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Munster Rugby

49 - 13

28 - 6

Ospreys

14th September 2018
KO: 19:35
Virgin Media Park , Cork
Att: 8,008
Referee: Stuart Berry
GUINNESS PRO14
Round: 3

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Munster Rugby		Ospreys
26	Wins	16
16	Losses	26
1	Draws	1

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Tries

Munster Rugby

Ospreys

Metres Gained

9442

Munster Rugby

7787

Ospreys

Passes Completed

3426

Munster Rugby

3442

Ospreys

Tackles Made

3243

Munster Rugby

3107

Ospreys

Penalties Conceded

186

Munster Rugby

213

Ospreys

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Team Announcement | Munster Squad Named For Ospreys

September 13, 2018 11:55 am By The Editor

Peter O'Mahony captains Munster in Cork on Friday night.

The Munster team to face Ospreys at Irish Independent Park on Friday night at 7.35pm has been named by Head Coach Johann van Graan.

Adult tickets are available from €20 with junior/student tickets from €7. Purchase online here, from the Munster Rugby Ticket Offices in Irish Independent Park and Thomond Park, or by calling 061 421103.

Captain Peter O’Mahony makes his first start of the campaign along with fellow returning international Andrew Conway as Joey Carbery and Tadhg Beirne make their first starts for the province.

Chris Cloete makes a welcome return in the back row with the flanker out of action since February due to forearm and groin injuries.

There are 11 changes to the side beaten by Glasgow in Scotstoun last week.

Full-back Mike Haley and winger Darren Sweetnam keep their places with Conway completing the back three.

Dan Goggin comes into the side at inside centre with Sammy Arnold at 13 as Duncan Williams and Carbery form the half-back pairing.

It’s all change in the front five as James Cronin, Rhys Marshall and Stephen Archer come into the front row.

Darren O’Shea captained Munster A to an opening day Celtic Cup win last week and is rewarded with a place in the second row alongside first-time starter Beirne.

Arno Botha is the only forward to keep his place in the side and is joined in the back row by captain O’Mahony and Cloete.

The match is Munster’s first competitive fixture on the new modified 3G surface at Irish Independent Park. The official opening of the new pitch by Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney, will take place ahead of the game.

All Ireland camogie champions Cork will be special guests at the clash along with the O’Duffy Cup and the squad and trophy will be presented to the crowd at half-time.

See full event details here.

Munster: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Sammy Arnold, Dan Goggin, Darren Sweetnam; Joey Carbery, Duncan Williams; James Cronin, Rhys Marshall, Stephen Archer; Tadhg Beirne, Darren O’Shea; Peter O’Mahony (C), Chris Cloete, Arno Botha.

Replacements: Mike Sherry, Dave Kilcoyne, John Ryan, Jean Kleyn, Tommy O’Donnell, James Hart, Ian Keatley, Jaco Taute.

Tickets

Buy tickets online here, from the Munster Rugby Ticket Offices in Irish Independent Park and Thomond Park, or by calling 061 421103.

The Ticket Office at Irish Independent Park will be open from 9am to 2pm on Friday and the Ticketmaster van at the Dolphin end of the stadium will be open from 2pm until kick-off.

Adult Stand: €30; *Student/Junior Stand: €10

Adult Terrace: €20; *Student/Junior Terrace: €7

Family Pack – Two Adult & Two Junior (Terrace only): €40

*Junior tickets can only be purchased with an adult ticket. Student tickets can only be purchased in person at our ticket offices. You will need a valid student ID card at time of purchase and to enter the ground on matchday.

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Line-ups

Field

List

Munster Rugby
Pos
15	Mike Haley
14	Andrew Conway
13	Sammy Arnold
12	Dan Goggin
11	Darren Sweetnam
10	Joey Carbery
9	Duncan Williams
1	James Cronin
2	Rhys Marshall
3	Stephen Archer
4	Tadhg Beirne
5	Darren O'Shea
6	Peter O'Mahony
7	Chris Cloete
8	Arno Botha
Replacements
16	Mike Sherry
17	Dave Kilcoyne
18	John Ryan
19	Jean Kleyn
20	Tommy O'Donnell
21	James Hart
22	Ian Keatley
23	Jaco Taute

