Cardiff Rugby vs Munster

MUNSTER face Cardiff in the opening game of the United Rugby Championship this weekend.It was originally scheduled to take place on Friday night, but.

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Munster kick off their BKT United Rugby Championship season at the Cardiff Arms Park. Watch it live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player.

- Cardiff 20-13 Munster However, their lead lasted less than five minutes as Cardiff finished strongly. Cardiff 20-13 Munster Cardiff 15-13 Munster FT: Cardiff 20-13 Munster - 17:06

The match takes place at Cardiff Arms Park in Wales and kicks off at 3.05pm on Saturday. What's the team news? Cardiff Rugby: Liam Williams; Owen Lane, Rey Lee- ...

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Malakai Fekitoa and Antoine Frisch made their Munster debuts. Dave Kilcoyne made his first Munster appearance since February and John Hodnett playing for the ...

Dave Kilcoyne is included among the replacements and in line to make his first Munster appearance since February after recovering from a neck injury. Malakai Fekitoa will make his competitive Munster debut after his summer move to the province with the World Cup winner featuring in both pre-season games. The game will see Head Coach Graham Rowntree and the new coaching team take charge of Munster in a competitive fixture for the first time.

Tomos Williams of Cardiff Rugby kicks past Thomas Ahern of Munster. Image: Alex James/INPHO. Cardiff Rugby 20. Munster 13. MUNSTER BEGAN THE Graham Rowntree era ...

But Cardiff burst back into life with some lovely handling from the likes of Priestland and Samoan centre Ray Lee-Lo finding the edges with both Josh Adams, and James Botham coming close to scoring. Jack Crowley added the extras to put Munster into the lead with a mere 15 minutes left. Munster made a poor start when a weak tackle from Fineen Wycherley on Max Llewellyn allowed the big centre to get back on his feet to run in unopposed for the try.

The only blot on Dai Young's copybook was a first-half injury to Liam Williams, with questions now surrounding the fitness of him and winger Owen Lane, who was ...

However, Cardiff were made to settle for a penalty from Evans that pushed them ahead once more as the match entered the final 10 minutes. Dacey loops round the back and feeds Llewellyn. A spellbinding show that has, in fairness, been a familiar one for anyone watching Welsh rugby for the past decade. Not only was the score pleasing in the sense that it was, to borrow a cliché, 'straight off the training ground', but because seconds earlier, Dacey had seen his arrows pinched at an attacking lineout metres out from the Munster line. Among his interventions was a clearance kick that fell to fellow new recruit Thomas Young, only for the flanker to be caught when the tryline beckoned. Once again, the Irish side struggled to get to grips with the explosive Llewellyn. The second-half remained scoreless up until the 64th minute - although the class and influence of Faletau shone through with every touch the No. Another Healy penalty was the visitor's consolation prize - albeit a prize that handed them the lead for the first time. From there, the Irish province threatened to wrestle back some momentum as they gradually earned more attacking opportunities in the Cardiff half. Having impressed early on, the sight of full-back Williams walking down the tunnel with his arm tucked into his jersey like a makeshift sling wasn't the what any Cardiff fan would have hoped to see. Having had little in the way of possession or territory, a Ben Healy penalty got them on the scoreboard. The young midfielder, who has reportedly impressed in pre-season training, barged through Fineen Wycherley's attempted tackle before regathering his balance to race away from the scrambling defence and score the opening points.