Munster vs Stade Francais

MUNSTER

15. Simon Zebo
14. Keith Earls
13. Francis Saili
12. Rory Scannell
11. Ronan O’Mahony
10. Ian Keatley
9. Conor Murray
1. Dave Kilcoyne
2. Mike Sherry
3. Mario Sagario
4. Dave Foley
5. Mark Chisholm
6. Billy Holland
7. Tommy O’Donnell
8. CJ Stander (captain)

16. Kevin O’Byrne
17. Liam O’Connor
18. John Ryan
19. Donnacha Ryan
20. Robin Copeland
21. Jack O’Donoghue
22. Tomas O’Leary
23. Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino

STADE FRANCAIS

15. Hugo Bonneval
14. Waisea Vuidarvuwalu
13. Jonathan Danty
12. Paul Williams
11. Julien Arias
10. Morné Steyn
9. Julien Dupuy
1. Zak Taulafo
2. Laurent Panis
3. Rabah Slimani
4. Paul Gabrillagues
5. Pascal Papé
6. Sekou Macalou
7. Jono Ross
8. Sergio Parisse (captain)

16. Zurabi Zhvania
17. Heinke van der Merwe
18. Paul Alo Emile
19. Hugh Pyle
20. Sylvain Nicolas
21. Julien Tomas
22. Jules Plisson
23. Jérémy Sinzelle

For anyone wondering why Munster are in black, last week they were meant to be in their away strip in Paris but brought the red strip by mistake. So Stade wore their away kit last week, and today they are wearing the colours they would have wore in Paris under normal circumstances.

Yes! Munster score via a driving maul.

Am I being stupid, the cricket appears to be in instead of this game on sky uk

Get in Munster, good old fashioned forward maul over the line for the try. Never tire of watching tries like that. Keatley misses the conversion.

nathan wrote:Am I being stupid, the cricket appears to be in instead of this game on sky uk

Red button for some reason.

Munster's scrum is again being well beaten.

Earls is looking hungry

He does Nathan, much better player on the wing than at 13.

Munster are showing some passion but the decision making and execution from Murray and Keatley needs to improve if Munster are going to win this.

eirebilly wrote:He does Nathan, much better player on the wing than at 13.

Munster are showing some passion but the decision making and execution from Murray and Keatley needs to improve if Munster are going to win this.

Murray frustrates me, he's a gifted player but sometimes spends to much time complaining to the ref, his first thought should be just to get it out ASAP.

On form he is up there with the best 9's in the world but when not on form can look very ordinary. No need to kick away so much ball, Munster may be on the back foot in the scrums but the forwards have the edge in open play and mauls.

Good luck to Leicester tonight Nathan although you wont need it

eirebilly wrote:On form he is up there with the best 9's in the world but when not on form can look very ordinary. No need to kick away so much ball, Munster may be on the back foot in the scrums but the forwards have the edge in open play and mauls.

Good luck to Leicester tonight Nathan although you wont need it

Cheers billy although I'm sure we will, we tend to be very up and down and opulent be surprised if tonight was a down moment.

Great effort by Earls

Genius from Earls, pure genius

I was failing to see how Munster were going to go about breaking this Stade team down, but then a moment of individual brilliance- superb from Earls to exploit the missed tackle.

nathan wrote:Am I being stupid, the cricket appears to be in instead of this game on sky uk

messed up my recording too ... got cricket instead of the first 30 mins of the match - Sky are a bunch of plonkers as it didn't show anything like this when I set the recording up

Heaf wrote:

nathan wrote:Am I being stupid, the cricket appears to be in instead of this game on sky uk

messed up my recording too ... got cricket instead of the first 30 mins of the match - Sky are a bunch of plonkers as it didn't show anything like this when I set the recording up

EPG was incorrect. Numpties!

Fabulous try from Zebo, great kick from Keatley. Could Munster really help the Tigers out?

Munster looking like their they used too

That was a lovely piece of skill from Keatley to set it up.