Ospreys
Pos
15	James Hook
14	Tom Williams
13	Joe Thomas
12	Cory Allen
11	Luke Morgan
10	Sam Davies
9	Tom Habberfield
1	Rhodri Jones
2	Scott Baldwin
3	Tom Botha
4	Giorgi Nemsadze
5	Adam Beard
6	Olly Cracknell
7	Morgan Morris
8	Sam Cross
Replacements
16	Ifan Phillips
17	Nicky Smith
18	Alex Jeffries
19	James Ratti
20	Guido Volpi
21	Matthew Aubrey
22	Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler
23	Hanno Dirksen

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Report

Report | Munster Beat Ospreys In Cork

September 14, 2018 10:15 pm By The Editor

Joey Carbery scores his first Munster try.

A good team display saw Munster record a second bonus-point win of the season over Ospreys at a sold-out Irish Independent Park on Friday night with Chris Cloete awarded Man of the Match on his return from injury.

Seven converted tries secured the win with Joey Carbery scoring his first try on his first start for the province in an impressive display that also saw the out-half kick five from five conversions.

Tries from Carbery, James Cronin, Rhys Marshall and a penalty try gave Munster a 28-6 half-time lead with the bonus point wrapped up at the interval.

Second-half scores from Marshall, Arno Botha and Darren Sweetnam completed the scoring with Ian Keatley slotting the final conversion.

It was a dominant performance from the Munster pack with Tadhg Beirne impressing on his first start as Peter O’Mahony led from the front on his first start of the season and Botha scored his first Munster try.

It was the official opening of the new modified 3G surface at Irish Independent Park with the All Ireland camogie champions, Cork, introduced to the crowd at half-time in recognition of their success at Croke Park last weekend.

After quelling an early Ospreys surge, Munster took control and a Duncan Williams pass released Sweetnam down the blindside for his first foray up the left touchline.

Although Ospreys halted that attack, Munster had the bit between their teeth with a penalty try awarded after a Munster rolling maul was halted illegally just before the try line.

Giorgi Nemsadze received a yellow for collapsing the maul but Ospreys hit back through a Sam Davies penalty to reduce the deficit to four.

An O’Mahony chase, tackle and clear-out to force the turnover drew a huge ovation from the West Stand before an even bigger cheer greeted the second try from Carbery.

The out-half caught a loose Ospreys clearance before waltzing through a gap to score and add the conversion for a 14-3 lead.

A second Davies penalty on 27 minutes made it 14-6 before Cronin touched down at the base of the post a minute later to move Munster further in front after Cloete had been stopped just short.

Munster had Ospreys by the scruff as the half drew to a close with a Sam Beard yellow card for collapsing a maul followed by the fourth try as Marshall scored his first as the 14 men couldn’t stop the Munster maul.

Another maul try for Marshall followed early in the second half before Botha’s first try for the province on 45 minutes put Munster well and truly out of sight at 42-6.

An opportunistic try from Luke Morgan gave Ospreys their first score of the second half but Munster were over for their seventh shortly after. Excellent work from replacement Ian Keatley and Botha released Sweetnam and the winger did brilliantly to beat two defenders and score. Keatley added the conversion to complete the scoring for a 49-13 victory.

Next up for Munster is a trip to the Cardiff Blues next Friday before Ulster visit Thomon park on Saturday, September 29.

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Stephen Archer departed for a HIA in the second half and John Ryan limped off with an ankle injury – both will be assessed by the medical team.

Joey Carbery and Tadhg Beirne made their first Munster starts with Carbery scoring his first Munster try.

Arno Botha scored his first Munster try on his third appearance.

Chris Cloete was awarded Man of the Match on his first appearance since returning from injury.

Munster: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Sammy Arnold (Jaco Taute, 52), Dan Goggin, Darren Sweetnam; Joey Carbery (Ian Keatley, 59), Duncan Williams (James Hart, 66); James Cronin (Dave Kilcoyne, 50), Rhys Marshall (Mike Sherry, 57), Stephen Archer (John Ryan, 50-65) (James Cronin, 73); Tadhg Beirne (Jean Kleyn, 52), Darren O’Shea; Peter O’Mahony (C) (Tommy O’Donnell, 59), Chris Cloete, Arno Botha.

