Munster Team Talk Thread - Beirne After Reading

Fixtures out for rounds 12 to 17 of URC https://www.munsterrugby.ie/2021/12/20/remaining-urc-fixtures-confirmed/

Honestly, it's a toss of the coin for me despite Coombes getting all the awards over the past year or so, but look I'm biased being from Waterford. Maybe if JOD was from Cork there might be more advocates for him getting another shot with Ireland. He was at the same stage in his career as Coombes is now, couple of caps for Ireland, when he got the bad injury. He's made it back with Munster in a big way but the injury and long rehab appear to have consigned his International career to the scrapheap. Even allowing for the new kids on the block, it's perplexing.

VDF is at his best when he is with a strong carrying 6 and 8 like Conan/Doris or Beirne plus they are much better ball players than CJ was. He doesn't really work with POM at 6 as POMs strengths aren't really his carrying. So I think we got the best out of VDF when playing with Conan/Doris or another strong carrying 6.

I'd largely agree with this, but it being the Munster thread, I'd fip it ad VDF doesn't really work with POM. ;) (Just wanted to make the point that, as good as he's been recently, I didn't think the 18 months was quite accurate).

JOD is a great player but he does not have the same ball carrying power that Coombes has, and is a long way off coombes over the ball.

Coombes all day for me, but JOD is a fine player.

Duncan Casey in The Examiner is saying Tom Daly could be moving from Connacht to Munster to replace DDA

Very good player, not in the same stratosphere as DDA though.And if we're losing Farrell as well we'll have to find a good big lump.

Can we have bundee as well?

Could put pay to any possibility of an appeal by Leinster overturning the Montpellier 28-0.

Undercooked squad already and now another game to squeeze into the calendar.

Does the league and the Heineken cup not play by the same rules? Or was rob kearneys wedding given an exemption?

If you get hit by covid then you forefit the game 28-0.

Must be a lot of players missing

I guess however many tested positive last week would still be isolating.

Plus however many tested positive today, you would have to test everyone again and cancel training tomorrow

Meaning they could only train Thursday

This is all assuming they had enough players to make a squad

Different competitions will have different participation agreements. And I think there's obvious reasons why an inter-pro might be easier re-schedule than a european game.