Edinburgh vs Munster, Sat 20th Feb, 7:35pm

thomond2006

Grim viewing in the second half but job done.

The Inbetween is mine

Great defensive effort in this half...took everything Embra threw at them and soaked it all up..well done

shootermacg

Coombes a stand out. Individual errors, as always killing us

thomond2006

shootermacg wrote: »

Coombes a stand out. Individual errors, as always killing us

He fell off one or two tackles in the first. Still a bit of development to do. What a season he's having!

JOD was my MOTM. Such a consistent performer at this level.

theVersatile

All the backrow did well tbf, Cloete had some great interventions in defence. Casey showed up great aswell.

This lad must be rightly buckled - this is a long stoppage

shootermacg

Jesus that flag tells a story

sydthebeat

thomond2006 wrote: »

He fell off one or two tackles in the first. Still a bit of development to do. What a season he's having!

JOD was my MOTM. Such a consistent performer at this level.

Agreed.
He's been so good for so long for munster

The Inbetween is mine

Christ on the cross...

theVersatile

Adamson trying to engineer an LBP

sydthebeat

Billy Holland popping offloads with the clock at 88, mins.....

Does the heat Good to see that

theVersatile

Hahahaha nearly stole the TSBP at the end. Great stuff.

Jump_In_Jack

Great to see two teams play to the end trying to score a try with running rugby.

razorblunt

Love the swagger to try and run it back.
Good win in atrocious conditions over here, so windy the shed in my garden has fallen over .... I don’t even have a shed!


Lots of great performances Casey, JOD, Farrell, Coombes and Daly.
Rowntree will be buying the beers tonight.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Bradbury is absolutely haunted his mother is SRU president.

Akrasia

I was really enjoying the end of that match but Eirs website crashed and then wouldn’t let me back in again

Hope the Edinburgh players injury isn’t too bad

yerrahbah

A win is a win is a win

This would have been a beautiful try

https://twitter.com/Murray_Kinsella/status/1363229272668790788/photo/1

Leinstertomas

Conway apparently injured at end of game? Didn't notice it but hope it's nothing bad. He looked pretty sharp after a lengthy period with no games

Jump_In_Jack

Leinstertomas wrote: »

Conway apparently injured at end of game? Didn't notice it but hope it's nothing bad. He looked pretty sharp after a lengthy period with no games

When he made that great cut through the middle in extra time, when he was tackled it looked like he landed heavily or something on the ground. When he got up he was unable to stand up straight, I hope it was just a bump and nothing worse.

molloyjh

Leinstertomas wrote: »

Conway apparently injured at end of game? Didn't notice it but hope it's nothing bad. He looked pretty sharp after a lengthy period with no games

Yeah he was slow to get up after taking contact at the end of his break. Didn't look at all comfortable even after getting back to his feet.

Boscoirl

Looked like a rib injury?

Jump_In_Jack

Just watched it back and when he made that great break at the very end he was swung hard down on his hip in the tackle and he was in a lot of pain and couldn’t stand up straight afterwards.
He also couldn’t walk off the pitch with all the other players after the whistle, he was hobbling slowly across the pitch on his own after everyone else had walked off.
Hope it wasn’t a serious knock.

Akrasia

Jump_In_Jack wrote: »

Just watched it back and when he made that great break at the very end he was swung hard down on his hip in the tackle and he was in a lot of pain and couldn’t stand up straight afterwards.
He also couldn’t walk off the pitch with all the other players after the whistle, he was hobbling slowly across the pitch on his own after everyone else had walked off.
Hope it wasn’t a serious knock.

Aww crap, hope it's just a painful knock and not something more serious.

I really want to see how his new hair style develops over the rest of the season

Akrasia

From the 80 mins I managed to see, I thought Casey and JJ played really well together, JJ is a dynamic 10 on his day and Casey is a little general, constantly keeping the forwards honest. I think when Healy and McCarthy came on we lost a bit of direction because I don't think Healy communicates enough verbally to the team to tell them what he needs them to do, and I don't think Nick does either.

When it comes to the end of the game and there are tired players running out of steam, we need someone yelling at player to get into position. It's the difference between a great team, and a team full of great players

When the team play together long enough it can be communicated non verbally a lot of the time, but for new players coming in and out of the setup, a commanding and vocal leader makes a big difference

This is a lot of what CJ brings to the team too, he drives his team to get up off the ground and get back into play, he encourages and demands hard work from his team mates

yerrahbah

Much better performance than the Benetton game last time out

I've been critical of him in the past but I thought Cloete went well last night

Scrum went a bit wayward when the subs came on

Coombes also went off in the 80th minute with Cloete coming back on. Hopefully nothing serious

Haley seemed to step into first receiver quite a bit once JJ went off.

2 wins from the last 4 games should see us top the group

thomond2006

Positive news on Andrew Davidson.

https://twitter.com/EdinburghRugby/status/1363424051931344896?s=19

phog

I only got to see the game after I knew the result so may have a slightly different view of things than if I watched it live but I thought Munster were excellent on Saturday night when you take into account the tough weather conditions. I know it was Edinburgh that we were playing but I was very happy with our performance. Our scrum & lineout were dominant which gave us some comfort in defence and attack. Casey had a good night but I thought our halfbacks didn't impose themselves in the game so Farrell and DeAllande were used more in defence or as battering rams but you also could see some nice moves throughout the game. The pack won the game for us, their work in attack and defence was just fantastic. I thought Daly had a good game, Haley too bar an error or two.

I was delighed with our defence in the final few minutes, coughing up a score was irrelevant to us but we defended like a score would have cost us the game and then the attitude to run the ball when we turned it over, we almost deserved the BP win.

Only downside was Conway seemed to pick up a knock late in the game, hope he's ok.

What about Billy Holland, he's been fantastic for Munster, playing in his 240 game for us and you'd think he was only a young fellow the way he puts himself about the field. He's such a good reader of the game, nearly always in the right place at the right time.

Bazzo

yerrahbah wrote: »

Much better performance than the Benetton game last time out

I've been critical of him in the past but I thought Cloete went well last night

Scrum went a bit wayward when the subs came on

Coombes also went off in the 80th minute with Cloete coming back on. Hopefully nothing serious

Haley seemed to step into first receiver quite a bit once JJ went off.

2 wins from the last 4 games should see us top the group

Think the only reason a back row could come back on for another injured back row would be HIA

aloooof

I must watch this back, but I thought once or twice during this game that Edinburgh killed the ball right as penalty advantage was being called, thus preventing Munster getting to play their advantage. It's pretty cynical, I thought there was a chance the ref could give a yellow for it if it happened again.

yerrahbah

Full match

yerrahbah

Bazzo wrote: »

Think the only reason a back row could come back on for another injured back row would be HIA

Munster site now saying he was removed due to a blood injury.

His head was bandaged up coming off

Tomtom364

aloooof wrote: »

I must watch this back, but I thought once or twice during this game that Edinburgh killed the ball right as penalty advantage was being called, thus preventing Munster getting to play their advantage. It's pretty cynical, I thought there was a chance the ref could give a yellow for it if it happened again.

Blood replacement can be a returning player too, hence bloodgate

Bazzo

Yep, completely forgot about blood subs.