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Summary

Timeline

Summary

Match Pages - Summary

Munster Rugby

Tries

Carbery 21' , Cronin 27' , Marshall 40 + 1' , 42' , Botha 45' , Sweetnam 62'

Conversions

Carbery 22' , 28' , 40 + 2' , 43' , 45' , Keatley 63'

Penalty Tries

15'

Ospreys

Tries

Morgan 60'

Conversions

Davies 61'

Penalties

Davies 20' , 26'

Yellow Cards

Nemsadze 17 , Beard 40

Timeline

Match Page - Timeline

49 - 13

Replacement 74'

S. Cross

J. Ratti

49 - 13

Replacement 68'

T. Williams

H. Dirksen

49 - 13

Replacement 68'

R. Jones

N. Smith

49 - 13

Replacement 64'

C. Allen

T. Thomas-Wheeler

49 - 13

Replacement 64'

D. Williams

J. Hart

49 - 13

Replacement 63'

J. Ryan

S. Archer

49 - 13

Conversion 63'

I. Keatley

47 - 13

Try 62'

D. Sweetnam

42 - 13

Conversion 61'

S. Davies

42 - 11

Try 60'

L. Morgan

42 - 6

Replacement 58'

T. Habberfield

M. Aubrey

42 - 6

Replacement 58'

P. O'Mahony

T. O'Donnell

42 - 6

Replacement 58'

J. Carbery

I. Keatley

42 - 6

Replacement 57'

R. Marshall

M. Sherry

42 - 6

Replacement 57'

T. Botha

A. Jeffries

42 - 6

Replacement 52'

S. Arnold

J. Taute

42 - 6

Replacement 52'

T. Beirne

J. Kleyn

42 - 6

Replacement 49'

J. Cronin

D. Kilcoyne

42 - 6

Replacement 49'

S. Archer

J. Ryan

42 - 6

Replacement 49'

M. Morris

G. Volpi

42 - 6

Replacement 49'

S. Baldwin

I. Phillips

42 - 6

Conversion 45'

J. Carbery

40 - 6

Try 45'

A. Botha

35 - 6

Conversion 43'

J. Carbery

33 - 6

Try 42'

R. Marshall

28 - 6

Conversion 40'

J. Carbery

26 - 6

Try 40'

R. Marshall

21 - 6

Yellow Card 40'

A. Beard

21 - 6

Conversion 28'

J. Carbery

19 - 6

Try 27'

J. Cronin

14 - 6

Penalty 26'

S. Davies

14 - 3

Conversion 22'

J. Carbery

12 - 3

Try 21'

J. Carbery

7 - 3

Penalty 20'

S. Davies

7 - 0

Yellow Card 17'

G. Nemsadze

7 - 0

Pentry 15'

Performance

Match page - Match Stats

Possession (%)

Territory (%)

