Munster vs Connacht, Sat 28 March 5:15pm; Sky Sports

Zzippy

ssaye2 wrote: »

Never depend on another other provinces

Say what?

Anatidaephobia

What the hell, another gifted try.

Hagz

Looked fine to me.

awec

I think Connacht knocked this on first.

Edit: nope. looks ok I think.

Wang King

He he

awec

Game is crazy.

Schorpio

Nice work by Earls. Thoroughly deserved.

BeardySi

Fecks ache... Got a bit shambolic towards the end didn't it?

ssaye2

Zzippy wrote: »

Say what?

Leinster need everyone above to lose cause we are ****e.

thomond2006

ssaye2 wrote: »

Drunk but connacht going for nearly 30 years loss away. Typical

You mad bro?

Great second half performance after a poor first half showing.

Inspector Coptoor

Can't begrudge Earls that try at all.
He had a great game.

The difference in the benches of both teams was very telling.

6th place will be difficult to attain now with the horrible run in Connchat have.

Edinburgh in the driving seat I think

Borders no.2

If we don't improve hugely, our European Cup qualification hopes are over, the other Top 4 contenders will tear holes in us in the run in.

ssaye2

thomond2006 wrote: »

You mad bro?

Great second half performance after a poor first half showing.

yes

case885

Well done to CJ, beast again today.

BeardySi

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

6th place will be difficult to attain now with the horrible run in Connchat have.

Edinburgh in the driving seat I think

Scarlets likely have 6th in the bag barring major upset - they've got a much easier run in. It'll be tight for 7th... Better hope Ulster's erratic form do us a favour at home...

ouncer

Indicators would have said result was likely. So Buckley was insanely good. Marmion was very disappointing. Jack was jack. Hadn't expected much but at least it confirms who is good and who is not. Masterson excellent. Buckley excellent. Finn did well. Toh didn't make a mistake. Wingers weren't involved. Did say on the Connacht thread that they wouldn't. Am I disappointed. Not really. Had hoped

Hagz

TOH certainly made mistakes. Off the top of my head he passed a ball into touch.

thomond2006

I'd like to think we can put out the strongest XV for the rest of the season, with three rest weeks over the next six weeks.

-- Rest week --
Edinburgh (A)
-- Rest week --
Treviso (H)
-- Rest week --
Ulster (A)
Dragons (H)
Pro12 SF
Pro12 Final

bilston

thomond2006 wrote: »

I'd like to think we can put out the strongest XV for the rest of the season, with three rest weeks over the next six weeks.

-- Rest week --
Edinburgh (A)
-- Rest week --
Treviso (H)
-- Rest week --
Ulster (A)
Dragons (H)
Pro12 SF
Pro12 Final

A full strength Ulster versus a full strength Munster at the beginning of May could be a real humdinger!

thomond2006

Edinburgh's result today makes that match a humdinger as well. They have a great shot at 6th place.

wp_rathead

Munster showed serious class second half
No complaints From this Connacht fan

Thought Carty had great first half..
..then around 55min mark he.kicked a penalty dead and was Munster from there on

Fireball07

Enjoyable game. Earls & Jones were both at fault for Nikora's try, but Earls had a very good game in general, but I'd have liked to see him in the centre to get on the ball more.

Not many players really stood out, we did struggle a small bit in the 1st half, were caught at the breakdown a lot. I thought John Ryan did well, as did Holland & DOC.


Good to get the BP win though.

phog

Mixed game, good few errors from both teams but Munster deserved their scores, used the wind advantage much better than Connacht.

JOD try looked on ok to me, pity it was called back.

Our backrow worked hard with ball in hand but we were generally poor at ruck time.

Hard to know about some of the penalties, must wait to see them on TV.

Earls showed some speed today and really one error and it gifted them a try. The bounce of a ball :mad:

thomond2006

phog wrote: »

Hard to know about some of the penalties, must wait to see them on TV.

Denis Buckley owned the breakdown in the first half. 4 turnovers credited to him.

phog

thomond2006 wrote: »

Denis Buckley owned the breakdown in the first half. 4 turnovers credited to him.

I wasn't just referring to Buckley, he had a stormer, was also talking about some scrum penalties that went Munster's way.

Zzippy

phog wrote: »

Mixed game, good few errors from both teams but Munster deserved their scores, used the wind advantage much better than Connacht.

JOD try looked on ok to me, pity it was called back.

Our backrow worked hard with ball in hand but we were generally poor at ruck time.

Hard to know about some of the penalties, must wait to see them on TV.

