Scarlets vs Munster, Sat 3rd Oct 3pm; Eir Sport & TG4

arsebiscuits1

Absolutely brilliant to see a young player hit a clutch kick like that. Will do his confidence going into this season a world of good.


I can't remember a game where a team finished on 27 points without scoring a try. 9 kickable penalties conceded is diabolical though.

lawrencesummers

schmoo2k wrote: »

He lost it (I didn't think forward as it was turned over), then the scarlett player fell on top of it sealing it off - penalty.

If a player loses a ball then it’s not in possession and can be dived on.

Enjoyed that game.

Thought Munster were completely hosed at 50 - 60 mins but great effort and determination to find a way back in.

Worrying though - two of those tries were soft enough and the penalty count was dire.

shootermacg

I know it's becoming a trope at this stage but.....dat ref!

schmoo2k

lawrencesummers wrote: »

If a player loses a ball then it’s not in possession and can be dived on.

Not when its been successfully turned over by a Scarletts player and a second player comes in and seals it off? (thats what it looked like to me at the time anyway)

shootermacg

Gavin Coombes was impressive. Amazing work to get back and save a try by the big man.

irelandrover

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Enjoyed that game.

Thought Munster were completely hosed at 50 - 60 mins but great effort and determination to find a way back in.

Worrying though - two of those tries were soft enough and the penalty count was dire.

Another way of looking at it is munster were poor, yet still scored 3 tries away from home and didn't really look like conceding.

lawrencesummers

schmoo2k wrote: »

Not when its been successfully turned over by a Scarletts player and a second player comes in and seals it off? (thats what it looked like to me at the time anyway)

It was lost forward plain as day.
A number of terrible refereeing calls but that’s what you expect from the pro12-14.

Akrasia

irelandrover wrote: »

Another way of looking at it is munster were poor, yet still scored 3 tries away from home and didn't really look like conceding.

TBF, We didn't look like conceding because Scarlets took the 3 points every single time they had an opportunity which was a perfectly understandable strategy given that they had Halfpenny in such good form

I think the conditions did not help, the first few penalties against Munster were from players slipping at the breakdown and going off their feet

The First POM yellow was very soft, that kind of clear out happens multiple times in every game, even in this game, the Scarlets did the same thing later on without even conceding a penalty

Early on, our decision making was very poor, I know its the first game of the season, but there were some silly decisions that wasted good attacking positions.

JJ played... fine I suppose, couple of big mistakes, missing touch and that kick (wasn't a gimme but he should have got it)

Healy and Cronin made a really positive impact off the bench.

After the first half, I would have been ok with a LBP, happy with a draw, and didn't expect a win at all, so the final 10 minutes was epic and the way they just refused to lie down and take their beating is the most encouraging aspect of this performance

Akrasia

lawrencesummers wrote: »

It was lost forward plain as day.
A number of terrible refereeing calls but that’s what you expect from the pro12-14.

We have Peypar to look forward to next year in the Pro-16

yay

lawrencesummers

Akrasia wrote: »

We have Peypar to look forward to next year in the Pro-16

yay

The rugby championship will be gutted by his absence.

irelandrover

irelandrover wrote: »

Another way of looking at it is munster were poor, yet still scored 3 tries away from home and didn't really look like conceding.

It's an excellent result - very rare to account for a score difference like that in the final 20. Scarlets seemed to have more confidence in Halfpenny kicking 3 than Jones kicking down the wings and the fact that they continually took the points shows how much they respect Munster.

But the standard was poor. Irish teams seem to be struggling with breakdown rules / timing etc and Munster are no different. Scarlets look a shadow of themselves and didn't back themselves in possession.

It was a fantastic kardashian, just with a heap of caveats.

pickarooney

Akrasia wrote: »

We have Peypar to look forward to next year in the Pro-16

yay

He's going to be TMO. The replays will be Peyper-view

thomond2006

I've only watched the last 10 minutes but to salvage a win from the position following Halfpenny's three pointer on halfway is both impressive and mad.

shootermacg

thomond2006 wrote: »

I've only watched the last 10 minutes but to salvage a win from the position following Halfpenny's three pointer on halfway is both impressive and mad.

It is literally not worth anyone's time to watch the first 65 minutes of that game, just watch the last 15 and you're good.

Del.Monte

shootermacg wrote: »

It is literally not worth anyone's time to watch the first 65 minutes of that game, just watch the last 15 and you're good.

Nah, you need to watch the whole game to appreciate Munster coming back from the dead. JJ is proving very unreliable between missing penalties and kicking the ball dead he had a poor game - again.

schmoo2k

lawrencesummers wrote: »

It was lost forward plain as day.
A number of terrible refereeing calls but that’s what you expect from the pro12-14.

Yea watched it again and it he did lose the ball (which the Scarlett player immediatly grabbed). Think the initial pass may have been forward as well.

Dog Botherer

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It was a fantastic kardashian, just with a heap of caveats.

a what now

CatFromHue

Dog Botherer wrote: »

a what now

just with a heap of caveats

Dog Botherer

Dog Botherer wrote: »

a what now

CatFromHue wrote: »

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just with a heap of caveats

I'm starting to accept that this is not as established a meme as I think it is but: