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LIVE: Munster v Gloucester, Champions Cup
After last week’s defeat to Bath, Munster are looking for redemption in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
4 mins ago
Half-Time! Munster 7-3 Gloucester
14 mins ago
34 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
PENALTY WIDE!
There’s a swirling wind in Cork and it forces Crowley’s shot to go past the wrong side of the posts.
28 mins ago
TRY! Munster 7-3 Gloucester (Dan Kelly ’21)
Munster fail to get that last shove that was needed, as they get held up. That’s disappointing as they’ve left some tries behind them in that first half. It was very scrappy at the beginning but Munster did start to get into a bit of a rhythm as the half progressed.
Still some errors creeping in though and they will need a big effort to take more control of the game in the second half.
There’s a swirling wind in Cork and it forces Crowley’s shot to go past the wrong side of the posts.
15 mins ago
6:09PM
33 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Munster penalty and Crowley is setting up for a kick at the posts!
16 mins ago
6:08PM
32 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
YELLOW CARD!
Jamal Ford-Robinson is sent to the bin for the challenge.
17 mins ago
6:07PM
32 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
The TMO wants the referee to check a clearout challenge on Crowley. It looks bad into the neck on the replays but the referee is deliberating.
18 mins ago
6:06PM
32 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Gloucester send it long to Daly who fails to secure the ball at the first time of asking. Casey kicks into touch after some phases.
19 mins ago
6:05PM
31 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Nice crossfield kick from O’Connor to bring Munster forward again for a Gloucester lineout on their ’22.
20 mins ago
6:04PM
30 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Munster hold well in the scrum and Casey gets them going again. But there’s more sloppy play as a pass goes to ground. No knock-on though so they retain the ball.
The move ends in a Casey kick which Shane Daly goes after but Gloucester survive the pressure.
22 mins ago
6:02PM
28 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Munster win the ball back but Gloucester come at them again and there was a hint of try there after a beautiful behind the back pass from Josh Hathaway. It’s forward though so Munster are spared.
24 mins ago
6:00PM
25 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Gloucester get a big lift from a 50:22. What can they do with this?
26 mins ago
5:59PM
23 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
That’s more like it from Munster!
Charlie Atkinson kicks it forward for to Haley. His attempted kick-chase is initially blocked but the ball bounces back to him again. He’s brought down but Dan Kelly is coming in hard and fast to gather and barrel over after being briefly held up.
Harry Taylor makes the turnover when Scannell was trying to advance off the back of the maul.
32 mins ago
5:52PM
18 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster are down in the Gloucester ’22 for their lineout. Scannell finds Kleyn and begin the maul.
33 mins ago
5:51PM
17 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster penalty and that has given the crowd a big lift.
But it’s a messy pass to Haley and that holds up the momentum. They regroup and move the ball across the line.
They go lateral again back to Jack O’Donoghue and Casey eventually dinks the ball forward and although Gloucester collect it, Munster end up with the penalty with Niall Scannell getting over the ball brilliantly.
36 mins ago
5:49PM
15 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Gloucester strong in their lineout again. They seem to have dealt with those early mistakes. Munster are back in their own five-metre line as Casey puts the ball up again and puts it beyond the ’22.
They’re still not quite motoring and need a spark to get going.
37 mins ago
5:47PM
14 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Great kick puts Haley under pressure and Gloucester advance for the chase. Casey then releases another brilliant kick and we’re back to where we were a minute ago.
39 mins ago
5:46PM
13 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Gloucester win the lineout this time and a box-kick is won by Munster and a loose pass from Casey pushes Munster back.
They gather themselves and Casey goes to the air again. It’s a good kick to find touch and relieve the pressure again.
40 mins ago
5:44PM
12 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
O’Connor jumps to collect a Casey box-kick and makes the catch this time. The pair link up again with a brilliant pass out wide from Casey. O’Connor tries to run up the line but is forced to put his foot on the line and the visitors are back in possession again.
