For me, if Jack O'Donoghue has a good game then Munster could do it. Not because the young fella is a world beater, but for me he has been inconsistent and quiet, but when he has a solid game it lets O'Mahony and Stander get the edge in the back row stakes.CiaranIrl wrote:Do people think Munster will do it? Racing don't seem as scary as Toulon on paper. I think they could pull it off.
Munster team to play Racing 92: Andrew Conway; Keith Earls, Sammy Arnold, Rory Scannell, Alex Wootton; Ian Keatley, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Billy Holland; Peter O’Mahony (C), Jack O’Donoghue, CJ Stander. Replacements: Rhys Marshall, James Cronin, John Ryan, Gerbrandt Grobler, Robin Copeland, James Hart, JJ Hanrahan, Simon Zebo.
Racing 92: Louis Dupichot; Teddy Thomas, Virimi Vakatawa, Henry Chavancy, Marc Andreu; Pat Lambie, Maxime Machenaud; Eddy Ben Arous, Camille Chat, Cedate Gomes Sa, Donnacha Ryan, Leone Nakarawa, Wenceslas Lauret, Bernard Le Roux, Yannick Nyanga. Replacements: Dimitri Szarzewski, Vasil Kakovin, Viliamu Afatia, Antonie Claassen, Baptiste Chouzenoux, Teddy Iribaren, Dan Carter, Joe Rokocoko.
Surely Carter and Smokin' Joe should be in slippers at this stage. I watched Carter come off the bench in recent weeks and the Sky commentators had spent the entire match talking about him as if his extraordinary past self would be playing - he came on and had a few perfunctory passes and a little half break that his team mates made something good out of, cue howls from the commentators that we'd witnessed something for the ages.
I'll be delighted if Munster do it: it will p*ss off the idiots who had to trash the original competition, and it moves Ireland one notch further as a heavyweight. If I have to endure a tedious build up to an all-Irish final, I can endure that pain
