Edinburgh Rugby vs Munster, 11 April

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Edinburgh Rugby vs Munster

11 April @ Murrayfield Stadium - Kickoff 19:30, Live on TG4 and BBC ALBA (19:25 - 21:30)

Last meeting:

Munster 13 - 14 Edinburgh Rugby

Munster are positioned 3rd in the table with Edinburgh 7th.

Edinburgh XXIII

15            Greig TONKS

14            Dougie FIFE

13            Phil BURLEIGH

12            Andries STRAUSS

11            Tim VISSER

10            TOM HEATHCOTE

9              Sam HIDALGO-CLYNE



1              Alasdair DICKINSON

2              Ross FORD (captain)

3              WP NEL

4              Anton BRESLER

5              Ben TOOLIS

6              Roddy GRANT

7              Hamish WATSON

8              David DENTON



Substitutes

16            Stuart McINALLY

17            Grant SHIELLS

18            John ANDRESS

19            Fraser MCKENZIE

20            Tomas LEONARDI

21            Nathan FOWLES

22            Sam BEARD

23            Tom BROWN


Munster XXIII

Munster: Felix Jones; Keith Earls, Andrew Smith, Denis Hurley, Simon Zebo; Ian Keatley, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Duncan Casey, BJ Botha; Billy Holland, Paul O'Connell; Peter O'Mahony - capt., Tommy O'Donnell, CJ Stander.

Replacements: Eusebio Guinazu, James Cronin, Stephen Archer, Donnacha Ryan, Dave O'Callaghan, Duncan Williams, JJ Hanrahan, Ronan O'Mahony.

2015-04-09
19:33:25

RDW_Scotland wrote:Highlights



Now that I've seen the Zebo try it is even more ludicrous!

The visser yellow looks incredibly harsh too - to me it looks like he didn't come in from the side and was competing fairly for the ball.

It was given for hands in the ruck - and there was a ruck formed and he kept on trying to grab the ball

That's right, he was too late to the party to get his mits on the ball, and should have just driven over the ball.

The Zebo try is ridiculous though, not that it would have altered the outcome one bit!

If the ref called hands away then it's his own fault, irrespective of whether the ref was correct to call that.

But looking at it, when he joined the ruck the only player on his feet was Connor Murray - surely he was allowed to compete at that point?

Actually it's a little more complicated - one Munster player then two Edinburgh players joined in. Really one should have cleared out Murray and one gone for the ball.

funnyExiledScot wrote:That's right, he was too late to the party to get his mits on the ball, and should have just driven over the ball.

The Zebo try is ridiculous though, not that it would have altered the outcome one bit!

From these, it looks like Zebo was pushed in the back - penalty try?

http://www.the42.ie/simon-zebo-try-2044113-Apr2015/

If that is classed as a push I'm going to give up following rugby and take up tiddliwinks.

RDW_Scotland wrote:Actually it's a little more complicated - one Munster player then two Edinburgh players joined in. Really one should have cleared out Murray and one gone for the ball.

That's how I see it.

Sin é wrote:

funnyExiledScot wrote:That's right, he was too late to the party to get his mits on the ball, and should have just driven over the ball.

The Zebo try is ridiculous though, not that it would have altered the outcome one bit!

From these, it looks like Zebo was pushed in the back - penalty try?

http://www.the42.ie/simon-zebo-try-2044113-Apr2015/

Brilliant.

Looking at that vid of Zebo to me it looks like he touched the ballwhile it wa touching the ground. some doubt tho - "try yes or no?" no try "any reason not to award the try?" its a try. right in the area of doubt - not enough to prove it either way

RDW_Scotland wrote:If the ref called hands away then it's his own fault, irrespective of whether the ref was correct to call that.

But looking at it, when he joined the ruck the only player on his feet was Connor Murray - surely he was allowed to compete at that point?

You can't compete at a ruck tho - only at a tackle. Once one player from either side arrives its a ruck