Wish we could hear the ref

Harsh call for me

Correct decision that. Should be aware that an opposing player may jump even if he was keeping an eye on the ball. Yellow card.

eirebilly wrote:Correct decision that. Should be aware that an opposing player may jump even if he was keeping an eye on the ball. Yellow card.

I actually think the yellow card will help Munster here

Such an improvement in passion from Munster. Great to see.

Sailli is a top player.

Hopefully this game is a shot in the arm for Munsters season.

Munster playing for territory a lot better today

Will always remember Amorosino scoring that try against South Africa Whilst at Tigers

Munster look like a totally different team, great to see a response.

Stander as well is an animal!

Aw no, that is the worst possible way to lose 7 points!

Especially after such great defence to get them into touch in the first place.

I mean that is a gift

Simple try.

CJ Stander is a monster, surely Schmidt cant ignore him.

Terrible line out.

The bonus point for the 4th try for Munster. What a difference a week makes.

Stander has to be MOTM. Beast

Wonder if Farrell made any difference into the performance?

Earls turning on the afterburners in the tackle twice there!! Love the enthusiasm!

Again I hope that this Earls performance in defence makes some people realise that he is a good defender and not a speed bump.

Don't you have to come through the gate when clearing out?  Stade seem to be continually coming around and clearing out from the side?

Thank you Munster 

That win will give them a great lift

Massive win for Munster, Stade miss out on a LBP as well so they will have o go at the Tigers to stay in the competition.

Decision making an execution from Murray and Keatley greatly improved in the 2nd half. Stander, what can you say, deserved MoTM.

Ospreys and Munster kicking the weekend off in style! Absolutely fantastic performance today, hopefully Munster can turn this into consistency now.

Marshes wrote:Ospreys and Munster kicking the weekend off in style! Absolutely fantastic performance today, hopefully Munster can turn this into consistency now.

And to think there were some people on here saying this competition as boring

nathan wrote:

Marshes wrote:Ospreys and Munster kicking the weekend off in style! Absolutely fantastic performance today, hopefully Munster can turn this into consistency now.

And to think there were some people on here saying this competition as boring

Like who?

LeinsterFan4life wrote:

nathan wrote:

Marshes wrote:Ospreys and Munster kicking the weekend off in style! Absolutely fantastic performance today, hopefully Munster can turn this into consistency now.

And to think there were some people on here saying this competition as boring

Like who?

You're not going to rise to that smelly bait, are you?

Great win for Munster and just the shot in the arm they needed.

Leicester fans will be happy with them too, as they should now qualify after they hammer Treviso this weekend.

Stander has to put Heaslip on rocky ground for 6N selection. Led from the front.

Pot Hale wrote:

LeinsterFan4life wrote:

nathan wrote:

Marshes wrote:Ospreys and Munster kicking the weekend off in style! Absolutely fantastic performance today, hopefully Munster can turn this into consistency now.

And to think there were some people on here saying this competition as boring

Like who?

You're not going to rise to that smelly bait, are you?

This should be good though. I mean we are going to hear this everytime there is a half decent game in the tournament.

Marshes wrote:Ospreys and Munster kicking the weekend off in style! Absolutely fantastic performance today, hopefully Munster can turn this into consistency now.

That's the big hope Marshes. That was the performance that we all know Munster can produce but they need to be more consistent. I think that Earls try just before the break lifted the entire team as after the break they were excellent.

LeinsterFan4life wrote:

Pot Hale wrote:

LeinsterFan4life wrote:

nathan wrote:

Marshes wrote:Ospreys and Munster kicking the weekend off in style! Absolutely fantastic performance today, hopefully Munster can turn this into consistency now.

And to think there were some people on here saying this competition as boring

Like who?

You're not going to rise to that smelly bait, are you?

This should be good though. I mean we are going to hear this everytime there is a half decent game in the tournament.

I think it was TJ who was saying the competition is pretty much over and there will just be dead rubbers now in the pools. Evidence from this game, the Exeter game and the Ospreys game tells a difference story.

Not fishing either, promise!