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Stade Francais Paris

Stade Francais Paris
  • 16th January 2016
  • KO: 13:00
  • Thomond Park , Limerick
  • Att: 18,884
  • Referee: JP Doyle
  • European Rugby Champions Cup

Current standing

Match Pages - Current Standing

3
Munster
2
SF Paris

Positions at 24 Jan 2016

Head to head

Match Pages - Head to Head

Munster Rugby
Stade Francais Paris
5 Wins 2
2 Losses 5
0 Draws 0

Last time

Match Pages - Last Time

33 - 7
7th Dec 2024

Recent form

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W
W
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Season so far

Match Page - Season so far

Tries

15

Munster Rugby

26

Stade Francais Paris

Metres Gained

2647

Munster Rugby

3065

Stade Francais Paris

Passes Completed

867

Munster Rugby

1017

Stade Francais Paris

Tackles Made

578

Munster Rugby

790

Stade Francais Paris

Penalties Conceded

60

Munster Rugby

64

Stade Francais Paris

Foley Names Side For Stade

January 15, 2016 12:00 am By Munster Rugby

Foley Names Side For Stade

In naming his side for tomorrow’s Champions Cup return encounter with Stade Francais at Thomond Park, Head Coach Anthony Foley makes three changes from the starting XV that suffered defeat in Paris last weekend.

The squad has been boosted by the news that Tommy O’Donnell, Donnacha Ryan and Jack O’Donghue have all recovered from their respective knocks to take their place in the matchday 23.

One change in the front row sees Mario Sagario come in to make his first European start alongside Dave Kilcoyne and Mike Sherry while Dave Foley and Mark Chisholm continue in the second row.

Billy Holland is promoted to a start at 6 this weekend with O’Donnell and captain CJ Stander again named at 7 and 8 respectively.

As you were in the half-backs and midfield with Conor Murray and Ian Keatley, and Rory Scannell and Francis Saili all remaining in situ.

The final personnel change comes in the back three with Ronan O’Mahony starting on the left wing. Keith Earls remains on the opposite flank with Simon Zebo making the positional switch to full-back.

If sprung from the bench, Greencore Munster Academy prop Liam O’Connor will win his first senior cap for the province. The Irish U20s player has featured heavily for Munster A in this season’s British & Irish Cup, starting in three of the side’s four encounters.

Hooker Kevin O’Byrne is also included in the replacements and will make his European debut if introduced tomorrow.

On the injury front, Niall Scannell sustained a shoulder injury during yesterday’s squad session and will be monitored by Munster medical staff across the coming days.

Munster v Stade Francais, European Champions Cup Round 5, Saturday January 16th at Thomond Park – KO 1pm.

Munster: Simon Zebo; Keith Earls, Francis Saili, Rory Scannell, Ronan O’Mahony; Ian Keatley, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Mike Sherry, Mario Sagario; Dave Foley, Mark Chisholm; Billy Holland, Tommy O’Donnell, CJ Stander – capt.

Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, Liam O’Connor, John Ryan, Donnacha Ryan, Robin Copeland, Jack O’Donoghue, Tomás O’Leary, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino.

Ticket Update.
Over 18,000 tickets have now been sold for this game. Tickets available online here or at the ground on matchday.

Tickets start from: Adult €;20, Family €;60 and Student €;10.

Munster - Match Page - Lineups - Preview

Line-ups

Munster Rugby
Pos  
15 Simon Zebo
14 Keith Earls
13 Francis Saili
12 Rory Scannell
11 Ronan O'Mahony
10 Ian Keatley
9 Conor Murray
1 Dave Kilcoyne
2 Mike Sherry
3 Mario Sagario
4 Dave Foley
5 Mark Chisholm
6 Billy Holland
7 Tommy O'Donnell
8 CJ Stander
Replacements
16 Niall Scannell
17 Liam O'Connor
18 John Ryan
19 Donnacha Ryan
20 Robin Copeland
21 Jack O'Donoghue
22 Tomas O'Leary
23 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino
Stade Francais Paris
Pos  
15

Hugo Bonneval

14

Waisea Nayacalevu

13

Jonathan Danty

12

Paul Williams

11

Julien Arias

10

Morne Steyn

9

Julien Dupuy

1

Sakaria Taulafo

2

Laurent Panis

3

Rabah Slimani

4

Paul Gabrillagues

5

Pascal Papé

6

Sekou Macalou

7

Jono Ross

8

Sergio Parisse

Replacements
16

Zurab Zhvania

17

Heinke Van der Merwe

18

Paul Alo-Emile

19

Hugh Pyle

20

Sylvain Nicolas

21

Julien Tomas

22

Jules Plisson

23

Jeremy Sinzelle

Munster Bounce Back In Style At Thomond

January 16, 2016 12:00 am By Munster Rugby

Munster Bounce Back In Style At Thomond

Munster laid to rest the demons of last week’s 27-7 defeat in Paris, crossing for four tries in securing a bonus point 26-13 victory over Stade Francais at Thomond Park in Round 5 of the European Champions Cup.