Teams

Metres Gained

670

Munster Rugby

284

Ospreys

Carries

146

Munster Rugby

Ospreys

Tries

Munster Rugby

Ospreys

Passes

157

Munster Rugby

131

Ospreys

Tackles Made

Munster Rugby

154

Ospreys

Missed Tackles

Munster Rugby

Ospreys

Turnovers

Munster Rugby

Ospreys

Penalties Conceded

Munster Rugby

Ospreys

Line-ups

Match Page - Lineups

Line-ups

M - Metres Gained
C - Carries
P - Passes made
T - Tackles
TO - Turnovers Won

Munster Rugby
Pos		T	D	C	P
15	Mike Haley M: 61 C: 10 P: 7 T: 2 TO: 1
14	Andrew Conway M: 69 C: 9 P: 2 T: 6 TO: 2
13	Sammy Arnold Replacement: Jaco Taute (52) M: 31 C: 9 P: 3 T: 6 TO: 1
12	Dan Goggin M: 54 C: 8 P: 3 T: 3 TO: 0
11	Darren Sweetnam M: 111 C: 9 P: 2 T: 3 TO: 0	1
10	Joey Carbery Replacement: Ian Keatley (58) M: 65 C: 9 P: 14 T: 1 TO: 0	1		5
9	Duncan Williams Replacement: James Hart (64) M: 8 C: 4 P: 60 T: 1 TO: 0
1	James Cronin Replacement: Dave Kilcoyne (49) M: 17 C: 7 P: 3 T: 7 TO: 0	1
2	Rhys Marshall Replacement: Mike Sherry (57) M: 24 C: 7 P: 5 T: 1 TO: 0	2
3	Stephen Archer Replacement: John Ryan (49) M: 2 C: 4 P: 4 T: 8 TO: 0
4	Tadhg Beirne Replacement: Jean Kleyn (52) M: 34 C: 12 P: 5 T: 3 TO: 1
5	Darren O'Shea M: 2 C: 2 P: 1 T: 8 TO: 0
6	Peter O'Mahony Replacement: Tommy O'Donnell (58) M: 16 C: 5 P: 4 T: 4 TO: 1
7	Chris Cloete M: 24 C: 6 P: 5 T: 9 TO: 3
8	Arno Botha M: 39 C: 11 P: 4 T: 9 TO: 0	1
replacements
16	Mike Sherry Replaced Rhys Marshall (57) M: 15 C: 7 P: 0 T: 7 TO: 0
17	Dave Kilcoyne Replaced James Cronin (49) M: 23 C: 9 P: 2 T: 3 TO: 0
18	John Ryan Replaced Stephen Archer (49) M: 5 C: 2 P: 0 T: 1 TO: 0
19	Jean Kleyn Replaced Tadhg Beirne (52) M: 13 C: 5 P: 2 T: 4 TO: 0
20	Tommy O'Donnell Replaced Peter O'Mahony (58) M: 31 C: 4 P: 1 T: 2 TO: 0
21	James Hart Replaced Duncan Williams (64) M: 7 C: 1 P: 22 T: 3 TO: 1
22	Ian Keatley Replaced Joey Carbery (58) M: 17 C: 4 P: 5 T: 4 TO: 0			1
23	Jaco Taute Replaced Sammy Arnold (52) M: 2 C: 2 P: 3 T: 3 TO: 0

Ospreys
Pos		T	D	C	P
15	James Hook M: 25 C: 5 P: 6 T: 5 TO: 0
14	Tom Williams Replacement: Hanno Dirksen (68) M: 17 C: 2 P: 0 T: 2 TO: 0
13	Joe Thomas M: 42 C: 7 P: 3 T: 9 TO: 1
12	Cory Allen Replacement: Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler (64) M: 5 C: 3 P: 3 T: 6 TO: 0
11	Luke Morgan M: 64 C: 7 P: 1 T: 5 TO: 0	1
10	Sam Davies M: 26 C: 5 P: 23 T: 12 TO: 1			1	2
9	Tom Habberfield Replacement: Matthew Aubrey (58) M: 1 C: 2 P: 29 T: 5 TO: 0
1	Rhodri Jones Replacement: Nicky Smith (68) M: 0 C: 1 P: 2 T: 8 TO: 0
2	Scott Baldwin Replacement: Ifan Phillips (49) M: 3 C: 4 P: 3 T: 8 TO: 0
3	Tom Botha Replacement: Alex Jeffries (57) M: 0 C: 1 P: 2 T: 6 TO: 1
4	Giorgi Nemsadze M: 9 C: 4 P: 2 T: 12 TO: 0
5	Adam Beard M: 10 C: 9 P: 5 T: 6 TO: 0
6	Olly Cracknell M: 13 C: 8 P: 4 T: 22 TO: 0
7	Morgan Morris Replacement: Guido Volpi (49) M: 10 C: 2 P: 3 T: 10 TO: 1
8	Sam Cross Replacement: James Ratti (74) M: 18 C: 11 P: 4 T: 13 TO: 1
replacements
16	Ifan Phillips Replaced: Scott Baldwin (49) M: 0 C: 1 P: 1 T: 6 TO: 0
17	Nicky Smith Replaced: Rhodri Jones (68) M: 1 C: 3 P: 1 T: 1 TO: 1
18	Alex Jeffries Replaced: Tom Botha (57) M: 0 C: 2 P: 3 T: 3 TO: 0
19	James Ratti Replaced: Sam Cross (74) M: 0 C: 0 P: 0 T: 4 TO: 0
20	Guido Volpi Replaced: Morgan Morris (49) M: 15 C: 7 P: 4 T: 5 TO: 0
21	Matthew Aubrey Replaced: Tom Habberfield (58) M: 2 C: 2 P: 29 T: 2 TO: 0
22	Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler Replaced: Cory Allen (64) M: 23 C: 3 P: 3 T: 3 TO: 0
23	Hanno Dirksen Replaced: Tom Williams (68) M: 0 C: 3 P: 0 T: 1 TO: 1