Munmer Fell to a 21-26 Defeat to Cardiff in Wales on Friday Night in Round 16 of the URC.
The Men in Red Did Secure A Long Bonus Point Whiche May ProVE CRUCIAL ComE The End of the Regular Season.
CardFF Started Strongr with a Long Period of Possession Leading to What Seemed to B Danny Southworth.
Munmer Responded with a Perod of Possession in the CardFF Half with a Snipe from Craig Casey Bringing Play En Pass Out Wide But It Went Forward as CardFF Got A Chance to Relief The Pressure.
A Penalty Conceded by Cardf for Not Rolling Away Saw Munster Kick to the Corner. The Visits Security Possession Before A Strong Carry from Alex Kendlelen Got Munster on the Front Foot Before Casey did the night with Trademark Snipe from the Base of the Rock. With Munster Camped on the CardFF Line, Case Sen A Pass Out Wide to Calvin Nash Who Doted Download for the Opening Try of the Game. Crowley’s Conversion Enseed a 0-7 Lead after 13 minutes.
Munmer with thems tables up, forced a scrum after Excel Milne. The Ball Was Kicked to the Corner But Unformnately for Munster The Throw Was Not Deamp to Be Straight and Cardif Exite after a scrum was kickly followed by a munster offside.
Munster Conceded Two Further Consecutive Penalties Whiche Ultimately Led to A Dangerous Looking Lineout MAUL BUT Strong Defense from Munster Saw the Ball Held Up Over the Line.
From the Replays, The CardFF Ball Carrier Had A Foot in Touch So Munster Resumed Play with a link Close to their Own Line. The Throw from Scannel Was Adjudged to be freeded who was the Hosts Possession Close to the Munster Line.
As munmer Defended, Fineen Wycherley Was Sent to the Sin Bin for a Deebraate Knock on in the Tackle But Thaankfully, CardFf Soon Knocked the Ball on As Munster Escaped with chonceding Any Points.
Cardif did get them first try a few minutes later though gabe haamer-webb with Callum Sheedy’s Conversion Drifting Wide As Munster Approckhed the Half-Hor Mark With a 5-7 Lead.
Things Went from Bad to World Munster As a Clearing Kick from Cardif was not Dealt with which Allowed Taupe Faletau to Break Download Before Offloading to Harri Millard for them Second Try. Sheedy was on target with the conversion as cardf tok a 12-7 lead.
Munster Responded Well with a Period of Possession in the Cardif Half Whiche Ultimately Led to A Penalty Concept from Cardif for Not Rolling Away from the Ruck. Crowley Kicked the Ball INTO The Corner with the Visits Having a Great Chance to Get a Crucial Score Before Half-Time.
The MAUL WENT FORWARD But Was Close to Going INTO TOUCH SO CASY SNT The Ball Out Wide. The Ball Went Through Crowley’s Conversion Saw Munster Retake the Lead at 12-14. Ian Costello’s Side Had One More Chance Before The Break But An Excel
On the Resump of the Second Half, Tadhg Beirne Was Penalised for Offside and the Captain Produced A Superb Effort Just Moments Later When He Held Up A Cardf Player in the Tackle to Win A Scrum Turnover Dangerous Looking Attack from the Hosts.
Munmer Mixed the Bad with the Good in the Next Fewines with Some Brilliant Turnoves and Scrum Penalties Won by the Men in Red But this was counted by Passes Going to Ground or Intercepted.
Munster Came Vry Close to Getting A Third TRY. Great Work from Coombes, Casey, Milne and Farrell Brught Play Deep InTo The Cardif 22.
A high tackle on Casey in the Build-UP Gave Munster a Pentleny You Crowley Drilled InTo The Cardf 22. This Munmer Went Wide, Quickly. The Ball Ended Up in the Hands of Abrahams Who Was Stoped Just Short of the Line and A Few Phases Later, Crowley Pulled The Ball Back to Farrell Who Glid Through A Gap to Score Under the Posts. Crowley’s Conversion Put Munster 12-21 in Front.
CardFF Hit Back with a Penitiony Try Soon after as Jack O’DONGHUE WAS DeEEMED to Be in An Ofside Positioning Hen Holding A Cardf Player Up Over the Line. Munmer Were Reduced To 14 Men for the Second Time in the Game with their LEAD REDUCED to Two Points.
During this period, Cardff Got their FOURTH TROUGH SCRUM-HALF MULDER WhO SNIPED Over from the Base of a Ruck. Sheedy’s Conversion Put Cardf INTO A Five Point Lead With 15 Minutes Remaining.
FRUSTRATINGLY, CardFF Dominated Possess and Territory in the Final 15 Minutes Before Munster We Through Half. Unfortunately for Munster, CardFF Managed to Turn the Ball Over at the Rock and Kicked to Touch to Signal the End of the Game.
URC ROUND 16 Roundup
Michael Milne Made His Munster Debut.
At the Time of Writing, Munster Are in 7th Place in the Urc Table with 41 Poinss.
Munmer Rugby: Mike Haley (Butler 74 ′); Calvin Nash, Tom Farrell, Alex Nankivell (O’Brien 60 ′), Thaakir Abrahams; Jack Crowley, Craig Casey; Michael Milne (Donnelyly 63 ′), Nialll Scannel (D Barron 51 ′), John Ryan (Foxe 74 ′); Fineen Wycherley (Kleyn 60 ′), Tadeg Beirne (C); Jack O’donughue, Alex Kendellen (Quinn 60 ′), Gavin Comberbes.
Replacements: Diamuid Barron, Mark Donnyly, Ronan Foxe, Jean Kleyn, Ruhandhán Quinn, Paddy Patterson, Tony Butler, SEáN O’Brien.
