Munster V Edinburgh

by **RDW** Thu 28 Nov 2019, 12:01 pm

First topic message reminder :

Edinburgh Rugby team to face Munster at Irish Independent Park in the Guinness PRO14

Friday 29 November (kick-off 7.35pm) – live on Premier Sports

15. Blair Kinghorn (81)

14. Eroni Sau (5)

13. Mark Bennett (27)

12. Matt Scott (88)

11. Duhan van der Merwe (47)

10. Jaco van der Walt (45)

9. Henry Pyrgos (28) CAPTAIN

1. Pierre Schoeman (30)

2. Stuart McInally (137)

3. Pietro Ceccarelli (17)

4. Ben Toolis (112)

5. Grant Gilchrist (140)

6. Magnus Bradbury (69)

7. Hamish Watson (100)

8. Viliame Mata (62)

Replacements: 16. Michael Willemse (7) 17. Rory Sutherland (77) 18. Simon Berghan (69) 19. Lewis Carmichael (38) 20. Ally Miller (14) 21. Charlie Shiel (12) 22. Simon Hickey (24) 23. George Taylor (11)
Unavailable: David Cherry, Ruan Steenkamp, Jack Stanley, John Barclay, Rory Darge, Damien Hoyland, Nic Groom, Jamie Ritchie, WP Nel, Fraser McKenzie, Chris Dean, Luke Crosbie

Munster: Shane Daly; Calvin Nash, Sammy Arnold, Dan Goggin, Alex Wootton; Ben Healy, Nick McCarthy; Liam O’Connor, Rhys Marshall, Stephen Archer; Fineen Wycherley, Darren O’Shea; Jack O’Donoghue (C) Tommy O’Donnell, Arno Botha.
Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, James Cronin, Keynan Knox, Jed Holloway, Conor Oliver, Neil Cronin, JJ Hanrahan, Rory Scannell.

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:14 pm

That's a new one - lifting the post protector up!

by bsando Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:14 pm

Lifting the pad up on the post haha so cheeky

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:16 pm

bsando wrote:Lifting the pad up on the post haha so cheeky

Wonder if you can penalise for it? It's certainly sh!tty behaviour!

by bsando Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:16 pm

Yeah that has to be a safety issue

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:18 pm

Cockers should go to town on these guys at halftime. It's been awful stuff.

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:18 pm

Muster score and you can't complain about that

10-10

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:22 pm

Serves Munster right for not taking the points there, O'Gara would have taken it every day

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:24 pm

Munster look the better side. Sad indictment of Scottish rugby. They are just so much more intense.

Sau has been poor on the wing. On the plus side, Pyrgos has been marginally quicker tonight.

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:26 pm

Credit to Munster they really came into their game in the last 15 minutes. Momentum all with them - HT has come at the right time for Edinburgh.

by bsando Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:26 pm

it all went a bit pear shaped after that first try and then Munster too a grip of the game. Edinburgh have just been defending for the last 15 minutes really

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:38 pm

So the touch judges choose that moment to penalise back feet offside...

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:39 pm

The kid has got a decent boot!

13-10 Edinburgh

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:41 pm

He deserves a try there!

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:41 pm

Great break McInally - shame it was Schoeman on his shoulder although he tried his best!

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:42 pm

He was short

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:43 pm

Schoeman has great speed over 15 metres then begins to fade!

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:45 pm

VDM in achres of space on the left.....give it to the backs marked one on one in the right.

Top work Edinburgh.

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:46 pm

BigGee wrote:Schoeman has great speed over 15 metres then begins to fade!

Like Gimli!

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:46 pm

Why spend so long plugging away and then when you do finally give it to the backs, have no basic idea as to what you want to do??

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:48 pm

funnyExiledScot wrote:Why spend so long plugging away and then when you do finally give it to the backs, have no basic idea as to what you want to do??

Edinburgh looking even more clueless in attack this season having shown signs of progress last season. Worrying stuff.

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:49 pm

Why was that a scrum penalty against us???

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:51 pm

Time time empty the bench - our starters look lost.

Pyrgos first.

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:52 pm

Munster are annoyingly clinical. It doesn't seem to matter which team they put out!

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:53 pm

Cockers going to the bench earlier this time, it is needed!

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:54 pm

He has to change something. Munster's kids are schooling us on how to play as a team.

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:56 pm

Time for Hickey to earn his pay check

16-13 Edinburgh

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:59 pm

Sau is not good, and that was weak from Kinghorn.

Finally good to see Watson over the ball.

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 8:59 pm

Great turnover by Watson, it was badly needed

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:01 pm

Right are we actually going to score from an attacking lineout finally.

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:02 pm

Yes we can!

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:02 pm

Great try!

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:02 pm

Clever from Kinghorn, making up for his poor defence earlier.

Bit of a gift. Let's consolidate.

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:03 pm

He will drop the ball on one of those one handed carries eventually!

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:03 pm

Taylor coming on for Scott. Handy sub.

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:06 pm

Momentum has swung towards Edinburgh - we need to close it out from here

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:06 pm

Some uncharacteristic errors creeping in for Munster. We need to capitalise.

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:08 pm

Our first phase attacks tonight have been amateurish

Got Hodge written all over it!

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:12 pm

Munster back feet offside miles off again

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:13 pm

I've never heard a touch judge call as many penalties as he's done tonight. All against Edinburgh!

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:14 pm

Hodge's longevity has been remarkable. What are these guys practicing all week??

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:15 pm

Well there we go - keen touch judge comes to our aid!

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:15 pm

Great kick from Kinghorn.

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:16 pm

Harsh penalty against Munster

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:17 pm

Odd penalty. We are fortunate with that.

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:18 pm

Great maul defence from Munster. Let's attack their scrum.

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:18 pm

Let's see how Edinburgh find a way to lose the game with 2 mins to go and 5m from the Munster line

by **RDW** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:22 pm

Well a wins a win, but that was bloody awful!

Credit to a really dogged Munster side. Worrying times for Edinburgh if that's the standard of our performances from our top team this season. Similar issues from the Bordeaux game.

by **BigGee** Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:22 pm

Well it was hard work but Edinburgh fall over the line!

Still a win in Munster is never to be sniffed at, they do not come along very often!

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:24 pm

funnyExiledScot wrote:We will make heavy weather of it, I'm certain of that. But I do think we will come out on top, albeit without a bonus point.

Wise man once said....

Pretty poor performance really. Duff game, and whilst we won, I was more impressed by the Munster kids, particularly for the first hour. The young 10 looks promising.

For Edinburgh I thought Mata was good, if a bit rusty, and great to see McInally and Watson back. The minutes will have served both well. Kinghorn also comes away with credit, although we sorely need a competent backs coach.

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2019, 9:26 pm

RDW wrote:Let's see how Edinburgh find a way to lose the game with 2 mins to go and 5m from the Munster line

Nah. When it comes to time wasting Pyrgos is world class. He was masterful in that last 90 seconds. In his element....

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