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Munster Rugby
  • 16th March 2018
  • KO: 19:35
  • Scottish Gas Murrayfield , Edinburgh
  • Att: 4,089
  • Referee: Ben Whitehouse
  • GUINNESS PRO14
  • Round: 17

Current standing

Match Pages - Current Standing

3
Edinburgh
2
Munster

Positions at 28 Apr 2018

Head to head

Match Pages - Head to Head

Edinburgh Rugby
Munster Rugby
8 Wins 31
31 Losses 8
0 Draws 0

Last time

Match Pages - Last Time

26 - 29
17th May 2024

Recent form

Match Pages - Form Guide

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W
W
W
W
L
W
W
L
W

Season so far

Match Page - Season so far

Tries

63

Edinburgh Rugby

82

Munster Rugby

Metres Gained

8867

Edinburgh Rugby

8511

Munster Rugby

Passes Completed

3203

Edinburgh Rugby

3075

Munster Rugby

Tackles Made

2730

Edinburgh Rugby

3116

Munster Rugby

Penalties Conceded

203

Edinburgh Rugby

212

Munster Rugby

Munster Make Six Changes For Edinburgh Clash

March 15, 2018 11:54 am By The Editor

Munster Make Six Changes For Edinburgh Clash

Mike Sherry makes his first start since April 2016.

The Munster team to face Edinburgh at Murrayfield in their rearranged Guinness PRO14 clash tomorrow night has been named by Head Coach Johann van Graan.

There are six changes to the starting XV that defeated Glasgow at Irish Independent Park three weeks ago.

Billy Holland captains the side on his 150th PRO14 appearance as JJ Hanrahan, Rory Scannell, Darren Sweetnam, Mike Sherry, Jack O’Donoghue and Conor Oliver are all drafted into the side.

Sherry makes his first PRO14 start since April 2016 after recovering from a long-term back injury with Tommy O’Donnell named among the replacements and set to feature for the first time since sustaining a shoulder injury on New Year’s Day.

Simon Zebo starts at full-back with Sweetnam on the right wing and Alex Wootton on the left flank.

Rory Scannell partners Sammy Arnold in the centres with Hanrahan at out-half alongside scrum-half James Hart.

James Cronin, a try-scorer against Glasgow three weeks ago, keeps his place in the front row and is joined by hooker Sherry and tighthead prop Archer.

The second row of Jean Kleyn and Holland remains in situ with two changes to the back row as O’Donoghue and Oliver come in to partner Robin Copeland.

Kevin O’Byrne, Dave Kilcoyne and Brian Scott make up the front row replacements as Darren O’Shea and O’Donnell complete the forward cover.

Academy scrum-half Jack Stafford, who is set to make his second senior appearance, is among the backline substitutes along with Bill Johnston and Dan Goggin.

Munster: Simon Zebo; Darren Sweetnam, Sammy Arnold, Rory Scannell, Alex Wootton; JJ Hanrahan, James Hart; James Cronin, Mike Sherry, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Billy Holland (C); Jack O’Donoghue, Conor Oliver, Robin Copeland.

Replacements: Kevin O’Byrne, Dave Kilcoyne, Brian Scott, Darren O’Shea, Tommy O’Donnell, Jack Stafford, Bill Johnston, Dan Goggin.

Video | Billy Holland looks ahead to Edinburgh clash

Next home game

Guinness PRO14: Munster v Scarlets, Thomond Park, Sat 24 March, 5.30pm; Tickets available online, from the Munster Rugby Ticket Offices at Thomond Park and Irish Independent Park, or by calling 061 421103. Tickets from just €7 (Student & Junior) with Family packs (two adults and two children) available for just €40.

Munster - Match Page - Lineups - Preview

Line-ups

Edinburgh Rugby
Pos  
15

Dougie Fife

14

Jason Harries

13

Mark Bennett

12

Chris Dean

11

Duhan van der Merwe

10

Jaco van der Walt

9

Sam Hidalgo-Clyne

1

Jordan Lay

2

Neil Cochrane

3

Murray McCallum

4

Fraser McKenzie

5

Ben Toolis

6

Magnus Bradbury

7

John Hardie

8

Viliame Mata

Replacements
16

Cameron Fenton

17

Rory Sutherland

18

Simon Berghan

19

Lewis Carmichael

20

Cornell du Preez

21

Nathan Fowles

22

Duncan Weir

23

Solomoni Rasolea

Munster Rugby
Pos  
15 Simon Zebo
14 Darren Sweetnam
13 Sammy Arnold
12 Rory Scannell
11 Alex Wootton
10 JJ Hanrahan
9 James Hart
1 James Cronin
2 Mike Sherry
3 Stephen Archer
4 Jean Kleyn
5 Billy Holland
6 Jack O'Donoghue
7 Conor Oliver
8 Robin Copeland
Replacements
16 Kevin O'Byrne
17 Dave Kilcoyne
18 Brian Scott
19 Darren O'Shea
20 Tommy O'Donnell
21 Jack Stafford
22 Bill Johnston
23 Dan Goggin

