Not Another Leinster vs Munster build-up/match thread Sat 24th April 7:35pm

Buer

Hugh O'Sullivan caught badly for try.

With Hawkshaw and HOS at half back, I think the game is a foregone conclusion already.

Clegg

Looks like the hamstring for Harry Byrne.

Awful shame that. Potential to go all the way to the top but has picked up so many injuries this season.

salmocab

Enjoying this, oddly the lack of meaning to the match is helping the game and yet the teams are up for it.

Buer

So we're gonna draw lots for which one of us covers 10 in La Rochelle.

Burkie1203

Kleyn ruck entry from Leinsters side there

Faugheen

Really enjoying the physicality in this already. Great to see.

Clegg

There's been a lack of Leinster players at the ruck in this game.

Faugheen

Clegg wrote: »

There's been a lack of Leinster players at the ruck in this game.

Best example just there when Larmour recovered the ball. Hawkshaw had to hit that ruck but he stood off it.

Squidgy Black

Absolutely woeful stuff from Leinster so far, just letting Munster run riot on our own rucks. HOS is absolutely drowning because of it.

Burkie1203

Dirty from Beirne

Clegg

Not sure on Toland's commentary there. Yes there are issues at the breakdown, but it looked like HOS just stumbled when looking to pass there rather than being scragged.

crisco10

So leinsters 4th choice half backs...could be a long night

Faugheen

How is O'Sullivan supposed to impose himself when Leinster are rucking like that?

clsmooth

Clegg wrote: »

Not sure on Toland's commentary there. Yes there are issues at the breakdown, but it looked like HOS just stumbled when looking to pass there rather than being scragged.

He should do better there. He hasn’t had great protection so far but that was poor. Where has the ‘corridor of power’ phrase come from? Is it a Tolandism?

Faugheen

Clegg wrote: »

Not sure on Toland's commentary there. Yes there are issues at the breakdown, but it looked like HOS just stumbled when looking to pass there rather than being scragged.

There was a Munster player completely dominating a Leinster counterpart right on top of HOS. It's been the case all half.

Clegg

Faugheen wrote: »

There was a Munster player completely dominating a Leinster counterpart right on top of HOS. It's been the case all half.

Yes, but it didn't look like it was significantly interfering with HOS getting the ball out.

clsmooth

Not sure I’d agree with Toland’s ‘it’s all Munster comment’. They’ve scored a break away try and gotten the best of the physical encounters but haven’t looked like scoring so far. Leinster will be gaining heart from this.

Munster on top here but the backline not converting. Missing a bit of x-factor and flair, Zebo would be making a big difference here.

Clegg

I feel for HOS.

He's been thrown in at the deep end due to lack of options and he just isn't good enough.

Buer

Munster's discipline and set piece wobbles are keeping Leinster in it. Otherwise it pretty much is all Munster.

crisco10

Sh1t game

KrustyUCC

Munster discipline killing them

Clegg

Leinster player clearly tackled off the ball trying to gather that kick.

Faugheen

Yeah HOS has no excuse there. Awful pass and not the first one either.

Passing from 9 / 10 costing Leinster a fierce amount.

theVersatile

ARCHER OFFLOAD!!

clsmooth

Buer wrote: »

Munster's discipline and set piece wobbles are keeping Leinster in it. Otherwise it pretty much is all Munster.

That’s a sizeable part of the game. Very hard to win games without good discipline and a strong set piece.

letowski

Bar a break by DeAllende, Munster have been disappointing. Their skills and handling is poor at this level.

KrustyUCC

Awful kick from Murray

Dave_The_Sheep

"Huge difference in Leinster in a few weeks".

No sh*t, Toland. What could possibly be different?

The Inbetween is mine

It's a very disjointed game, too stop/start and so many basic errors on both sides

Burkie1203

That's not a knock on. Ball was ripped

clsmooth

Why use ROL on the crash ball each time? Need to get Lowe into the game from first phase.

kuang1

KrustyUCC wrote: »

Awful kick from Murray

He's just not up to it anymore sadly. I'm a big fan of his, but Casey's time is now. Not in a season or two, now.

vapor trails

That drop onto the boot Ringrose been doing this year not been serving him well at all. Double whammy there with penalty conceded

Burkie1203

clsmooth wrote: »

Why use ROL on the crash ball each time? Need to get Lowe into the game from first phase.

Don't think that's the intention. Just ball so slow gets defence in top of him

degsie

Munster are fired up for this contest!

yerrahbah

Would like to see that Ed Byrne ruck entry again

The Inbetween is mine

Who's a fat cnut?

Dubinusa

I would get Ryan and Baird off asap. Ringrose also. No point in picking up more injuries. Frawley is having a mare with injury! His season has been a mess.
I hope that Hawkshaw gets on well. But, with a poor 9 beside him!

Clegg

That's a yellow at least for Archer.

Can't ruck like that anymore.

yerrahbah

Archer is gone

Squidgy Black

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Who's a fat cnut?

#stopfrontrowabuse

Burkie1203

Stamp by 3

Exclamation Marc

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Who's a fat cnut?

Clegg wrote: »

That's a yellow at least for Archer.

Can't ruck like that anymore.

Faugheen

James Ryan haha

kuang1

Archer has been a ****ing penalty machine for the majority of his career. Tonight no different.

He's an absolute liability.

Not a first from Archer in a Leinster Munster derby. Didn't he see red for doing that to Dave Kearney before?

degsie

Raking is so yesterday

PhlegmyMoses

POM really is very hard to like. There is no arguing for that, just take your medicine