41 mins ago
5:43PM
10 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster penalised again and Gloucester send the ball way down into Munster territory.
Very scrappy so far from Munster. One piece of good play followed quickly by an error.
43 mins ago
5:42PM
9 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster penalty!
Gloucester are being penalised for not staying straight and that’s a good response from Clayton McMillan’s pack.
They win the lineout too and Casey boots it high. It was intended for Ben O’Connor but he doesn’t get up in time. But he does for the knock-on, and Munster have a scrum.
45 mins ago
5:40PM
7 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster knock the ball on Gloucester will put the ball in for the first scrum of the evening.
47 mins ago
5:38PM
7 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Gloucester lose another lineout and that’s a good start for Munster with handling the opposition set-piece.
Alex Nankivell then makes a brilliant carry as Munster gain some territory and start building the phases.
48 mins ago
5:36PM
5 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Jean Kleyn intervenes to knock the ball back into Munster hands but Munster struggle in the breakdown and it’s a Gloucester penalty.
49 mins ago
5:35PM
2 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Mike Haley makes a good fetch and bounces off a tackle. Ben O’Connor then sends on a kick and chase but it trickles out to give Gloucester the lineout.
Hello and welcome to The42′s coverage of the Champions Cup clash between Munster and Gloucester.
After last week’s discouraging display against Bath, Clayton McMillan’s side are in Páirc Uí Chaoimh today with redemption on their mind. And with Gloucester travelling with essentially, a second-string team, the feeling is that anything less than a bonus-point win would be considered a failure.
We’ll have team line-ups for you shortly as we edge closer to the 5.30pm kick-off.
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LIVE: Munster v Gloucester, Champions Cup
Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Munster fail to get that last shove that was needed, as they get held up. That’s disappointing as they’ve left some tries behind them in that first half. It was very scrappy at the beginning but Munster did start to get into a bit of a rhythm as the half progressed.
Still some errors creeping in though and they will need a big effort to take more control of the game in the second half.
Half-Time! Munster 7-3 Gloucester
41 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
They’re literally on the line. Just one more surge needed.
41 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
They decide to play on and string some good passes together. Crowley delays the pass to try and send Haley through.
Some gaps are forming in the Gloucester defence. Can they get another score?
39 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Ball goes forward!
Munster can see out the half with their lead intact if they can hold firm in the scrum.
Gloucester make a change as Basham is replaced by Afolabi Fasogbon.
39 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Munster win their lineout and Casey boots it away. Gloucester start again and starting working the phases.
39 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Super kick from Barton.
Not quite a 50:22 but he slices it beautifully, and Munster will have to defend again with half-time looming.
37 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Daly takes a mark and the resultant kick to push Gloucester back.
36 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
It’s not a clean ball, so there’s no maul. And it looks like Josh Basham who forces the turnover and wins the penalty for Gloucester.
Huge opportunity missed there for Munster to get points. First from the missed penalty and then not converting a chance at a try.
35 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Crowley throws the ball out wide and Daly makes brilliant use of the space. They look to be in but they’re eventually held up.
The referee brings the play back for a high tackle. And this time, Crowley goes for the corner.
34 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
PENALTY WIDE!
There’s a swirling wind in Cork and it forces Crowley’s shot to go past the wrong side of the posts.
33 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Munster penalty and Crowley is setting up for a kick at the posts!
32 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
YELLOW CARD!
Jamal Ford-Robinson is sent to the bin for the challenge.
32 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
The TMO wants the referee to check a clearout challenge on Crowley. It looks bad into the neck on the replays but the referee is deliberating.
32 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Gloucester send it long to Daly who fails to secure the ball at the first time of asking. Casey kicks into touch after some phases.
31 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Nice crossfield kick from O’Connor to bring Munster forward again for a Gloucester lineout on their ’22.
30 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Munster hold well in the scrum and Casey gets them going again. But there’s more sloppy play as a pass goes to ground. No knock-on though so they retain the ball.