Munster Downed In Edinburgh

March 16, 2018 10:10 pm By The Editor

Munster Downed In Edinburgh

Guinness PRO14, BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland 16/3/2018 Edinburgh vs Munster Munster’s Dan Goggin is tackled by Chris Dean and Dougie Fife of Edinburgh Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Gary Carr

Duhan van der Merwe hit Munster for a double as Johann van Graan’s side tasted defeat at Murrayfield in the Guinness PRO14 on Friday night.

Two JJ Hanrahan penalties meant the reds left the Scottish capital with a losing bonus point, which has guaranteed Munster at least fourth place in Conference A and a spot in next season’s Champions Cup as a result.

Despite facing 14 men for early parts of the second-half, Munster could not defend the lead Hanrahan had given them in the 49th minute and van der Merwe’s double proved enough to deliver a deserved win for the home side.

In the opening few minutes it was Edinburgh that dominated possession and territory, with a brilliant kick from out-half Jaco van der Walt almost prising open the Munster defence early on, although Simon Zebo was on his toes to clear the immediate danger.

From the resultant lineout and maul, only a last gasp tackle from Jean Kleyn denied Edinburgh a try, but Munster needed a TMO intervention to deny Bill Mata a fifth minute score, when he was ruled to have been ahead of the ball when he picked from a ruck to touch down.

Munster were finally able to spend a bit of time in Edinburgh’s half following a penalty at scrum time after 16 minutes, and two minutes later they cashed in when Mata was penalised for sealing off and Hanhahan slotted a fine penalty kick from the left for a 3-0 lead.

Edinburgh had already lost scrum-half Sam Hidalgo Clyne at that point and Munster would also lose a player before the break when Alex Wootton limped off after 32 minutes. His replacement Dan Goggin ran out of room in attack shortly after his arrival, but moments later a lightening break from Dougie Fife sent van der Merwe in for the game’s opening try four minutes from the interval.

Van der Walt missed the conversion and Edinburgh had to be happy with a 5-3 half-time lead, and straight from the restart they could have stretched that lead, only for some excellent maul defence from Jack O’Donoghue and Robin Copeland to deny the home side.

A brilliant break from Copeland off the back of a scrum lifted the pressure for Munster and eventually led to Hanrahan kicking Munster back into the lead after more good work from Billy Holland at the breakdown.

A yellow card was shown to Edinburgh winger Jason Harries following his high tackle on Copeland after 50 minutes, but in that ten-minute period it was Edinburgh who shone and only a forward pass denied Fife the lead try after 56 minutes.

But despite some excellent defence under the posts from Holland and the Munster pack, a minute later the pressure told and van der Walt’s floated pass sent van der Merwe in for his second try.

Munster had plenty of time in Edinburgh’s half in the fourth quarter, but they were unable to convert their chances and the home side held on to claim the points.

Guinness PRO14 Round 17 Round-Up

Billy Holland made his 150th Guinness PRO14 appearance in the clash.

Mike Sherry made his first Munster start since April 2016.

Alex Wootton and Simon Zebo were both replaced due to injury and will be assessed by the medical team over the weekend.

Munster: S Zebo (B Johnston, h-t); D Sweetnam, S Arnold, R Scannell, A Wootton (D Goggin 32); JJ Hanrahan, J Hart; J Cronin (D Kilcoyne 50), M Sherry (K O’Byrne, 69), S Archer (B Scott, 69); J Kleyn (D O’Shea, 53), B Holland; J O’Donoghue, C Oliver (T O’Donnell, 53), R Copeland.

