Should we kick the Welsh out? Guinness Pro 14 - Round 4

[Leonormous Boozer]

It's obvious they have their priorities wrong!



Away wins for last year's finalists, home for the rest. Wish Ster were at home this week though, need happiness only the RDS can provide.

 

[ajwffc]

EFEREE APPOINTMENTS
ROUND 4
Friday, October 25

Ulster Rugby v Cardiff Blues – KO 19:35

Kingspan Stadium, Belfast

Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU, 38th Championship appearance)

AR1: Sean Gallagher (IRFU) AR2: Dave Sutherland (SRU)

TMO: Neil Paterson (SRU)

Live on eir sport 2, Premier Sports 1, S4C, Supersport 5, DAZN, PRO14.tv



Munster Rugby v Ospreys – KO 19:35

Irish Independent Park, Cork

Referee: Stuart Berry (SARU, 26th Championship appearance)

AR1: Stuart Gaffigan (IRFU) AR2: Paul Haycock (IRFU)

TMO: Charles Samson (SRU)

Live on eir sport 1, Premier Sports 2, TG4, DAZN, PRO14.tv

Deferred: Sunday 14:05 S4C

Saturday, October 26
Benetton Rugby v Isuzu Southern Kings KO 15:00 (UK) / 16:00 (ITA & SA)

Stadio Monigo, Treviso

Referee: Dan Jones (WRU, 27th Championship appearance)

AR1: Marius Mitrea (FIR) AR2: Dai Cambourne (WRU)

TMO: Tim Hayes (WRU)

Live on eir sport 2, FreeSports, Supersport 2, DAZN, PRO14.tv


Dragons v Glasgow Warriors – KO 15:00

Rodney Parade, Newport

Referee: George Clancy (IRFU, 117th Championship appearance)

AR1: Simon Rees (WRU) AR2: Chris Busby (IRFU)

TMO: Simon McDowell (IRFU)

Live on eir sport 1, Premier Sports 2, DAZN, PRO14.tv



Zebre Rugby Club v Leinster Rugby – KO 17:15 (UK) / 18:15 (ITA)

Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, PArma

Referee: Craig Evans (WRU, 7th Championship appearance)

AR1: Manuel Bottino (FIR), AR2: Chris Williams (WRU)

TMO: Jon Mason (WRU)

Live on eir sport 1, Premier Sports 2, DAZN, PRO14.tv



Connacht v Cheetahs – KO 17:15 (UK) / 18:15 (SA)

The Sportsground, Galway

Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU, 61st Championship appearance)

AR1: Sean Gallagher (IRFU) AR2: Gwyn Morris (WRU)

TMO: Sean Brickell (IRFU)

Live on eir sport 2, Premier Sports 1, Supersport 2, TG4, DAZN, PRO14.tv



Edinburgh v Scarlets – KO 19:35

BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU, 27th Championship appearance)

AR1: Sam Grove-White (SRU) AR2: Eddie Hogan O'Connell (IRFU)

TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)

Live on eir sport 2, Premier Sports 2, Supersport 2, DAZN, PRO14.tv

Deferred: 14:05 on S4C


Read more at https://www.pro14rugby.org/match-centre/referee-appointments/#iFWmjAJM77APSBZK.99

 

[munstermuffin]

It is a bit of a fun feeling though with games during RWC I feel. Bit of a buzz.

 

[MikeTheNative]

Munster v Ospreys - Ospreys to take their regular Ireland away pummelling, Bonus point for Munster, sadness for Ospreys
Ulster v Blues - Blues to score some pretty tries but ultimately come up short, Ulster by 10
Dragons V Glasgow - Glasgow should win this reasonably comfortably but they have been a bit hit and miss so far.
Edinburgh v Scarlets - This should be a close one and a good game, shading towards home advantage but Scarlets have already come to Scotland and won.

 

[Amiga500]

Connacht vs. Cheetahs game of the weekend for me. A Cheetahs win here signals they are likely to push to the play-offs.... and on the hard ground we'd be back onto come play-off time, they could do much more than just make up numbers.