The move ends in a Casey kick which Shane Daly goes after but Gloucester survive the pressure.
28 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Munster win the ball back but Gloucester come at them again and there was a hint of try there after a beautiful behind the back pass from Josh Hathaway. It’s forward though so Munster are spared.
25 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Gloucester get a big lift from a 50:22. What can they do with this?
23 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
That’s more like it from Munster!
Charlie Atkinson kicks it forward for to Haley. His attempted kick-chase is initially blocked but the ball bounces back to him again. He’s brought down but Dan Kelly is coming in hard and fast to gather and barrel over after being briefly held up.
TRY! Munster 7-3 Gloucester (Dan Kelly ’21)
19 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
HELD UP!
Harry Taylor makes the turnover when Scannell was trying to advance off the back of the maul.
18 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster are down in the Gloucester ’22 for their lineout. Scannell finds Kleyn and begin the maul.
17 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster penalty and that has given the crowd a big lift.
But it’s a messy pass to Haley and that holds up the momentum. They regroup and move the ball across the line.
They go lateral again back to Jack O’Donoghue and Casey eventually dinks the ball forward and although Gloucester collect it, Munster end up with the penalty with Niall Scannell getting over the ball brilliantly.
15 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Gloucester strong in their lineout again. They seem to have dealt with those early mistakes. Munster are back in their own five-metre line as Casey puts the ball up again and puts it beyond the ’22.
They’re still not quite motoring and need a spark to get going.
14 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Great kick puts Haley under pressure and Gloucester advance for the chase. Casey then releases another brilliant kick and we’re back to where we were a minute ago.
13 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Gloucester win the lineout this time and a box-kick is won by Munster and a loose pass from Casey pushes Munster back.
They gather themselves and Casey goes to the air again. It’s a good kick to find touch and relieve the pressure again.
12 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
O’Connor jumps to collect a Casey box-kick and makes the catch this time. The pair link up again with a brilliant pass out wide from Casey. O’Connor tries to run up the line but is forced to put his foot on the line and the visitors are back in possession again.
10 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster penalised again and Gloucester send the ball way down into Munster territory.
Very scrappy so far from Munster. One piece of good play followed quickly by an error.
9 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster penalty!
Gloucester are being penalised for not staying straight and that’s a good response from Clayton McMillan’s pack.
They win the lineout too and Casey boots it high. It was intended for Ben O’Connor but he doesn’t get up in time. But he does for the knock-on, and Munster have a scrum.
7 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster knock the ball on Gloucester will put the ball in for the first scrum of the evening.
7 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Gloucester lose another lineout and that’s a good start for Munster with handling the opposition set-piece.
Alex Nankivell then makes a brilliant carry as Munster gain some territory and start building the phases.
5 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Jean Kleyn intervenes to knock the ball back into Munster hands but Munster struggle in the breakdown and it’s a Gloucester penalty.
2 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Mike Haley makes a good fetch and bounces off a tackle. Ben O’Connor then sends on a kick and chase but it trickles out to give Gloucester the lineout.
2 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Jack Crowley gets the game back underway.
2 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
And the kick is straight and true! Glocuester are off the mark in Cork.
1 min: Munster 0-0 Gloucester
Early penalty for Gloucester inside Munster territory. Not the start they wanted, as George Barton eyes up the posts.
Kick-Off! Munster v Gloucester
There’s nine changes in the Munster team today. Is that the right call? We’ll find out soon.
Around 15 minutes until kick-off, call it here.
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Hello and welcome to The42′s coverage of the Champions Cup clash between Munster and Gloucester.
After last week’s discouraging display against Bath, Clayton McMillan’s side are in Páirc Uí Chaoimh today with redemption on their mind. And with Gloucester travelling with essentially, a second-string team, the feeling is that anything less than a bonus-point win would be considered a failure.
We’ll have team line-ups for you shortly as we edge closer to the 5.30pm kick-off.
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