RP12 Semi-Final 1; Glasgow vs Munster, 16 May

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Glasgow Warriors v Munster Rugby

Friday 16 May 2014, KO: 19:35
Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow

Live on BBC ALBA/TG4/SC4

Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR, 29th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Giuseppe Vivarini, Stefano Penne (both FIR)
Citing Commissioner: Dennis Jones (WRU)
TMO: Carlo Damasco (FIR)

A. Teams:

I. Glasgow

15. Peter Murchie
14. Sean Maitland
13. Mark Bennett
12. Alex Dunbar
11. Tommy Seymour
10. Finn Russell
9. Chris Cusiter

1. Ryan Grant
2. Dougie Hall
3. Jon Welsh
4. Jonny Gray
5. Al Kellock (Captain)
6. Rob Harley
7. Chris Fusaro
8. Josh Strauss

16. Pat MacArthur
17. Gordon Reid
18. Geoff Cross
19. Tim Swinson
20. Leone Nakarawa
21. Niko Matawalu
22. Ruaridh Jackson
23. Sean Lamont

II. Munster

Felix Jones, Keith Earls, Casey Laulala, James Downey, Simon Zebo; Ian Keatley, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Damien Varley - Capt, BJ Botha; Dave Foley, Paul O'Connell; CJ Stander, Sean Dougall, James Coughlan.

Replacements: Quentin MacDonald, James Cronin, John Ryan, Donncha O'Callaghan, Paddy Butler, Duncan Williams, JJ Hanrahan, Andrew Conway.

B. Previous Championships

I. Glasgow

None

Playoff Record - Played 3, Lost 3:
2010 Swansea: lost to Ospreys 5-20
2012 RDS: lost to Leinster 15-19.
2013 RDS: lost to Leinster 15-17.

II. Munster

Three (2002-2003; 2008-2009; 2010-2011)

Playoff Record - Played 3, Won 1, Lost 2:
2010 RDS: lost to Leinster 6-16.
2011 Thomond Park: beat Ospreys 18-11.
2012 Swansea: lost to Ospreys 10-45.

C. Form - head to head:

23 Played 23
8 Wins 14
14 Losses 8
1 Draws 1
44 Tries 57
31 Conversions 41
59 Penalties 51
1 Drop Goals 1
462 Points 523
26 Avg. Age 26

D. Form - this season & last:

Sat 1 December 2012, 19:45
Munster Rugby 31 - 3 Glasgow Warriors
Thomond Park

Fri 29 March 2013, 20:05
Glasgow Warriors 51 - 24 Munster Rugby
Scotstoun

Fri 25 October 2013, 19:35
Glasgow Warriors 6 - 13 Munster Rugby
Scotstoun

Sat 12 April 2014, 18:30
Munster Rugby 5 - 22 Glasgow Warriors
Thomond Park

16-8 to Glasgow...

There are some bunch of whingers in here this is a great game hard fought and nothing but giving out

Why did they give this ref a semi final? He is clueless

If Glasgow lose this because of the ref then folk who are watching this for the first time won't be watching again

They've put Matawalu and Jackson on to protect the lead

Playing Niko and Jackson at 9 and 10 to defend a 1 point lead is like having a 14 man lineout on your own line ...

****

I'm sorry but what are half these penalties for?

Clear sealing off

This Referee should be sent on a very long, very intensive course over the summer

Sean laminate to get the winning score. Watch

I'm sweating out of parts of my body I didn't know I had

What a break by the flying Fijians!

That offload by Nakarawa was ridiculously good.

We need to ensure these Fijians breed in Scotland or with Scottish people

Not sure that was a knock on

So stressful!!!!

 

Squint!!!!

Yassss!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                                                                                                                           

I'm an Edinburgh fan but I've never been do proud of Glasgow. They never stooped to Munster's level. Well done weegies

Now Warriors. Focking now!

Yesssssssssssssssssssss!  

Got to hand it to Glasgow. They gave it everything all that. So physical.

Ya freakin beauty!!!!!!!!!!!   

Unlucky Mitreaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Good effort though

JUSTICE

Massive congratulations to Glasgow. Epic effort.

Well done Glasgow!!! Super chuffed for you. Welcome to the Celtic League final!!!!

I normally have no hesitation in saying Well done to a team which has beten the team I support.

So well done Glasgow.

However I say that through gritted teeth. This was the most unpleasant and unwelcoming thread for fans of a team (in this case Munster) I have ever experienced on this forum. The crowd in Scotstoun were not much better. Every time a penalty was fiven against Glasgow, the crowd boooed, even when it was totally justified. Absolutely disgraceful.

Before the game started I said that were they not playing against Munster I would be cheering for Glasgow. But now .... well I can't remember coming across a more unpleasant groupof fans than yours.

Goodnight and I hope you enjoy your bile and bitterness.

Cant see Leinster or Ulster stopping this lot. They just beat the meanest, nousest, beligerent, team in Europe.

Respect.

Got 17/1 on the feicers at the start. Really love that club.

Hope they win it. It would be sexy for the game.

But. Im a Leinster man.

That has to be one of the most physical games I've seen. Could probably make an entire TSRB video from those 80 minutes alone!

Pretty great advert for the league. Munster deserve a massive amount of credit too but couldn't find the balance.

KiaRose wrote:I normally have no hesitation in saying Well done to a team which has beten the team I support.

So well done Glasgow.  

However I say that through gritted teeth.  This was the most unpleasant and unwelcoming thread for fans of a team (in this case Munster) I have ever experienced on this forum.  The crowd in Scotstoun were not much better.  Every time a penalty was fiven against Glasgow, the crowd boooed, even when it was totally justified.  Absolutely disgraceful.

