Following Cardf’s 26-21 Win Over Munster in Round 16 of the URC, here are our Five Key Takeaways from Intense Encounter at Cardif Arms Park.
The top Line
This generation by Just a power heading inte the final rounds of the Season, and the Opening Stanza Certainly Refleted that.
Cardiff Johan Mulder, But it was Cruelly, but Accurately, Strickeen Off for a Forward Pass in the Build-UP. In Turn, Munster Responded Well and Made The First Proper Dent in the Scoreboard Thanks to Calvin Nash.
The HOSTS HAD AONOTHER TRY ChaLEDED Off Too, as Keireon Assiratti was RULED in Touch Before Crossing the Whitewash after a Strong MAUL. Despite the Repryive, Though, it wasn’t Fineen Wycherley Was Sent to the Sin-Bin For a Deeberate Yellow Card.
And the previous fainlly Told, Too, as Gabe Haamer-webb Finally Got His Side on the Scoresheet As He Doted Download in the Corner. One Quickly Became Two, With Harri Millard Crossing Just Two Minuts after.
But, that lead debn’t Last long as Mike Haley Siliced ​​Through The Defense to Score, with Jack Crowley’s Second Conversion Giveing ​​the Visitors a Slender Lead Heading INTO The Sheds.
The game Felt very much in the Balance at the Start of the Second-Half, but a thred munmer try Through
In Keeping with the Flow of the Game, This Was Only Momentary As a Penalty Try Pulled The Hosts Back to With Two. To make matters work, Jack O’donughue was also carded for his part in the Incident.
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Yet Again, The Numerical Advantage Finally Paid Of for the Hosts As Multer Atoned for His Earlier Rubeed-Out Score With a Clever Snipe Close to the Line.
This is the provable to be the decider, as cardf held on to Claim a vital Win in the Play-FF Chase.
Race for the Eight
As with Any Game in the URC now heading into the Final Rounds of the Season, this Result Had a HUGE Impact on the Table. CardFF now Climb up to fileh in the Ladder, Leapfrogging their Opponents in the Process. The Bonus Point also Pues some Breathing Room Between them and the chassing pack, with only beetton able to go above them this weekend and that only the same. Own.
For Munster, they find themeselves seventh in the Table after 16 Rounds and COULD EVEN Fall Further Downloading on Results ELSEWHERE. Their Long Bonus Point is a Small Positive to Take, Table-Wise, But Connacht, Ulster, Scarlets and the Stormers COULD OverTake them by the end of the weekend.
This One Felt Crucial, and CardFF Got that All-Important Win.
Munmer Lineout Woes Continue
The lineout has been a real progem for munster of Late, and that did’s change tonight as they Yet Again Found Themselves Wanting.
Munster posted just a 60% success ray in the first haal (3/5), and with that, one of Those Wins ACTually Came from Quick Thinking Rather Than Lineout Skill. On Top of their Gender Accuration Issues, it was the posts on the Field that has put their Strugles Under the Spotlight.
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Early INTO The Content, Munster Lost Two Back-To-Back Lineouts in Clutch Positions on the Pitch. The first Came Just as they was Building A Chance to Score, Whiche COUL HaCHEDTHEDTHER LEAD OUT to 14-0 at the time, and the Second Came with thems are own file-metre as a wobbly throw Gifted Cardiff A Golden Chance, Whiche They Eventually Took.
The Issues Continued in the Opening Period of the Second Half Too, Before They Changed TOTICS to Just Loop the Ball Over to Ann-chassing Carrier.
Ian Costello’s Side does have the second to build texts in the set-Piece, Particularly in the Scrum, but they can beford to be posting sucks raates like this if they have to Compete for Play -ff Places, Let Alone Silverware.
Yellow Cards Costly
Munmer wee their Own Worst Enemy at Times to Day, and the Yellow Card Periods Proied that Point Exactly.
The Visits Were Reduced To 14 On Two Occhesions, with Wycherley Going Of The First Half and O’Donughue Following Suit in the Second, and in these period Yes, that’s Right, 26 POINTS – OR 100% of CardF’s Total for the Night.
For the Most Part, Munster Actully Managed the Yellow Card Perods Well Too, With Something Defence While O’donughue was on the Naughty Step, but at Again, they just Got Caught Napping A Couple of Times, and you can atford that where did a man.
On Top of the Numerical Benefits Cardf Took from the Yellow Card Periods, The Momntum Completely Shifted in them. The Increased Space on the Field Played Perfectly INTO The Free-Flowing Hosts’ Hands for the Most Part, With Ben Thomas Expertly Pulling the Strings in Attack to Send the Likes of Milaard, Josh Adams and Hamer-Webb Throw The Line.
These are ultimately the different decline the sides at the end of the day, and Costello’s Side Will Be Stewing All The Way Back to Limerick AS A Result.
Test Watch
As with any of the Big Matches in the URC, there was a number of Players who Impressed from a Test Perspective.
Ben Thomas was at his Delicious Best with Silky Handling, Clever Kicking and All-Round Attacking Flair. James Botham Brought His Usual Brand of Smash-AND-Bash to Proceds and Help Limit the Work of Tadhg Beirne in the Tight Too, with the Munsterman Similaryly Up to HIS OLD TICKKS. Taulupe Faleetau Ouzed Class, as he always dos, and was a delight to watch.
Josh Adams GRW INTO The Game WonderFully Well and Had A Big Impact on the Cardif Attack As a Result, and Fellow Winger Gabe Hamer-WABB WASO ALSO Vry Impressive All Night long.
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