Munster vs Glasgow

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Munster Rugby v Glasgow Warriors
Saturday 12 April 2014, KO 18:30
Thomond Park, Limerick

Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU, 108th competition game)  
Assistant Referees: Gary Conway, David Connolly (IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Eddie Walsh (IRFU)
TMO: John Carvill (IRFU)

Live on TG4/BBC ALBA

A. Teams:

I. Munster

Felix Jones, Gerhard van den Heever, Keith Earls, James Downey, Simon Zebo, JJ Hanrahan, Conor Murray, John Ryan, Duncan Casey, BJ Botha, Donncha O'Callaghan, Dave Foley, CJ Stander, Sean Dougall, James Coughlan Capt.

Replacements: Quentin MacDonald, Dave Kilcoyne, Alan Cotter, Billy Holland, Paddy Butler, Duncan Williams, Ian Keatley, Johne Murphy.

II. Glasgow

15. Murchie
14. Maitland
13. Dunbar
12. Russell
11. Seymour
10. Weir
9. Cusiter
8. Wilson
7. Fusaro
6. Strauss
5. Gray
4. Swinson
3. Welsh
2. Hall
1. Reid

16. MacArthur
17. Yanuyanutawa
18. Cross
19. Nakarawa
20. Harley
21. Pyrgos
22. Horne
23. Vernon

B. Form - head to head

22 Played 22
14 Wins 7
7 Losses 14
1 Draws 1
56 Tries 41
41 Conversions 29
51 Penalties 58
1 Drop Goals 1
518 Points 440
27 Avg. Age 25

C. Form - last season:

Sat 1 December 2012
Munster Rugby 31 - 3 Glasgow Warriors
Thomond Park

Fri 29 March 2013
Glasgow Warriors 51 - 24 Munster Rugby
Scotstoun Stadium

Spot on Gee, if we win all our remaining games we are in the play offs and possibly at home. If we lose the next two then we will probably miss out. I wonder how close Western Isles and Fat Tony are to playing?

Hopefully the Spreys/Leinster result will be good for us tonight and act as a boot up the hole.

Taking anything from Thomond would be a good result as Munster are probably the form side in the league at the moment (regardless of Ulster's horsing of poor Connacht).

Says a lot about the quality of both Munster and Glasgow squads that each side can lose some key players (some losses by choice to what has to be a frighteningly good 7s side - Isles, Bennett and Matawalu in the same team!??) and still post line-ups that strong.

So hard to tell what the result will be. I like the look of pretty much all the Glasgow team, especially the back row (Harley on the bench is reassuring) but Thomond is officially a 16th man. Cannot call this one - probably a Munster win by 7 or less which I guess I would take. This is not the main game where we need to pick up points.

Aye lads not expecting a whole lot from this game but to sneak a LBP would be rather good. Massive effort required. C'mon Warriors

WHATEVER IT TAKES

GC, Schiz, stop all this lowering of expectations. We are Glasgow: a win at Thomond, with try scoring BP and a trophy from Melrose, with Western Isles setting a new land speed record. These are the minimum requirements for the day. Also MFL lost again, they're not even trying are they?

Jimbo - FES will be along to accuse you of Extreme Welshness very soon.

Will be happy with a LBP tonight

Impressive flying wedge from the Warriors, who want to tackle Jonny Gray with Wilson and Strauss next to him?

Great start from Glasgow.the problem is you just get the feeling Munster will spark to life and run a few in

Without wanting to curse it this is the most complete start from a Scottish half back pairing I've seen since the 2010 Six Nations when Parks was at his peak.

This is shaping up to be an amazing game, great intensity.

Maitland is looking sharp as well

There are players down everywhere after only 14 minutes   

Great try for CJ. Downey has had a very good start

I'm not sure who I want to win. A draw would be the best thing!

Munster starting to look dangerous.

Maitland showing Zebo who is the boss!!

Maitland!!!!

It looks like Gray has patted Weir on the head once to many times. The chap has no neck

Stupid to kick away procession

Argghh autocorrect

This van der Heever is typical safa, run hard, can't pass, no flair.

Cusiter really seems to have the bit between his teeth

Get in there

This is a great game.

I can manage not to leak any points before half time I will be delighted

If Glasgow win then that means Ulster stay in 2nd place and our chances of a home semi-final increase- however it also increases our chances of missing out altogether on the playoffs and means we absolutely have to beat Glasgow next week...   

God, how I rue us absolutely gifting Glasgow the win in Round 2 at Ravenhill. We should never have lost that game!

This means everything to Glasgow- Munster are half-dreaming of European glory. The home side look far from their best but the least they can do is deny the visitors a bonus point, surely? At the minute Glasgow look likely to take all five points.

Ah Notch I feel your pain. I had a pangbif guilt when we won that game

Ha! I sprinted across George Square, sure the police were after me!

Great start from the benefits boys! Just a fly half away from potentially the top team in this league. WHATEVER It TAKES!

cakeordeath wrote:Ah Notch I feel your pain. I had a pangbif guilt when we won that game

It could be the difference between our sides at the end of the season! If Glasgow get another try here, they'll be four points behind Ulster with a game in hand so it means we really need to beat you next week. I'm not gonna lie- I've been waiting for that game since Round 2!  

Notch. It's a big game next week that's for sure

Hopefully we can get the win here but as an aside it's great to see Maitland playing so well- just like last week he is at the heart of everything-- at the moment!

What's with the poor crowd?

What happened to JJ?

Looked like a dead leg.

Wasted opportunity from Glasgow - blew a 3 on 1 overlap!

Glasgow need to change the front row.

VinceWLB wrote:Glasgow need to change the front row.

Scrum Doctor is on.   

I would like to know what BJ Botha is made of, looked nasty..

George Carlin wrote:

VinceWLB wrote:Glasgow need to change the front row.

Scrum Doctor is on.   

Will get more gametime with Glasgow in 3 games than he had with Embra the whole season  

"It's not intentionnal only a penalty", hope Garces the farce is watching this.

Come on Munster! Deny them the BP   

(sorry Glasgow fans)

RDW_Scotland wrote:What's with the poor crowd?

I think that Thomond Park is just too big for a lot of Pro12 games. Especially when there are Heineken Cup semi-finals and possibly finals to save up for. Remember also Limerick is quite a small town, for a lot of Munsters fans it's a fair drive so that puts people off too.

Mind you, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones! Munster have 13k in for this game, Glasgow normally get less than 10k!  

Notch wrote:Come on Munster! Deny them the BP   

(sorry Glasgow fans)

I don't think BP here matters much, what matters is next week' game   

Shame not to get a bonus point. But what a win!!!! Outstanding defence in the second half. So chuffed with that performance.

I'm obviously not saying it is poor crowd in comparison to Glasgow or Edinburgh, but is poor for Munster!

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[breathes in deeply]

Well that was good, wasn't it?

Yeah I know, I was just teasing.

Great win Glasgow. Next week is going to be massive.

 

Yep great win, best performance of the season, good offence combined with great defence