Match Pages - Summary

Edinburgh Rugby

Tries

van der Merwe 35' , 56'

Conversions

van der Walt 57'

Yellow Cards

Harries 49

Munster Rugby

Penalties

Hanrahan 19' , 49'

Match Page - Timeline

12 - 6

Missed Penalty 75'

D. Weir

12 - 6

Replacement 73'

N. Cochrane

C. Fenton

12 - 6

Replacement 68'

S. Archer

B. Scott

12 - 6

Replacement 68'

M. Sherry

K. O'Byrne

12 - 6

Replacement 60'

J. van der Walt

D. Weir

12 - 6

Conversion 57'

J. van der Walt

10 - 6

Try 56'

D. van der Merwe

5 - 6

Replacement 55'

B. Toolis

L. Carmichael

5 - 6

Replacement 55'

J. Lay

R. Sutherland

5 - 6

Replacement 52'

J. Kleyn

D. O'Shea

5 - 6

Replacement 52'

C. Oliver

T. O'Donnell

5 - 6

Yellow Card 49'

J. Harries

5 - 6

Replacement 49'

J. Cronin

D. Kilcoyne

5 - 6

Penalty 49'

J. Hanrahan

5 - 3

Replacement 46'

M. McCallum

S. Berghan

5 - 3

Replacement 45'

B. Mata

C. du Preez

5 - 3

Replacement 41'

S. Zebo

B. Johnston

5 - 3

Missed Conversion 36'

J. van der Walt

5 - 3

Try 35'

D. van der Merwe

0 - 3

Replacement 31'

A. Wootton

D. Goggin

0 - 3

Penalty 19'

J. Hanrahan

0 - 0

Replacement 10'

S. Hidalgo-Clyne

N. Fowles

Match page - Match Stats

Possession (%)

   

Territory (%)

   

Teams

Metres Gained

318

Edinburgh Rugby

282

Munster Rugby

Carries

132

Edinburgh Rugby

81

Munster Rugby

Tries

2

Edinburgh Rugby

0

Munster Rugby

Passes

136

Edinburgh Rugby

106

Munster Rugby

Tackles Made

91

Edinburgh Rugby

192

Munster Rugby

Missed Tackles

8

Edinburgh Rugby

25

Munster Rugby

Turnovers

16

Edinburgh Rugby

16

Munster Rugby

Penalties Conceded

9

Edinburgh Rugby

10

Munster Rugby

Match Page - Lineups

  • M - Metres Gained
  • C - Carries
  • P - Passes made
  • T - Tackles
  • TO - Turnovers Won
Edinburgh Rugby
Pos   T D C P
15

Dougie Fife

  • M: 90
  • C: 8
  • P: 2
  • T: 4
  • TO: 0
14

Jason Harries

  • M: 9
  • C: 5
  • P: 3
  • T: 6
  • TO: 1
13

Mark Bennett

  • M: 27
  • C: 7
  • P: 1
  • T: 2
  • TO: 0
12

Chris Dean

  • M: 24
  • C: 9
  • P: 3
  • T: 10
  • TO: 1
11

Duhan van der Merwe

  • M: 79
  • C: 9
  • P: 2
  • T: 5
  • TO: 1
2
10

Jaco van der Walt

Replacement: Duncan Weir (60)
  • M: 15
  • C: 7
  • P: 13
  • T: 6
  • TO: 0
1
9

Sam Hidalgo-Clyne

Replacement: Nathan Fowles (10)
  • M: 2
  • C: 1
  • P: 14
  • T: 1
  • TO: 0
1

Jordan Lay

Replacement: Rory Sutherland (55)
  • M: 1
  • C: 3
  • P: 0
  • T: 8
  • TO: 0
2

Neil Cochrane

Replacement: Cameron Fenton (73)
  • M: 5
  • C: 4
  • P: 2
  • T: 6
  • TO: 1
3

Murray McCallum

Replacement: Simon Berghan (46)
  • M: 0
  • C: 1
  • P: 0
  • T: 6
  • TO: 0
4

Fraser McKenzie

  • M: 5
  • C: 12
  • P: 3
  • T: 6
  • TO: 1
5

Ben Toolis

Replacement: Lewis Carmichael (55)
  • M: 3
  • C: 7
  • P: 1
  • T: 5
  • TO: 1
6

Magnus Bradbury

  • M: 15
  • C: 15
  • P: 5
  • T: 5
  • TO: 4
7

John Hardie

  • M: 5
  • C: 4
  • P: 1
  • T: 9
  • TO: 1
8

Viliame Mata

Replacement: Cornell du Preez (45)
  • M: 18
  • C: 13
  • P: 1
  • T: 4
  • TO: 2
replacements
16

