There is just pride on hold for Munster as they invite Ospreys to Thomond Park this evening.
An away thrashing to Racing 92 a weekend ago left Munster’s expectations of making the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals barely holding on.
Be that as it may, 45–7 win for Glasgow Warriors on Saturday has expelled the black out expectation Johann van Graan’s side had of advancing in the challenge.
Rather they will plan to complete their European crusade on a high before a large number of their stars withdraw for Ireland obligation in the Six Nations.
The match is set to get in progress at 1pm and you can follow all the activity directly here on Irish Mirror Sport.
Munster: Mike Haley; Andrew Conway, Chris Farrell, Rory Scannell, Calvin Nash; JJ Hanrahan, Conor Murray, Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer, Fineen Wycherley, Billy Holland, Peter O’Mahony (capt), Jack O’Donoghue, CJ Stander.
Substitutions: Kevin O’Byrne, Jeremy Loughman, John Ryan, Arno Botha, Jack O’Sullivan, Craig Casey, Ben Healy, Dan Goggin.
Ospreys: Dan Evans; Hanno Dirksen, George North, Scott Williams, Luke Morgan; Luke Price, Shaun Venter; Nicky Smith, Scott Otten, Ma’afu Fia, Bradley Davies, Alun Wyn Jones, Dan Lydiate, Justin Tipuric (capt), Dan Baker.
Substitutions: Sam Parry, Darryl Marfo, Gheorghe Gajion, Lloyd Ashley, Olly Cracknell, Sam Cross, Reuben Morgan-Williams, Cai Eva
During the week, Keith Earls inspired an emotional response when he said that “individuals simply need to quit contrasting us with the old Munster”. It presumably doesn’t help that old Munster, the Heineken Cup victors of 2006 and 2008, are still so unmistakable thus perceptible in the media: Donncha O’Callaghan, Alan Quinlan, Jerry Flannery, Ronan O’Gara. They are inevitable.
O’Gara’s thoughts stay convincing, never more so than in his Irish Examiner segment the Friday before last.
Occasions today in Lyon and Sale will decide a great part of the state of mind music come kick-off in Munster’s European bastion tomorrow. It might just defer the inauspicious certainty of Munster’s exit, however should Northampton be beaten in Lyon or Glasgow are denied a reward point win in Sale today at that point, hypothetically at any rate, Johann van Graan’s side would at present be alive.
Nonetheless, if Northampton win and Glasgow complete a five-point pull at the AJ Bell Stadium tonight, at that point Munster’s European goose will be cooked and, for simply the fourth time in the last 22 seasons they won’t progress to the knockout stages.
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