Ulster vs. Munster, Ravenhill, 30th Dec 7:05pm

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Now that Leinster vs. Ulster (and all the attendant hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth) is over, we can focus on Ulster's second derby this week - Munster at Ravenhill.

Most of the team is fairly guessable - McAllister, Kyriacou, Afoa, Muller, Tuohy, Henry, Wannenburg, Pienaar, Humphreys, Gilroy, Cave, D'Arcy, Terblanche.

Without any updates on injuries, I'm in the dark beyond that. I don't know how exactly the back-line will shape up, although I hope Whitten's in at twelve and D'Arcy's on the wing. I have no idea how the back-row will work, with Ferris at Ireland camp, Faloon and McComish injured, and Diack and the two youngsters having played already this week. If Barker's okay, maybe he'll start at five and Touhy move to six?

If Faloon, Marshall and Danielli were fit and healthy, that would get us out of a hole.

What will Munster's line-up be on Friday? Anyone want to hazard a guess? POM, Murphy, Hurley, Botha, du Preez all likely to be in the first VX? Who will be in second row? Who will play at outhalf?

roddersm wrote:It looks like both Flood and Tuilagi could be missing for the Tigers against us at Ravenhill ......anyone else see a bonus point victory on the cards?.....

Thats good news from an Ulster point of view. Really fancy Ulster to win this altough I cant see you scoring 4 tries.

This is definitely the most interesting group

The more important, and more likely scenario, is we need to deny them a bonus point 4-0 and they are out

No me neither BlueMuff but the cards are starting to fall in our favour a bit and we have to take advantage. No excuses now we have to get everything we can from this one. The Tigers are still a huge challenge but at Ravenhill with some of their key players missing we are in a strong position.

As Popie always says..."Never give a sucker an even break"....