Cameron Fenton

Replaced Neil Cochrane (73)
  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 0
  • T: 0
  • TO: 0
17

Rory Sutherland

Replaced Jordan Lay (55)
  • M: 1
  • C: 1
  • P: 3
  • T: 1
  • TO: 0
18

Simon Berghan

Replaced Murray McCallum (46)
  • M: 2
  • C: 9
  • P: 0
  • T: 3
  • TO: 0
19

Lewis Carmichael

Replaced Ben Toolis (55)
  • M: 0
  • C: 1
  • P: 0
  • T: 0
  • TO: 0
20

Cornell du Preez

Replaced Viliame Mata (45)
  • M: 4
  • C: 11
  • P: 4
  • T: 3
  • TO: 0
21

Nathan Fowles

Replaced Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (10)
  • M: 0
  • C: 3
  • P: 71
  • T: 0
  • TO: 0
22

Duncan Weir

Replaced Jaco van der Walt (60)
  • M: 13
  • C: 2
  • P: 7
  • T: 1
  • TO: 0
23

Solomoni Rasolea

  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 0
  • T: 0
  • TO: 0
Munster Rugby
Pos   T D C P
15 Simon Zebo
Replacement: Bill Johnston (41)
  • M: 26
  • C: 3
  • P: 5
  • T: 2
  • TO: 0
14 Darren Sweetnam
  • M: 42
  • C: 9
  • P: 5
  • T: 6
  • TO: 0
13 Sammy Arnold
  • M: 13
  • C: 5
  • P: 6
  • T: 11
  • TO: 1
12 Rory Scannell
  • M: 20
  • C: 5
  • P: 7
  • T: 13
  • TO: 0
11 Alex Wootton
Replacement: Dan Goggin (31)
  • M: 23
  • C: 7
  • P: 3
  • T: 1
  • TO: 0
10 JJ Hanrahan
  • M: 7
  • C: 2
  • P: 9
  • T: 5
  • TO: 0
2
9 James Hart
  • M: 8
  • C: 3
  • P: 43
  • T: 8
  • TO: 0
1 James Cronin
Replacement: Dave Kilcoyne (49)
  • M: 0
  • C: 3
  • P: 1
  • T: 8
  • TO: 0
2 Mike Sherry
Replacement: Kevin O'Byrne (68)
  • M: 8
  • C: 2
  • P: 6
  • T: 13
  • TO: 0
3 Stephen Archer
Replacement: Brian Scott (68)
  • M: 6
  • C: 7
  • P: 1
  • T: 9
  • TO: 0
4 Jean Kleyn
Replacement: Darren O'Shea (52)
  • M: 10
  • C: 4
  • P: 2
  • T: 9
  • TO: 0
5 Billy Holland
  • M: 0
  • C: 2
  • P: 1
  • T: 21
  • TO: 0
6 Jack O'Donoghue
  • M: 3
  • C: 2
  • P: 2
  • T: 14
  • TO: 1
7 Conor Oliver
Replacement: Tommy O'Donnell (52)
  • M: 7
  • C: 6
  • P: 3
  • T: 9
  • TO: 2
8 Robin Copeland
  • M: 66
  • C: 11
  • P: 3
  • T: 16
  • TO: 2
replacements
16 Kevin O'Byrne
Replaced: Mike Sherry (68)
  • M: 12
  • C: 1
  • P: 0
  • T: 5
  • TO: 0
17 Dave Kilcoyne
Replaced: James Cronin (49)
  • M: 2
  • C: 1
  • P: 0
  • T: 11
  • TO: 1
18 Brian Scott
Replaced: Stephen Archer (68)
  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 0
  • T: 2
  • TO: 0
19 Darren O'Shea
Replaced: Jean Kleyn (52)
  • M: 4
  • C: 1
  • P: 3
  • T: 8
  • TO: 0
20 Tommy O'Donnell
Replaced: Conor Oliver (52)
  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 1
  • T: 9
  • TO: 0
21 Jack Stafford
  • M: 0
  • C: 0
  • P: 0
  • T: 0
  • TO: 0
22 Bill Johnston
Replaced: Simon Zebo (41)
  • M: 0
  • C: 1
  • P: 5
  • T: 7
  • TO: 0
23 Dan Goggin
Replaced: Alex Wootton (31)
  • M: 25
  • C: 6
  • P: 0
  • T: 5
  • TO: 0
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