass/offload to Donnacha Ryan in the first half that went straight into touch comes to mind.

nit picking on errors that a lot of players make in defence. Earls is one of the best irish backs so unless he is injured he is a near cert to make the squad.

Oregano_State · 18-05-2015 9:23pm

aimee1 wrote: »

nit picking on errors that a lot of players make in defence. Earls is one of the best irish backs so unless he is injured he is a near cert to make the squad.

I'm a fan of Earls, but his defending on Saturday was poor by any standards, and Joe's standards are high. Ireland's game plan is built on having a solid defence and being accountable for making one on one tackles.

The fact it was a very loose game mitigates in his favour, but if he puts in a defensive shift like that in any of the build-up games he could well see himself left out of the WC squad.

Earls is a very good player, but we have a lot of very talented backs at the moment, and are particularly stacked with talent on the wings, so I don't necessarily agree with your statement that he's "one of the best Irish backs", unless it was qualified by saying "if he's on form".

aimee1 · 18-05-2015 9:38pm

Oregano_State wrote: »

I'm a fan of Earls, but his defending on Saturday was poor by any standards, and Joe's standards are high. Ireland's game plan is built on having a solid defence and being accountable for making one on one tackles.

The fact it was a very loose game mitigates in his favour, but if he puts in a defensive shift like that in any of the build-up games he could well see himself left out of the WC squad.

Earls is a very good player, but we have a lot of very talented backs at the moment, and are particularly stacked with talent on the wings, so I don't necessarily agree with your statement that he's "one of the best Irish backs", unless it was qualified by saying "if he's on form".

Look at the leinster players and the difference between how they have performed this season in blue and green. JS gets the best out of players even when their club 'form' sees them dropped. Mike Ross is a prime example in january he wasnt in the leinster squad in europe yet he picked up a 6n winners medal.

JS has constantly name checked Earls and he is the sort of coach who would make Earls a better player.

jm08 · 19-05-2015 12:45am

Oregano_State wrote: »

I'm a fan of Earls, but his defending on Saturday was poor by any standards, and Joe's standards are high. Ireland's game plan is built on having a solid defence and being accountable for making one on one tackles.

The fact it was a very loose game mitigates in his favour, but if he puts in a defensive shift like that in any of the build-up games he could well see himself left out of the WC squad.

Earls is a very good player, but we have a lot of very talented backs at the moment, and are particularly stacked with talent on the wings, so I don't necessarily agree with your statement that he's "one of the best Irish backs", unless it was qualified by saying "if he's on form".

Dragons scored 2 tries after Earls had gone off (the score was 45-17 when he went ). According to ESPN stats, Earls missed one tackle in the game. He also beat 5 defenders and made 2 clean breaks!

ouncer · 19-05-2015 2:06am

Interesting that Schmidt went to watch the Connacht game rather than the Munster game over the weekend. Hmmmm, Healy instead of zebo, o'halloran instead of Jones would seem the logic for rwc. Bowe already has 14 wrapped up so Keith might have to book holiday flights instead

Fireball07 · 19-05-2015 2:38am

ouncer wrote: »

Interesting that Schmidt went to watch the Connacht game rather than the Munster game over the weekend. Hmmmm, Healy instead of zebo, o'halloran instead of Jones would seem the logic for rwc. Bowe already has 14 wrapped up so Keith might have to book holiday flights instead

Bazzo · 19-05-2015 6:31am

ouncer wrote: »

Interesting that Schmidt went to watch the Connacht game rather than the Munster game over the weekend. Hmmmm, Healy instead of zebo, o'halloran instead of Jones would seem the logic for rwc. Bowe already has 14 wrapped up so Keith might have to book holiday flights instead

Far more likely he was having a look at Buckley and Marmion.

leakyboots · 19-05-2015 10:25am

Oregano_State wrote: »

I'm a fan of Earls, but his defending on Saturday was poor by any standards, and Joe's standards are high. Ireland's game plan is built on having a solid defence and being accountable for making one on one tackles.

The fact it was a very loose game mitigates in his favour, but if he puts in a defensive shift like that in any of the build-up games he could well see himself left out of the WC squad.

