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.
And the kick is straight and true! Glocuester are off the mark in Cork.
3 hrs ago
5:34PM
2 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Jack Crowley gets the game back underway.
3 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs ago
5:53PM
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.
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.
2 hrs ago
6:00PM
25 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Gloucester get a big lift from a 50:22. What can they do with this?
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs 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.
2 hrs ago
6:08PM
32 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
YELLOW CARD!
Jamal Ford-Robinson is sent to the bin for the challenge.
2 hrs ago
6:09PM
33 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Munster penalty and Crowley is setting up for a kick at the posts!
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.
Lovely attacking play there from Munster finally produces a reward as Haley goes in at the corner after a lovely offload from Nankivell under pressure.
Crowley misses the conversion but Munster have their second try of the evening.
1 hr ago
6:49PM
53 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Munster change: Tom Farrell comes in to replace the first-half try-scorer Dan Kelly.
1 hr ago
6:51PM
55 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Very skillful bit of play there from Munster. Crowley creates it with a wonderful step. Casey then tries a skip pass out to O’Connor on the wing. It bounces into O’Connor’s hands and he races in for the try but it’s forward.
That’s better from Munster. They’re showing some creativity and vision but the sharpness is still lacking slightly.
1 hr ago
6:52PM
56 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Munster knock the ball on again. And that is such a frustrating aspect of their play. The pass was for Beirne and his timing is just a bit off as the ball bounces off him.
Gloucester will look to get out again and get a chance to reboot.
Gloucester’s Arthur Clark is penalised and Munster get the decision. Munster go for the corner.
1 hr ago
6:55PM
58 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Another Munster penalty. They want the maul again.
1 hr ago
6:56PM
60 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Beirne claims from the lineout but Munster get pushed back a bit. Gavin Coombes then makes a big gain and they’re back inside the five-metre line again.
1 hr ago
6:59PM
62 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
KNOCK-ON!
Farrell makes the error after another sequence of great attacking play. But that final product eludes them once more.
Munster changes: Edwin Edogbo, Ruadhán Quinn, Josh Wycherley are all in as Jean Kleyn, Michael Milne and Jack O’Donoghue make way.
1 hr ago
7:00PM
62 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Munster change: Diarmuid Barron also comes in for Scannell.
1 hr ago
7:01PM
64 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
More scrappy rugby as Gloucester repel Munster to their ’22. Munster win the lineout and march forward once more.
1 hr ago
7:03PM
65 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Munster try to find the holes but can’t create the space as the play becomes quite lateral. Nankivell throws the ball forward and that’s the story of Munster’s night in many ways.
1 hr ago
7:06PM
65 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
What a break!
Casey blows everyone away as he runs onto a loose ball and just takes off. It comes to Haley who gets hauled down and there’s a Munster penalty.
Munster get over the line after a quick penalty with Casey releasing the ball and substitute Ruadhán Quinn driving over. That’s try number three with the bonus point within reach now.
1 hr ago
7:11PM
72 mins: Munster 19-3 Gloucester
Munster change: JJ Hanrahan & Paddy Patterson replace Mike Haley and Craig Casey
1 hr ago
7:12PM
72 mins: Munster 19-3 Gloucester
Munster are knocking on the door again. Another penalty after forcing the turnover from the Gloucester scrum.
It was far from pretty but they get the job done. A five-try display at Páirc Uí Chaoimh with Dan Kelly, Mike Haley, Ruadhán Quinn, Tom Farrell and Tadhg Beirne all crossing over.
1 hr ago
7:29PM
Munster 31-3 Gloucester
Well that’s all from us, folks. Before you go, have a read of Murray Kinsella’s match report live from Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
We hope you enjoyed tonight’s coverage and look forward to having you with us again soon. Until next time, bye bye!
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As it happened: Munster earn bonus-point win over Gloucester in Champions Cup
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.
Munster Rugby
Replacements:
Gloucester Rugby
Replacements:
Time for some pre-match reading
Around 15 minutes until kick-off, call it here.
Poll Results:
There’s nine changes in the Munster team today. Is that the right call? We’ll find out soon.
Kick-Off! Munster v Gloucester
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.
2 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
And the kick is straight and true! Glocuester are off the mark in Cork.
2 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Jack Crowley gets the game back underway.
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.
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.
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.
7 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster knock the ball on Gloucester will put the ball in for the first scrum of the evening.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
18 mins: Munster 0-3 Gloucester
Munster are down in the Gloucester ’22 for their lineout. Scannell finds Kleyn and begin the maul.
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.
TRY! Munster 7-3 Gloucester (Dan Kelly ’21)
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.
25 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Gloucester get a big lift from a 50:22. What can they do with this?
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.
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.
31 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Nice crossfield kick from O’Connor to bring Munster forward again for a Gloucester lineout on their ’22.
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.
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
YELLOW CARD!
Jamal Ford-Robinson is sent to the bin for the challenge.