Munster vs. Ospreys: Ospreys are crap. Even the Munster 2nds should be able to win this. No contest.
Ulster vs. Blues: We're good at home. Only 2 or 3 teams in the league to fear at Ravenhill and the Blues certainly aren't one of them.
Dragons vs. Glasgow: 4th placed Dragons vs. 5th placed Glasgow. Could be surprisingly close. But probably still a Glaswegian win. Will Dave Rennie have an eye on the Wallabies job?
Treviso vs. Kings: Home win. All day long. A needed home win too. Treviso have promised much but due to circumstance, their points haul isn't near what it should be. Probably need a bonus point here really to start to chase down play-off spot given the way conf. B is shaping up.
Connacht vs. Cheetahs: As earlier, biggest game of the weekend.
Zebre vs. Leinster: Enough of unrewarding tours off to distant lands to return home chastened. The goys can return a small smile to IRFU HQ with a 90+ point win here. Otherwise the gloom continues.
Edinburgh vs. Scarlets: Probably an away win. But if Edinburgh did win, conf. B is getting mighty tasty - you'd have 6 teams (maybe 5 excluding the Blues) genuinely fancying their chances of play-offs.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

MUNSTER RUGBY
POS
15 MIKE HALEY
14 CALVIN NASH
13 DAN GOGGIN
12 RORY SCANNELL
11 SHANE DALY
10 TYLER BLEYENDAAL
9 NEIL CRONIN
1 JAMES CRONIN
2 RHYS MARSHALL
3 STEPHEN ARCHER
4 JED HOLLOWAY
5 BILLY HOLLAND
6 JACK O'DONOGHUE
7 TOMMY O'DONNELL
8 JACK O'SULLIVAN
REPLACEMENTS
16 KEVIN O'BYRNE
17 LIAM O'CONNOR
18 JEREMY LOUGHMAN
19 FINEEN WYCHERLEY
20 ARNO BOTHA
21 CRAIG CASEY
22 JJ HANRAHAN
23 SAM ARNOLD

Shoulda come to Ster Mr. Casey! Handy team considering who's missing, nice to see a bit of youth too down south.

Edit: Just copied and pasted this team from the Munster site, it added POS on its own. Must stand for pieces of ****!

 

[snoopy snoopy dog dog]

Great to see Calvin Nash and Jack O'Sullivan get a start. Hopefully they grab the opportunity and play well.

 

[sugary tae]

Great to see Calvin Nash and Jack O'Sullivan get a start. Hopefully they grab the opportunity and play well.

Shane Daly is the one who's really put his hand up so far. Very very excited to see o Sullivan in the flesh tbh.

 

[MikeTheNative]

I've just seen that Cory Allen and Keelan Gilles are out for the season. It's going to be a hard season for them. Really feel sorry for Gilles, he was the inform winger in Wales a few years ago. Didn't really get the chance and now he's had 2 serious injuries.

 

[Leinster Fan]

Shane Daly has started the season really well, really put his hand up.

[Insert complaints about average players starting ahead of potential internationals like Casey and Wycherly here]

Would agree that Connacht v Cheetahs is the pick of the bunch, very interested to see if the Cheetahs can back up their home form when they're in Europe. If they can, could be a serious force.

 

[munstermuffin]

Casey is just back.from injury so not sure why people shocked he is easing back. This is Fineens first game on bench as there is a bit of rotation. In a front 5 where they have all been rotated
Jack O'Sullivan is in and it's a great chance for lads like Shane to build on a superb start which will possibly put Earls under pressure.

 

[profitius]

Daly, Wycherley, Jack O'Sullivan, Casey.. some potential international caps in that 4.

Looks like it's going to be cold and wet for the match.

 

[big ginger 8]

15. Hugo Keenan (8)
14. Adam Byrne (53)
13. Rory O'Loughlin (64)
12. Joe Tomane (16)
11. Cian Kelleher (7)
10. Ross Byrne (74)
9. Jamison Gibson-Park (73)
1. Peter Dooley (64)
2. James Tracy (95)
3. Michael Bent (127)
4. Ross Molony (85)
5. Scott Fardy (46) CAPTAIN
6. Josh Murphy (24)
7. Scott Penny (7)
8. Max Deegan (49)

16. Bryan Byrne (42)
17. Michael Milne (3)
18. Vakh Abdaladze (10)
19. Ryan Baird (1)
20. Caelan Doris (19)
21. Hugh O'Sullivan (15)
22. Harry Byrne (3)
23. Jimmy O'Brien (9)

 

[Groundhog]

Didn't see the Munster match. Gather it was fairly slippy but the result was got. Connacht Cheetahs game is decent so far. Connacht capable of playing some nice ball but they're also their own worst enemies. Cheetahs have fallen off a hell of a lot of tackles so far, but they have some grunt up front and look good out wide.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

World class rugby in Parma right now! Who needs the world cup.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

World. Beaters

 

[big ginger 8]

How rugby is supposed to be played.

 

[Groundhog]

Don't think you're allowed to get on a high horse about playing young guys if said guys are extremely lucky to escape with a three point win in Zebre.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Don't think you're allowed to get on a high horse about playing young guys if said guys are extremely composed to escape with a three point win in Zebre.

Ftfy

 

[Groundhog]

Ftfy

Can't wait for Mick Kearney and Ian Nagle to destroy James Ryan when they meet next, proving that it's better to be old and average than young and world class.