Earls is a very good player, but we have a lot of very talented backs at the moment, and are particularly stacked with talent on the wings, so I don't necessarily agree with your statement that he's "one of the best Irish backs", unless it was qualified by saying "if he's on form".

Earls missed one tackle from my memory. And it was against Faletau, no shame in that. I think he did get turned over once or twice which he'll be disappointed with but would have to see the game again to see is that down to the support possibly. Hit his rucks too. Lovely vision too to step out of the maul to pull the defender to let Denis Hurley over the line for his try (another player in a sustained rich vein of form)

Form winger, possibly player, in the country at the moment.

.ak · 19-05-2015 10:27am

Ah I think Gilroy is the form winger in the country at the moment.

tommycahir · 19-05-2015 10:50am

Does anybody know if being involved in the Ireland Wolfhounds 7's squad means that the player will no longer be contracted to Munster or available for the pro12 squads, seems a few Munster players been named in the 7's squad this morning. I ask as Shane Layden was released by Connacht at the end of the season (confirmed at weekend) and I spot a certain Luke O'Dea named below...

This would also explain why we have seen Diarmuid McCarthy training wiith the A and senior squads recently, I recognise some of the others from A team or academy updates but don't know much about them..

http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/34621.php#.VVsFNWNgSI4

Alan Bennie (Clanwilliam /Munster)
Dan Goggin (Young Munster/Munster)
Gearoid Lyons (Young Munster/ Munster)
Diarmuid McCarthy (Young Munster/Munster)
Luke O'Dea (Shannon/ Munster)
Alex Wootton (Garryowen/Munster)

leakyboots · 19-05-2015 10:53am

tommycahir wrote: »

Does anybody know if being involved in the Ireland Wolfhounds 7's squad means that the player will no longer be contracted to Munster or available for the pro12 squads, seems a few Munster players been named in the 7's squad this morning. I ask as Shane Layden was released by Connacht at the end of the season (confirmed at weekend) and I spot a certain Luke O'Dea named below...

This would also explain why we have seen Diarmuid McCarthy training wiith the A and senior squads recently, I recognise some of the others from A team or academy updates but don't know much about them..

http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/34621.php#.VVsFNWNgSI4

Alan Bennie (Clanwilliam /Munster)
Dan Goggin (Young Munster/Munster)
Gearoid Lyons (Young Munster/ Munster)
Diarmuid McCarthy (Young Munster/Munster)
Luke O'Dea (Shannon/ Munster)
Alex Wootton (Garryowen/Munster)

My understanding is that LOD is to be released, but until it's official take it with a grain of salt (pity if it is true, always looked exciting when fit)

tommycahir · 19-05-2015 11:04am

leakyboots wrote: »

My understanding is that LOD is to be released, but until it's official take it with a grain of salt (pity if it is true, always looked exciting when fit)

That would be in line with what I would expect based on practice in other countries and from Connacht already with Shane Layden. I always liked seeing him but he looked to be made of glass so the space in 7's should suit him.

thomond2006 · 19-05-2015 11:09am

It would be a great shop window for LOD at the very least for other clubs to see his pace!

phog · 19-05-2015 11:41am

Stringer has signed a one year deal with Sale Sharks

.ak · 19-05-2015 11:50am

phog wrote: »

Stringer has signed a one year deal with Sale Sharks

Boo-urns. Was hoping he'd play for Leinster during the RWC.

thomond2006 · 19-05-2015 11:57am

I thought he would go to Pau as a backup to Lacrampe.

thomond2006 · 19-05-2015 12:04pm

They've increased the prices for South and North Terrace to €40. The other prices haven't changed. That's weird.
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/guinness-pro12-playoff-semi-final-limerick-city-05-23-2015/event/18004EA8EA0F83D0?artistid=33318&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=225

slingerz · 19-05-2015 12:23pm

thomond2006 wrote: »

They've increased the prices for South and North Terrace to €40. The other prices haven't changed. That's weird.
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/guinness-pro12-playoff-semi-final-limerick-city-05-23-2015/event/18004EA8EA0F83D0?artistid=33318&majorcatid=10004&minorcatid=225

Thats an error i'd be fairly certain

Munster Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread IV

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