Ulster vs Munster, Fri 3 Jan, 7:35pm, Eir

gally74

Utah_Saint wrote: »

Reidy lifted by the neck

as a conn fan, no he wasnt, o don was fine,

sydthebeat

Mcclosky takes a prop and second row over the line with him.... Some man

ScrubsfanChris

Munster to get their holes handed to them next week.

Sinbad_NI

Ref has let to much go for me.
Hopefully he doesn't lose control of it.

razorblunt

He knocked it on falling to the floor, facing his own posts.
That’s some skill.

Awful refereeing, Munster avoided a yellow twice now as a try was scored.

Granny15

The amount of stick POM gets on here. I think he’s having a very solid game

gally74

think POM will be off to France soon....

Faugheen

Van Graan = spoofer.

For all the talk of the ‘Larkham effect’, the Munster attack is the exact same as last year. Awful, and it’s clear what the issue is.

The Munster half-backs need to play some heads up rugby like Cooney and Burns are doing. The system isn’t working.

troyzer

ROC saying on Twitter that when they lose this, Munster have only won two from the last seven.

Exclamation Marc

Ooof. This is a walloping.

Ulster looks great. Cooney needs to get some starts for Ireland in key games.

Sinbad_NI

Nice one big Stockdale

Clegg

Have to ask some hard questions of Van Graan now. Munster's forwards are getting worse by the week. Intercept occurred because Munsters backs were pushing it.

leakyboots

Had Stockdale really not scored for Ulster in a year? Mad

A-Train

Stockdale with a great read and break away try. Well read by him from Joeys pass.

Bridge93

Another raid to the east surely being plotted in that coaching room

yerrahbah

nightmare stuff

TheAnalyst_

This is pretty much Munsters best 15 right or close enough?

FrancieBrady

A rout.

ClanofLams

Expect them to be fine but Munster are going to be in a scrap to make top 3 at current rate.

razorblunt

Faugheen wrote: »

Van Graan = spoofer.

For all the talk of the ‘Larkham effect’, the Munster attack is the exact same as last year. Awful, and it’s clear what the issue is.

The Munster half-backs need to play some heads up rugby like Cooney and Burns are doing. The system isn’t working.

The backs were making some decent improvements before last week when they seem to have forgotten what they were doing. The forwards have been rubbish last few games.

Murray is stop slow for what Larkham wants to do.
3 of the 4 scrum halfs are, the 4th is a kid.

The best suited got sent packing.

Granny15

What’s the view on Cooney V Murray? I think Murray continues with selfish box kicking and giving ball away. Cooney better at holding possession for his team

Bridge93

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

This is pretty much Munsters best 15 right or close enough?

Well Kilcoyne and Ryan/Archer didn’t start.
Kleyn, Stander and Beirne although he’s goosed.
Chris Farrell
Haley

ScrubsfanChris

troyzer wrote: »

ROC saying on Twitter that when they lose this, Munster have only won two from the last seven.

Is he talking about Ulster/Munster games?

Clegg

Faugheen wrote: »

Van Graan = spoofer.

For all the talk of the ‘Larkham effect’, the Munster attack is the exact same as last year. Awful, and it’s clear what the issue is.

The Munster half-backs need to play some heads up rugby like Cooney and Burns are doing. The system isn’t working.

I think there was some evidence of a changed attacking structure earlier in the season. We saw that double pivot at 10 and 12 and a greater effort to draw in opposition defenders. But when the test players came back into the squad the attacking plan reverted back to that of seasons past.

Van Graan must be asked about why Munster have gotten worse with their best players on the pitch. The pack has also gotten worse week on week.

gally74

Granny15 wrote: »

What’s the view on Cooney V Murray? I think Murray continues with selfish box kicking and giving ball away. Cooney better at holding possession for his team

are you actually watching the game, murray dosent even seem to be at pace getting to the ruck,

ScrubsfanChris

Granny15 wrote: »

What’s the view on Cooney V Murray? I think Murray continues with selfish box kicking and giving ball away. Cooney better at holding possession for his team

All depends on what time of gameplan Farrell wants to play. One that involves alot of kicking its still Murray, anything else really and Cooney would start you'd think.

razorblunt

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Is he talking about Ulster/Munster games?