Mike Sherry and Keith Earls touched down before the interval and Simon Zebo added Munster’s third before Stade brought themselves back into contention with a Jonathan Ross try. However CJ Stander soon calmed the nerves of the Thomond faithful with the province’s bonus point try on 68 minutes

An off the ball obstruction handed early momentum to the visitors and Morné Steyn was on hand to draw first blood, putting Stade Francais 0-3 up with less than a minute played.

Stade continued to impose pressure on their hosts, particularly at set piece, before a long range touch finder from Ian Keatley handed Munster their first foothold in opposition territory. Different game but still the same problems persisted for Munster in the opening exchanges. After making the hard yards towards the tryline, they were pinged for holding on and again failed to execute a scorable opportunity.

However the hosts would soon hit their stride and exorcise the demons of recent weeks.

After winning a scrum penalty, Keatley opted to go down the line – a move that proved fruitful with Billy Holland cleanly taking the lineout and setting up a dominant Munster maul off of which Mike Sherry charged over for Munster's first on 18 minutes – Keatley just right with the conversion.

A scrum penalty handed Stade the opportunity to retake the lead just four minutes later but Steyn was unable to find the target on this occasion.

With a far more potent attack across the backline on this outing, neat offloading and good angles of running saw Munster ask questions of the Stade defence, yet more often than not the Frenchmen would do enough to halt the Munster advance on the 10 metre line – Foley’s charges not aiding their cause by failing to get numbers to the breakdown on occasion.

Steyn had another chance to put Stade back in front on 35 minutes when the province infringed at the lineout and this time round the South African international delivered to make it 3-6 to the visitors.

A moment of sheer brilliance was to come before the interval and that came from the electric Keith Earls. With Stade overthrowing on their own lineout, Tommy O’Donnell was on hand to pounce on the loose possession and with Munster going across the backline as far as Earls on the right wing, the speedster danced inside a number of Stade defenders before sprinting to the line. Despite being brought to ground, his momentum carried him over to touch down under the posts.

Keatley added the conversion to hand Munster a 12-6 lead at half time.

A dream start to the second half saw Simon Zebo equal Anthony Horgan’s try-scoring record for Munster (41 tries) on 42 minutes. Attacking off a lineout, Keatley opportunistically spotted the Stade defence coming up fast and the Munster playmaker kicked beautifully over the Frenchmen for the oncoming Zebo who ran in under the posts.

Keatley also slotted the conversion and Munster were out to a 19-6 lead.

Munster were reduced to 14 men when Ronan O’Mahony was adjudged to have taken Hugo Bonneval out in the air, but, much like it had done for Stade in Paris last weekend, it added a spring to Munster’s step, the hosts nullifying the attempted Stade onslaught from the resultant penalty and instead found themselves on the attack within the Stade 22.

Accidental offside ended that attack, but Muster’s ever growing ferocity from 1 to 15 saw them persistently win back possession via the breakdown, choke tackle and forced Stade knock-ons. Stade’s period with the extra man ended fruitless.

However, miscommunication at lineout time cost Munster dearly on 63 minutes when Jonathan Ross pounced on loose ball, and with the Munster defence not set, it was all too easy for the Stade openside as he touched down for the visitor's first try with Steyn converting to make it a tense 19-13 scoreline

But Munster’s reply was swift and winning turnover ball on the Stade lineout was their first step to finding themselves back in the opposition 22. Going across the across the backline from left to right, Zebo made the initial surge to the tryline where the visitors failed to roll away at the breakdown.

Conor Murray opted for the quick tap and go and a couple of phases later captain CJ Stander was over for Munster’s bonus point try and from there Anthony Foley’s men held out to record a deserved 26-13 win in front of a vocal home crowd in Thomond Park.

Munster: Simon Zebo; Keith Earls, Francis Saili, Rory Scannell (Amorosino 60), Ronan O'Mahony; Ian Keatley, Conor Murray (O’Leary 73); Dave Kilcoyne (O'Connor 77), Mike Sherry (Scannell 68), Mario Sagario (JRyan 48); Dave Foley, Mark Chisholm (DRyan); Billy Holland (Copeland 68), Tommy O'Donnell, CJ Stander – capt (O’Donoghue 73).

Replacements: Niall Scannell, Liam O'Connor, John Ryan, Donnacha Ryan, Robin Copeland, Jack O'Donoghue, Tomás O'Leary, Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino.

