View Single Post
  #99 (permalink)  
Old 30-04-2008, 00:08
redroar redroar jest offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 441
Nominated 1 Time in 1 Post
Nominated TOTW/F/M Award(s): 1
redroar has disabled reputation
Re: Rugby Union: Guiness & Magners

Ulster: B Cunningham; T Bowe, A Trimble, R Dewey, M Bartholomeusz; P Wallace, I Boss; B Young, R Best, T Court, C Del Fava, R Caldwell, M McCullough, K Dawson, S Ferris.
Replacements: N Brady, J Fitzpatrick, J Harrison, N Best, P Marshall, N O'Connor, M McCrea. Munster: S Payne; B Carney, B Murphy, K Lewis, A Horgan; P Warwick, P Stringer, F Pucciarello, F Shehan, T Buckley, M O'Driscoll, D Ryan, J O'Sullivan, N Ronan, A Foley (capt).
Replacements: S Cronin, D Hurley, M Melbourne, J Coughlan, G Hurley, J Manning, K Earls.

Here are the teams with Munster fielding largely the same team that beat the Ospreys and Ulster pretty much at full strenght bar Humphreys(at 36yrs old and still the best in the squad). Must win game for Ulster and while they've lost all there away games under williams they've won all their home matchs.

Munsters league form is hard to measure as they play a different team every week, there are signs that the B pack are nearly as good as the A pack and the backline is not short on experience.

Ulsters form is patchy but they do have Rory Best back and he's a big player for them. Munsters bench looks a bit raw for me whereas Ulster have a few seasoned campaigners to fall back on. I think Ulsters greater need will shade this one. My bets are:

Ulster match odds 4/7 8pts

Ulster -3 9/10 4 pts

Ulster by 1-5 pts 4/1 3pts all with paddypower