Munster vs CONNACHT match thread

testtech05

Connacht discipline very very poor today disappointing to see. Last angle they showed of the first one looked red to me and delahunt had no excuse was an elbow to the throat.

I did think Cloete late hit on Blade looked high in the one brief replay we saw so thought it maybe warranted closer inspection too......

It's all pretty academic now anyway Murphy could nearly blow it up at half time and save is all the hassle of watching the 2nd half.

razorblunt

Plenty on the overlap for the 3rd try and Munster still insisted on bulldozing up the forwards. No sense of heads up rugby

Bridge93

Toland referring to munster players by first name and Connacht players by number is grating

Clegg

At least the referee is consistent with his cards. Constant infringing near the line will get a yellow.

thomond2006

Munster since the red cards have been awful.

VANG1

That’s the point only a penalty. I rewatched it again and clear yellow. He can’t help being biased for his own team. Only natural

thomond2006

Munster since the red cards have been awful.

StackSteevens

Even against 13 men, POM is still hardwired to cheat.

Burkie1203

testtech05 wrote: »

I did think Cloete late hit on Blade looked high in the one brief replay we saw so thought it maybe warranted closer inspection too......

Think De Allende hit on Sexton last week should have been YC and wasnt. Cloete was borderline more as a purely stupid thing to do

aloooof

Clegg wrote: »

Aki has been excellent since coming on. Best centre on the pitch.

DDA has been excellent as well, to be fair.

aloooof

VANG1 wrote: »

That’s the point only a penalty. I rewatched it again and clear yellow. He can’t help being biased for his own team. Only natural

:rolleyes:

Zzippy

Yellow for POM. That was coming. Ref consistent anyway.

bennyl10

StackSteevens wrote: »

Even against 13 men, POM is still hardwired to cheat.

God knows what you think of the connacht players here then

aloooof

thomond2006 wrote: »

Munster since the red cards have been awful.

Agreed. First 20 mins was very good. Pretty poor since then.

Bridge93

What’s the penalty count at now

Clegg

I don't know why the commentator is so surprised about Beirne's yellow. Referee has been consistent about penalising players not being on their feet at the ruck.

StackSteevens

bennyl10 wrote: »

God knows what you think of the connacht players here then

When Connacht have 15 against 13 you're welcome to come back to me.

Clegg

Aki is incredible.

Playing the role of 6, 8 and 12 all at once.

Bridge93

Both sides should be embarrassed by this. What an appalling advert for the game. Referee has had little to no choice

yerrahbah

shambles of a match

thomond2006

Aki has been absolutely immense.

razorblunt

Bridge93 wrote: »

What’s the penalty count at now

26.

3 yellows, 2 reds. Shambles.

bennyl10

StackSteevens wrote: »

When Connacht have 15 against 13 you're welcome to come back to me.

Hard programmed to cheat?

There is zero need for that comment he gives away a needless penalty but that’s it

VANG1

Aki is a real player, best on the pitch

Clegg

Munster needed that half time more than Connacht did. Which is incredible when you think about it.

VANG1

Time for a cup of Barry’s

thomond2006

The second twenty minutes were pretty horrific from a Munster perspective.

Zzippy

Munster fully deserve the lead but worrying for their defence that even with a two and one man advantage the only way they can defend their line against 13 men is by constant infringing and offsides. Probably would have been a better option to just concede a try and get back up field with a full complement.

Dr. Steve Brule

Shocking half of rugby there. Aki holding up Connacht & Munster struggling at the end of half.

Shocking stuff.

Utopia Parkway

Game has been an absolute shambles.

Bridge93

So we’re playing rugby league for the first ten of the second half. 13 v 13 with two packs of 6 each

Former Former

That's an awful 47 minutes of rugby lads.

The Lost Sheep

No complaints about the cards. Would like look at some of the penalty only decisions as think some of them should have been more. Terrible game

Bridge93

Cloete penalty and non penalty aside, I think Murphy has done pretty well in about as testing a game as one could possibly be put in charge in

yerrahbah

A bit of sympathy for Papali’i

But if you go that high for a tackle you run the risk of a red card.

No question about the 2nd Red.

Disappointed with how Munster have reacted to the 2nd red card.

Aki has been immense

Not the type of game Munster will want the week before a Semi-Final

Richie_Rich89

Was Papali'i's tackle a red? It's a very risky way to tackle with the way the laws are, but I'm not so sure there was actually contact with the neck/head. There's a whiplash effect because of the force of it and then Murray is potentially more hurt because he gets pushed into Farrell.

aloooof

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Was Papali'i's tackle a red? It's a very risky way to tackle with the way the laws are, but I'm not so sure there was actually contact with the neck/head. There's a whiplash effect because of the force of it and then Murray is potentially more hurt because he gets pushed into Farrell.

This suggests there was contact with neck/head:

https://twitter.com/MicilGlennon/status/1300082931134758913

schmoo2k

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Was Papali'i's tackle a red? It's a very risky way to tackle with the way the laws are, but I'm not so sure there was actually contact with the neck/head. There's a whiplash effect because of the force of it and then Murray is potentially more hurt because he gets pushed into Farrell.

The halftime replay was pretty damning...

DDC1990

Richie_Rich89 wrote: »

Was Papali'i's tackle a red? It's a very risky way to tackle with the way the laws are, but I'm not so sure there was actually contact with the neck/head. There's a whiplash effect because of the force of it and then Murray is potentially more hurt because he gets pushed into Farrell.

There was an angle from behind the tackle where the shoulder clearly makes first contact with Murray's face. No doubt about the red card.

Aki has been like a man possessed since coming on.

testtech05

A case for a penalty try there the way that was moving before Cloete took it down

VANG1

Penalty try if first half scrum was

realhorrorshow

Worst interpro in recent years?

Zzippy

realhorrorshow wrote: »

Worst interpro in recent years?

No way. It's certainly not boring!

Clegg

Blade did brilliantly to stop that try. Didn't commit to the tackle on Murray so he could track back on Earls.

Burkie1203

Butchering opportunities against 13 men is awful stuff

thomond2006

Time to empty the bench surely.

razorblunt

Hook Beirne for not going under the post!

yerrahbah

Nice

VANG1

Who will get man of the match?

aloooof

I'd like to see JOD on. Maul defence hasn't been great, he'd add to that.