Meanwhile, after the game…

Match Pages - Summary

Munster Rugby

Tries

Sherry 18' , Earls 39' , Zebo 41' , Stander 67'

Conversions

Keatley 40' , 42' , 68'

Yellow Cards

O'Mahony 49

Stade Francais Paris

Tries

Ross 62'

Conversions

Steyn 63'

Penalties

Steyn 1' , 36'

Match Page - Timeline

26 - 13

Replacement 76'

D. Kilcoyne

L. O'Connor

26 - 13

Replacement 73'

M. Steyn

J. Plisson

26 - 13

Replacement 73'

C. Stander

J. O'Donoghue

26 - 13

Replacement 73'

C. Murray

T. O'Leary

26 - 13

Replacement 73'

J. Dupuy

J. Tomas

26 - 13

Replacement 68'

M. Sherry

N. Scannell

26 - 13

Replacement 68'

B. Holland

R. Copeland

26 - 13

Conversion 68'

I. Keatley

24 - 13

Try 67'

C. Stander

19 - 13

Replacement 65'

P. Pape

.

19 - 13

Conversion 63'

M. Steyn

19 - 11

Try 62'

J. Ross

19 - 6

Replacement 60'

R. Scannell

L. Gonzalez Amorosino

19 - 6

Replacement 57'

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S. Nicolas

19 - 6

Replacement 54'

R. Slimani

P. Alo-Emile

19 - 6

Replacement 49'

Z. Taulafo

H. van der Merwe

19 - 6

Yellow Card 49'

R. O'Mahony

19 - 6

Replacement 49'

M. Chisholm

D. Ryan

19 - 6

Replacement 49'

M. Sagario

J. Ryan

19 - 6

Conversion 42'

I. Keatley

17 - 6

Try 41'

S. Zebo

12 - 6

Conversion 40'

I. Keatley

10 - 6

Try 39'

K. Earls

5 - 6

Penalty 36'

M. Steyn

5 - 3

Missed Penalty 22'

M. Steyn

5 - 3

Missed Conversion 19'

I. Keatley

5 - 3

Try 18'

M. Sherry

0 - 3

Penalty 1'

M. Steyn

Match page - Match Stats

Possession (%)

   

Territory (%)

   

Teams

Metres Gained

277

Munster Rugby

240

Stade Francais Paris

Carries

77

Munster Rugby

99

Stade Francais Paris

Tries

4

Munster Rugby

1

Stade Francais Paris

Passes

105

Munster Rugby

135

Stade Francais Paris

Tackles Made

114

Munster Rugby

77

Stade Francais Paris

Missed Tackles

15

Munster Rugby

8

Stade Francais Paris

Turnovers

12

Munster Rugby

18

Stade Francais Paris

Penalties Conceded

12

Munster Rugby

7

Stade Francais Paris

Match Page - Lineups

  • M - Metres Gained
  • C - Carries
  • P - Passes made
  • T - Tackles
  • TO - Turnovers Won
Munster Rugby
Pos   T D C P
15 Simon Zebo
  • M: 64
  • C: 9
  • P: 1
  • T: 1
  • TO: 1
1
14 Keith Earls
  • M: 56
  • C: 5
  • P: 4
  • T: 7
  • TO: 0
1
13 Francis Saili
  • M: 8
  • C: 4
  • P: 6
  • T: 5
  • TO: 0
12 Rory Scannell
Replacement: Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino (60)
  • M: 18
  • C: 6
  • P: 5
  • T: 8
  • TO: 2
11
Ronan O'Mahony
  • M: 26
  • C: 3
  • P: 2
  • T: 4
  • TO: 0
10 Ian Keatley
  • M: 7
  • C: 2
  • P: 17
  • T: 11
  • TO: 1
3
9 Conor Murray
Replacement: Tomas O'Leary (73)
  • M: 12
  • C: 2
  • P: 44
  • T: 6
  • TO: 0
1 Dave Kilcoyne
Replacement: Liam O'Connor (76)
  • M: 8
  • C: 8
  • P: 4
  • T: 7
  • TO: 1
2 Mike Sherry
Replacement: Niall Scannell (68)
  • M: 24
  • C: 4
  • P: 2
  • T: 4
  • TO: 0
1
3 Mario Sagario
Replacement: John Ryan (49)
  • M: 2
  • C: 2
  • P: 0
  • T: 2
  • TO: 0
4 Dave Foley
  • M: 9
  • C: 5
  • P: 4
  • T: 8
  • TO: 0
5 Mark Chisholm
Replacement: Donnacha Ryan (49)
  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 1
  • T: 7
  • TO: 1
6 Billy Holland
Replacement: Robin Copeland (68)
  • M: 5
  • C: 6
  • P: 3
  • T: 8
  • TO: 0
7 Tommy O'Donnell
  • M: 7
  • C: 6
  • P: 1
  • T: 12
  • TO: 0
8 CJ Stander
Replacement: Jack O'Donoghue (73)
  • M: 12
  • C: 8
  • P: 6
  • T: 8
  • TO: 3
1
replacements
16 Niall Scannell
Replaced Mike Sherry (68)
  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 0
  • T: 2
  • TO: 0
17 Liam O'Connor
Replaced Dave Kilcoyne (76)
  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 0
  • T: 1
  • TO: 0
18 John Ryan
Replaced Mario Sagario (49)
  • M: 6
  • C: 3
  • P: 0
  • T: 4
  • TO: 0
19 Donnacha Ryan
Replaced Mark Chisholm (49)
  • M: 0
  • C: 1
  • P: 1
  • T: 4
  • TO: 0
20 Robin Copeland
Replaced Billy Holland (68)
  • M: 6
  • C: 1
  • P: 0
  • T: 1
  • TO: 0
21 Jack O'Donoghue
Replaced CJ Stander (73)
  • M: 7
  • C: 1
  • P: 0
  • T: 2
  • TO: 0
22 Tomas O'Leary
Replaced Conor Murray (73)
  • M: 0
  • C: 1
  • P: 4
  • T: 0
  • TO: 0
23 Lucas Gonzalez Amorosino
Replaced Rory Scannell (60)
  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 0
  • T: 2
  • TO: 1
Stade Francais Paris
Pos   T D C P
15

