Munster vs Connacht - Sunday the 30th of August.

A huge opportunity for the team to make another grand statement against Munster this weekend following the excellent performance and result against Ulster last weekend.
With Quinn Roux declaring himself fit in the Indo today, I may be wrong but I make it only Thornbury, SOB, Buckley, and Stephen Fitzgerald who are out injured? With Andy F declaring there'll be an entirely new starting XV, perhaps the team might look like this.

15 TOH, 14 T Daly, 13 Arnold, 12 Robb, 11 Healy, 10 C Fitz, 9 Blade,
1 McAllister, 2 Delahunt, 3 Robertson-McCoy, 4 Roux, 5 Murray, 6 Dowling, 7 Oliver, 8 Papali'i.

16 Heffernan, 17 Duggan, 18 Aungier/Bealham, 19 Dillane/Gallagher, 20 Butler, 21 Marmion, 22 Carty, 23 Aki.

I think all of our likely call ups to the national squad not starting (Heffernan, Bealham, Dillane, Marmion, Carty, and Aki) will be named on the bench for this game in order to give them match practice.

That's a decent side!

Last week the injured list was Dowling, Fitzgerald, and Healy. So may see deBuitlear at 11 and SOB at 6.

Healy and Dowling were supposed to be back end of this month, we may see them
SOB early September, less likely, even if he is training!

I'm expecting a lot from Gallagher (our Gallagher ) !

Teams up.

www.connachtrugby.ie/arnold-papalii-the-...ts-in-munster-clash/

Heaviest pack in years for Connacht!




If Tom Daly + Colm De Buitlear step up hugely, this should be a hell of a game

Well that was a strange game.
Second red card is stupidity of the highest order, throwing your team mates under the bus. Delahunt looked disappointed in himself and so he should be.

Abraham's.......harsh for me, didn't ever see contact with the head. Initial contact is his chest to Murray's shoulder, the impact rocks Murray's head back purely from the force. Didn't see any follow through with shoulder/arm to head, but as Andy said: go that high and you could be in strife.

Thought he was excellent for the few minutes he was on mind, big strip when defending and not many lads mince stander in contact like he did. Get the tackle height down and we could have a real weapon there.

Aside from that: Oliver and the pack in general showed up well, bundee certainly had his Wheaties this morning and thought blade and Arnold put in good shift.

Tough to judge much on that performance though.

Crazy game.

2 red cards were unfortunately merited I think. New 8 has great potential.

Whatever about the disappointment of the red cards and indiscipline displayed yesterday, that can happen and overexuberance played a part.

On looking at this thread, I am disgusted at this comment by a regular contributor.


Sea point.

Would laugh my backside off if DeAllande gets a knock. Don't wish the man ill, ..



Also that it remained unchallenged...Pure asshole behaviour and something that certainly does not represent the view of any right thinking sports supporter.