33 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Munster penalty and Crowley is setting up for a kick at the posts!
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.
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.
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.
37 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Daly takes a mark and the resultant kick to push Gloucester back.
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.
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
Ball goes forward!
Munster can see out the half with their lead intact if they can hold firm in the scrum.
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?
41 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
They’re literally on the line. Just one more surge needed.
Half-Time! Munster 7-3 Gloucester
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.
Munster 7-3 Gloucester
So Dan Kelly’s converted try separates the sides at the break, with Gloucester also on the scoreboard through that George Barton penalty.
Second half: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
40 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Tadhg Beirne gets a nudge while trying to gather the ball and Crowley will take the kick.
41 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
That’s not what he was looking for as he fails to find touch.
42 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
A Gloucester kick goes out on the full. Gloucester then get a free kick and go to the air again.
45 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
Another scrappy start as Gloucester win a scrum in the middle of the field. And they win the penalty too as Michael Ala’alatoa is punished.
49 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
They find touch despite that biting wind and win the lineout. They recycle the ball and a kick over the defence is gathered by Haley.
O’Connor then does brilliantly to chase down a return kick and completely smothers Barton to give his team time to get up there.
49 mins: Munster 7-3 Gloucester
The referee takes the front rows aside for a bit of a talk before a Munster scrum takes place.
Casey gathers at the back as Crowley offloads to O’Connor who makes a gain.
TRY! Munster 12-3 Gloucester (Mike Haley ’49)
51 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Lovely attacking play there from Munster finally produces a reward as Haley goes in at the corner after a lovely offload from Nankivell under pressure.
Crowley misses the conversion but Munster have their second try of the evening.
53 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Munster change: Tom Farrell comes in to replace the first-half try-scorer Dan Kelly.
55 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Very skillful bit of play there from Munster. Crowley creates it with a wonderful step. Casey then tries a skip pass out to O’Connor on the wing. It bounces into O’Connor’s hands and he races in for the try but it’s forward.
That’s better from Munster. They’re showing some creativity and vision but the sharpness is still lacking slightly.
56 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Munster knock the ball on again. And that is such a frustrating aspect of their play. The pass was for Beirne and his timing is just a bit off as the ball bounces off him.
Gloucester will look to get out again and get a chance to reboot.
58 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Gloucester’s Arthur Clark is penalised and Munster get the decision. Munster go for the corner.
58 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Another Munster penalty. They want the maul again.
60 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Beirne claims from the lineout but Munster get pushed back a bit. Gavin Coombes then makes a big gain and they’re back inside the five-metre line again.
62 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
KNOCK-ON!
Farrell makes the error after another sequence of great attacking play. But that final product eludes them once more.
Munster changes: Edwin Edogbo, Ruadhán Quinn, Josh Wycherley are all in as Jean Kleyn, Michael Milne and Jack O’Donoghue make way.
62 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Munster change: Diarmuid Barron also comes in for Scannell.
64 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
More scrappy rugby as Gloucester repel Munster to their ’22. Munster win the lineout and march forward once more.
65 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
Munster try to find the holes but can’t create the space as the play becomes quite lateral. Nankivell throws the ball forward and that’s the story of Munster’s night in many ways.
65 mins: Munster 12-3 Gloucester
What a break!
Casey blows everyone away as he runs onto a loose ball and just takes off. It comes to Haley who gets hauled down and there’s a Munster penalty.
TRY! Munster 19-3 Gloucester (Ruadhán Quinn ’68)
70 mins: Munster 19-3 Gloucester
Munster get over the line after a quick penalty with Casey releasing the ball and substitute Ruadhán Quinn driving over. That’s try number three with the bonus point within reach now.
72 mins: Munster 19-3 Gloucester
Munster change: JJ Hanrahan & Paddy Patterson replace Mike Haley and Craig Casey
72 mins: Munster 19-3 Gloucester
Munster are knocking on the door again. Another penalty after forcing the turnover from the Gloucester scrum.
TRY! Munster 26-3 Gloucester (Tom Farrell ’73)
74 mins: Munster 26-3 Gloucester
And there you go. Bonus point secured as Munster really start dominating proceedings in the final stages.
Tom Farrell goes in under the posts after a lovely assist from Nankivell.
TRY! Munster 31-3 Gloucester (Tadhg Beirne ’76)
Full-Time! Munster 31-3 Gloucester
Munster 31-3 Gloucester
And that is that!
It was far from pretty but they get the job done. A five-try display at Páirc Uí Chaoimh with Dan Kelly, Mike Haley, Ruadhán Quinn, Tom Farrell and Tadhg Beirne all crossing over.
Munster 31-3 Gloucester
Well that’s all from us, folks. Before you go, have a read of Murray Kinsella’s match report live from Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
We hope you enjoyed tonight’s coverage and look forward to having you with us again soon. Until next time, bye bye!
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