No, all games, they said similar at the start of this game.

troyzer

ScrubsfanChris wrote: »

Is he talking about Ulster/Munster games?

No, all games in all competitions.

Clegg

Granny15 wrote: »

The amount of stick POM gets on here. I think he’s having a very solid game

Few turnovers and stolen lineout ball. But he's part of a pack that's been mullered. Only so much credit he can get for this performance.

yerrahbah

Thats better. Pretty sure Munster have no locks on the field

leakyboots

gally74 wrote: »

are you actually watching the game, murray dosent even seem to be at pace getting to the ruck,

That's actually nonsense

TheAnalyst_

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

This is pretty much Munsters best 15 right or close enough?

Ah they're probably 6 or 7 players away from their best XV.

But some of their senior players have been really poor. Earls has made some terrible decisions, POM has been typically AWOL.

Granny15 wrote: »

The amount of stick POM gets on here. I think he’s having a very solid game

He's having the exact opposite of a 'solid' game. He's having his few moments here and there and doing nothing in between.

Squidgy Black

Two interpros in a row that Will Addison has absolutely lit up a 12 and drilled them.

Outstanding stuff.

Utah_Saint

That was exact same tackle jod made earlier and was told it was fine

sydthebeat

Any forward playing for a beaten pack will be seen as poor.

However with ulster's possession tonight POM has to come off with at least double digit tackles.

Sinbad_NI

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Two interpros in a row that Will Addison has absolutely lit up a 12 and drilled them.

Outstanding stuff.

He's a class class act.

Faugheen

The ref has been very kind to Munster as well. That tackle by O’Connor was no different to the one in Reidy.

Speaking of, Reidy has been fantastic in this game. My MOTM I think.

ScrubsfanChris

ClanofLams wrote: »

Expect them to be fine but Munster are going to be in a scrap to make top 3 at current rate.

Not really, Conference B is very mediocre.


Also next run of Pro14 games is Kings(H) Zebre(A) Scarlets(H) Benetton(A) Benetton(H) Cardiff(H)

TheAnalyst_

The past few months have really shown up some of Schmidts selection calls. Addison is one of them.

troyzer

sydthebeat wrote: »

Any forward playing for a beaten pack will be seen as poor.

However with ulster's possession tonight POM has to come off with at least double digit tackles.

He's got three at the moment according to Ultimate Rugby.

Utah_Saint

This ref is having a mare

Clegg

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

The past few months have really shown up some of Schmidts selection calls. Addison is one of them.

The Addison one was fair though. He was constantly injured and had no game time. Was too big a risk to take. The bigger cock up was not selecting Larmour at 15 when he was playing out of his skin.

Munster are absolutely awful, there's not really any other way to call it.

sydthebeat

troyzer wrote: »

He's got three at the moment according to Ultimate Rugby.

I just checked ESPN myself.

3 tackles.... That's pretty disgraceful

ScrubsfanChris

razorblunt wrote: »

No, all games, they said similar at the start of this game.

Very much wrong then.

Including this, last 11 games its 6 wins 1 draw and 4 loss

Took all of 30 seconds to see that.

In total Munster have played 14 games so far this season winning 8

Squidgy Black

Lovely pass from Carbery but absolutely nowhere for him to go

troyzer

sydthebeat wrote: »

I just checked ESPN myself.

3 tackles.... That's pretty disgraceful

bUt He hITs lOaDs oF rUcKs

yerrahbah

Lovely pass from Rory Scannell, Has that in his locker

Bridge93

Carbery has nothing in front of him and nothing outside him

razorblunt

Don’t want to bash Goggin too much as he’s not a winger but to run at stockdale’s outside shoulder was pretty silly.