Preseason - Munster v Crusaders (Feb 4th)
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@Bovidae said in Munster v Crusaders (Feb 4th):
It will be interesting to see who is appointed to ref in this game, as based on recent viewing of some European club games there is still a difference in referee interpretations at the breakdown.
first ref comment of the year, 2nd post of the first game thread. new record?
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Any idea of who is in the match day 23?
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Crusaders: 15 Leigh Halfpennny, 14 Chay Fihaki, 13 Levi Aumua, 12 Dallas McLeod, 11 Macca Springer, 10 Taha Kemara, 9 Mitch Drummond, 8 Cullen Grace, 7 Tom Christie, 6 Dominic Gardiner, 5 Tahlor Cahill, 4 Quinten Strange (c), 3 Owen Franks, 2 George Bell, 1 George Bower
Replacements: 16 Ioane Moananu, 17 Kershawl Sykes-Martin, 18 Seb Calder, 19 Jamie Hannah, 20 Christian Lio-Willie, 21 Noah Hotham, 22 Rivez Reihana, 23 Ryan Crotty, 24 Josh Southall, 25 Heremaia Murray -
Munster: Shane Daly; Seán O’Brien, Antoine Frisch, Alex Nankivell, Shay McCarthy; Joey Carbery, Ethan Coughlan; Josh Wycherley, Eoghan Clarke, Stephen Archer; Gavin Coombes, Fineen Wycherley; Ruadhán Quinn, Alex Kendellen (C), Jack O’Sullivan.
Replacements: Scott Buckley, Mark Donnelly, John Ryan, Kamil Nowak, Jack Daly, Daniel Okeke, Neil Cronin, Tony Butler, Rory Scannell, Colm Hogan.
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Crusaders playing like it's their first game of the season which is to be expected, bit sloppy at the breakdown and missing first up tackles etc
Leigh halfpenny didn't last the first half , has his arm in a sling
Munster targeting Chay Fihaki with plenty of high balla -
Dumb by Gardner there.
Scrappy game
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Both Crusaders tries have been well worked through numerous hands, thatbwas a pearler finished by McLeod
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Reihana pulls a wide conversion on FT to miss the a draw.
2nd half was much better.
A few odd calls or non calls, but overall the ref was good.
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Strange with a dumb yellow. No surprise there
Munster the better side, probably should’ve scored more tries. Crusaders took their handful of chances well.
It was always going to be difficult with one side mid season and another in their first match of the preseason
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