Munster Rugby - We DID start the fire (Part 1)

Yes.
Be out in 2022.

The punishment fits the crime then

agreed.

Yes but I’d rather Ulster develop another world class ten for Leinster from a Munster perspective.

Do not get the logic.

Munster have nobody.

He could propel them on another 5-10%.

So what if it’s for a year. Build profile, get to a final and make more money and attract more players.

Better have him than not. If he was not available Munster would stick with JJ and keatly

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Because in twelve months time you are back to square one, you’ve vastly improved a player for Leinster and may have stunted the growth of a Bill Johnson or somebody of that ilk. If it is a one year load deal I don’t really think it is good from a Munster point of view.

Seems a shit deal for Munster. They get a stop gap for one year and are left with the same problem next year. Meanwhile they do nothing to develop the potential out halves they have. There’ll be a big load of Munster looking pathetic begging carbery to stay then next year and he will leave because he never wanted to stay.

IMO all of this is because Munster appear unwilling or unable to put time and effort into developing a successor to O’Gara. They are lazy and impatient and want a ready made international quality outhalf handed to them. They have arguably the best 9 in the world and are in a perfect position to develop a 10 in the same way ulster did with Jackson and Pienaar. Hanrahan gets criticised for not fulfilling potential but he has never been backed the way Jackson was in Ulster and given the confidence to make mistakes and learn and know that he won’t be banished to the bench again indefinitely.

Munster now are overstocked at outhalf. One at least will need to go.

So Munster will discard one, and come next year, if Carbery heads back to Leinster, they will be down two outhalves.

Now dont get me wrong, Keatley needs to move on at this stage anyway, but it is only a short term solution.

You can’t just pick a ten and say we will develop you. Those players don’t just come around. Munster lost Johnny Holland, JJ hasn’t cut it and Bill Johnson has been injured. World class internationals at ten like Rog don’t come around too often.

It is very possible JJ will be the starting fifteen next season, Keatley gone, Tyler poor injury profile and Bill Johnson coming back from a long term injury.

Most fans like to think that every player taking the field wants to be wearing the jersey - a 1 year deal suggests Carburys been forced into this move for Ireland’s benefit rather than any desire of his own. He will improve the side but they are still a long way off Leinsters level, hard to see how next season will be any more successful for them than this season even with an improvement at outhalf. I wonder if there is a tipping point in how few actual Munster men are on the field before there is a disconnect with fans, will be interesting to watch.

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To the brave and faithful nothing is impossible mate.

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1-10 next year could be a new Zealander, four munster lads, three boks and two Leinster boys.

Leinster aren’t as far away as people think. If racing had two fit out halves v Leinster they’d have won. They lost away to Leinster by a point playing poorly. Leinster are clealry ahead but we are not at 2012 levels of disparity.

Lancaster and Cullen see him every day and dont trust him there.

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They’ve Sexton though.

Exactly. Free bet for munster

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They pkay ross byrne at 10 ahead of him every chance they get. He gets on the bench ahead of byrne for versatility but if Sexton was injured byrne would have started both finals

Is Alan Tynan any where near the mark required to play out half with this Munster Crowd or do you have to be a Saffie?

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Leinster waited 20 years for sexton mate.