Before the game started I said that were they not playing against Munster I would be cheering for Glasgow.  But now .... well  I can't remember coming across a more unpleasant group of fans than yours.

Goodnight and I hope you enjoy your bile and bitterness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qQ6_RV4VQ
X.   

KiaRose wrote:I normally have no hesitation in saying Well done to a team which has beten the team I support.

So well done Glasgow.  

However I say that through gritted teeth.  This was the most unpleasant and unwelcoming thread for fans of a team (in this case Munster) I have ever experienced on this forum.  The crowd in Scotstoun were not much better.  Every time a penalty was fiven against Glasgow, the crowd boooed, even when it was totally justified.  Absolutely disgraceful.

Before the game started I said that were they not playing against Munster I would be cheering for Glasgow.  But now .... well  I can't remember coming across a more unpleasant groupof fans than yours.

Goodnight and I hope you enjoy your bile and bitterness.

  

Notch wrote:Pretty great advert for the league. Munster deserve a massive amount of credit too but couldn't find the balance.

What do you really mean bud, they weren't good enough ja?

Akkord.

Gibson wrote:

Notch wrote:Pretty great advert for the league. Munster deserve a massive amount of credit too but couldn't find the balance.

What you really mean bud, they weren't good enough ja?

Akkord.

Nah they could have snuck it. Just had no answer to the aggression of the Glasgow defence in the end. Keatleys missed conversion the key moment. I would have backed them to hold out if they were defending the lead

That was a hell of a scrap.
Munster played damn well.

Only saw that last 20 mins and it was stressful. A lot of physical play and some serious defence from both teams.

Felt the ref had no real clue, but that tended to balance out.

You could see both teams left it all in the park.

Great result from Glasgow. So happy

Thankfully we have a two week gap before the final, plenty of time to recover from such a physical match.

People lets all be friends and enjoy Gregor Townsends excellent kangaroo impression! https://vine.co/v/MXFH0EKilZV    

KiaRose wrote:I normally have no hesitation in saying Well done to a team which has beten the team I support.

So well done Glasgow.  

However I say that through gritted teeth.  This was the most unpleasant and unwelcoming thread for fans of a team (in this case Munster) I have ever experienced on this forum.  The crowd in Scotstoun were not much better.  Every time a penalty was fiven against Glasgow, the crowd boooed, even when it was totally justified.  Absolutely disgraceful.

Before the game started I said that were they not playing against Munster I would be cheering for Glasgow.  But now .... well  I can't remember coming across a more unpleasant groupof fans than yours.

Goodnight and I hope you enjoy your bile and bitterness.

Love you too

What an effort!

Home advantage was huge here, and that was a great crowd if very hostile sometime.
Keatley taking the kick instead of the best kicker in the league probably cost Munster the win but i surely wont complain.

Nakarawa just edged Gray for motm in my opinion, he carried and tackled like a mad man.
Finn Russell's composure when taking these kicks was a sight to behold, he is the real deal.

I think i would prefer Leinster for the final, home advantage notwisthanding.

If I'm honest we perhaps went too far tonight however it was a big game and the ref was absolutely atrocious, not biased just atrocious, and fell for a lot of your players "tactics" whether or not you describe these as cheating or a streetwise style it will always rub any opposition up the wrong way. To describe us as unpleasant is ridiculous, we were not rude to posters just critical of the ref and negative tactics, the closest we got to rude to other posters was the debate with Notch, whom 99.99% of the time is very astute, it was not unpleasant just the kind of debate that this forum is made for. If anyone is bitter it is not us, and if you were to describe us as unpleasant please look at other threads and Scotland threads.

On another note Glasgow were fantastic tonight and the partisan crowd really added to the occasion, I don't think I've ever been as proud of a Scottish rugby team. Furthermore only a few of our players were not Scottish, this is a very good team with very good players and a very good coach.

What did I miss? Anything?

Guys - dinnae whinge about the ref. Personally I thought he did well. Early on he laid out his stall - he was going to give pens for holding on quickly. And he did - consistently which made the breakdown a fair contest.

He was harsh - even picky but consistent and missed little. NO major errors that I would be confident he got wrong without my tartan bunnet on. All the ones I thought wrong at full speed were fine with the replays

So overall I thought him consistent and fair and contributed to an open game

Munster maybe got the rub of the green but I bet the munster fans will point to "mistakes" as well.

What a great game tho. Two teams who came to play rugby and to play with pride. Treated us to some real good entertainment with a nerve jangling finale.

Great advert for the game

Ja., But let's be Frank here.
Its very possibly a Leinster v Glasgow Final at the RDS.

And that would bring me joy. May even go home for it. May even buy Schitz a pint. Nah.

I didn't read back. Don't know what caused the bad vibes. But. I'm glad Warriors have made the Final.

Just hope we can join them. Ulster are on a mission to stop that. I fear we may not match em on the night. But, we normally have the voodoo on em. Whatever happens.. gotta Love rugby.

P.S. Dawnt be kunst to each other. Its aawnly a game Jon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBsazIACpYM

George Carlin wrote:What did I miss? Anything?

That Georgie. He really is a tort. Or is it just me? Congrats mo chara.  X.   

Gibson wrote:

George Carlin wrote:What did I miss? Anything?

That  Georgie. He really is a tort. Or is it just me? Congrats mo chara.  X.   

What do you think, Gib my boy? See you at the RDS in a fortnight?