Earls showed some speed today and really one error and it gifted them a try. The bounce of a ball :mad:

Munster also dominated physically and upped their game in the second half when they got into the 22 whereas Connacht had a good few forays into the 22 but couldn't do the same. Another big difference was the quality at 10 - Keatley far superior to Carty.

phog

Zzippy wrote: »

Munster also dominated physically and upped their game in the second half when they got into the 22 whereas Connacht had a good few forays into the 22 but couldn't do the same. Another big difference was the quality at 10 - Keatley far superior to Carty.

Keatley was poor with kicking from hand, he had few decent kicks but in general he just handed the back to Connacht.

I thought Williams was the better of the scrumhalfs on show too.

ouncer

As many know I have grown out of the being a jack supporter. That said I thought keatley was mediocre at best. Prior to 6 nations did have a think about options at 10 for Ireland. Jack may not be one but neither is ian

slingerz

thomond2006 wrote: »

I'd like to think we can put out the strongest XV for the rest of the season, with three rest weeks over the next six weeks.

-- Rest week --
Edinburgh (A)
-- Rest week --
Treviso (H)
-- Rest week --
Ulster (A)
Dragons (H)
Pro12 SF
Pro12 Final

The next game is huge really a win away to Edinburgh would be most welcome. If we could swing a try bonus point there that would be fantastic! I'm sure Connacht will be cheering us on!

Would expect TBP wins over Treviso and Dragons to be honest and the game against Ulster to decide who finished top

phog

slingerz wrote: »

The next game is huge really a win away to Edinburgh would be most welcome. If we could swing a try bonus point there that would be fantastic! I'm sure Connacht will be cheering us on!

Would expect TBP wins over Treviso and Dragons to be honest and the game against Ulster to decide who finished top

Edinburgh beat us in our first game of the season, we can't possibly leave Edinburgh without 4 points, easier said than done, they've beaten Glasgow & Ospreys and ran Ulster close so we're going to be in out top game there.


Last night was a mixed bag but once we got our act together we ran in 6 tries, not often we've done that.

wp_rathead

if ye could deny Edinburgh a LBP while ye are at it, be most welcome

slingerz

phog wrote: »

Edinburgh beat us in our first game of the season, we can't possibly leave Edinburgh without 4 points, easier said than done, they've beaten Glasgow & Ospreys and ran Ulster close so we're going to be in out top game there.


Last night was a mixed bag but once we got our act together we ran in 6 tries, not often we've done that.

Ya that first game was a terrible game to lose really
Going their at full strength with POC, POM and Murray back in the side would give confidence tho

phog

WTVs blog of the game

Fireball07

When it comes to the big games, I hope Earls is at 13. He's a better winger but the team is better with him in the centre, on the ball as much as possible. He's so so good.

phog

Some pics of the game from MR

ouncer

Had a look at the game again last night. It was a strange one. Starts with carty kicking as good a penalty as you will see, to be followed shortly by kicking the ball out on the full, to be followed an immaculate kick into the corner. It was like that for the duration of the game. And its simply not good enough at this level. He also really needs to beef up. He just doesn't have the physical presence.

Its funny how games can hinge on a moment. Just after the break if jack had flung the ball wide there was an overlap for a walk in try. Then a missed touch that brought the game back into the Connacht half rather than been inside the Munster 22.

The Connacht game was highly attritional with the focus on possession. As such it was not surprising that when Munster started springing replacements our lads just didn't have the gas left to compete.

It was surprising to see our lineout struggle but kudos to Munster for making it difficult. Thought Rodney had a really good game and Denis really should have got motm

Padkir

ouncer wrote: »

Had a look at the game again last night. It was a strange one. Starts with carty kicking as good a penalty as you will see, to be followed shortly by kicking the ball out on the full, to be followed an immaculate kick into the corner. It was like that for the duration of the game. And its simply not good enough at this level. He also really needs to beef up. He just doesn't have the physical presence.

Its funny how games can hinge on a moment. Just after the break if jack had flung the ball wide there was an overlap for a walk in try. Then a missed touch that brought the game back into the Connacht half rather than been inside the Munster 22.

The Connacht game was highly attritional with the focus on possession. As such it was not surprising that when Munster started springing replacements our lads just didn't have the gas left to compete.

It was surprising to see our lineout struggle but kudos to Munster for making it difficult. Thought Rodney had a really good game and Denis really should have got motm

Buckley was very good, particularly in the first half, but Stander was head and shoulders the best player on the pitch; he was close to untouchable with ball in hand.

No complaints about the result, just didn't have the depth to match Munster at the end and wasted a couple of chances in the first half and early in the second when we ventured into Munster territory. Really missed a bit of experience and creativity in the midfield.

However, not getting anything against Munster in Thomond is not going to define the season or be the reason we don't get 6th / 7th, so not going to worry too much about it. Credit to Munster, and for the love of God beat Edinburgh off the park next week!

ouncer

Agreed, no complaints about result