The try bonus against Bath was crucial, now we're not chasing Toulouse and we don't have to worry about bonus points (as you say, other than some freak scenario of Toulouse picking up 2 BPs against us), two wins will put us on 23, likely get a home QF and a LBP to us and a TBP in their last game would put Toulouse on 23 also, but with a far inferior points difference.cormac wrote:Munster's defeat tonight means that two wins* should be enough to claim a home quarter-final.
*there are some unlikely scenarios where we could win our two games but not top the group, e.g Toulouse pick up two bonus points in defeat at the RDS
Munster group will be the 5th ranked pool winner and will be away in both a QF and SF if that team should make it. Considering Munster were 3rd seeds, they got about as easy a group as you could hope for, Castres who never show up in Europe, Gloucester who are a very average team and Exeter who are a very good side but without much European pedigree and they've really sh*t the bed in trying to navigate it. I'd be pretty raging, I read Munsterfans and there were a couple of people complaining that they didn't get to choose Ross Byrne
I still just find him far to passive in contact, especially in defence. For a man of his size I think he could be a lot more physical, it's frustrating as certain aspects of his game are so good, he has the attributes you can't coach such as athleticism, pace and raw talent, but on the learned attributes of defence and putting himself about the place, the usual criticism of Byrne, I still think he has a lot to work on when compared to Lowe and Larmour in the back three.Logorrhea wrote:Can I just say, I've been a big critic of Adam Byrne, but I thought he had a great game today.