Hugo Bonneval

  • M: 50
  • C: 6
  • P: 3
  • T: 3
  • TO: 0
14

Waisea Nayacalevu

  • M: 11
  • C: 7
  • P: 2
  • T: 4
  • TO: 0
13

Jonathan Danty

  • M: 35
  • C: 12
  • P: 7
  • T: 3
  • TO: 1
12

Paul Williams

  • M: 30
  • C: 9
  • P: 7
  • T: 5
  • TO: 0
11

Julien Arias

  • M: 37
  • C: 7
  • P: 2
  • T: 3
  • TO: 0
10

Morne Steyn

Replacement: Jules Plisson (73)
  • M: 1
  • C: 1
  • P: 24
  • T: 5
  • TO: 0
1 2
9

Julien Dupuy

Replacement: Julien Tomas (73)
  • M: 0
  • C: 2
  • P: 58
  • T: 2
  • TO: 0
1

Sakaria Taulafo

Replacement: Heinke Van der Merwe (49)
  • M: 0
  • C: 2
  • P: 0
  • T: 1
  • TO: 0
2

Laurent Panis

  • M: 7
  • C: 6
  • P: 2
  • T: 5
  • TO: 1
3

Rabah Slimani

Replacement: Paul Alo-Emile (54)
  • M: 0
  • C: 1
  • P: 0
  • T: 3
  • TO: 0
4

Paul Gabrillagues

  • M: 0
  • C: 4
  • P: 0
  • T: 11
  • TO: 0
5

Pascal Papé

Replacement: Hugh Pyle (65)
  • M: 4
  • C: 7
  • P: 2
  • T: 5
  • TO: 0
6

Sekou Macalou

Replacement: Sylvain Nicolas (57)
  • M: 0
  • C: 3
  • P: 0
  • T: 4
  • TO: 0
7

Jono Ross

  • M: 28
  • C: 12
  • P: 2
  • T: 8
  • TO: 1
1
8

Sergio Parisse

  • M: 24
  • C: 13
  • P: 8
  • T: 6
  • TO: 0
replacements
16

Zurab Zhvania

  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 0
  • T: 0
  • TO: 0
17

Heinke Van der Merwe

Replaced: Sakaria Taulafo (49)
  • M: 1
  • C: 1
  • P: 0
  • T: 2
  • TO: 0
18

Paul Alo-Emile

Replaced: Rabah Slimani (54)
  • M: 2
  • C: 2
  • P: 1
  • T: 2
  • TO: 0
19

Hugh Pyle

Replaced: Pascal Papé (65)
  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 0
  • T: 1
  • TO: 0
20

Sylvain Nicolas

Replaced: Sekou Macalou (57)
  • M: 9
  • C: 2
  • P: 1
  • T: 4
  • TO: 0
21

Julien Tomas

Replaced: Julien Dupuy (73)
  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 10
  • T: 0
  • TO: 0
22

Jules Plisson

Replaced: Morne Steyn (73)
  • M: 1
  • C: 2
  • P: 6
  • T: 0
  • TO: 0
23

Jeremy Sinzelle

  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 0
  • T: 0
  • TO: 0
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