Saturday, May 02, 2009
Leinster knock champions Munster out of the Heineken Cup - Montage
They avenged their 30-6 semi-final mauling by Munster in 2006 as they defied the odds to record a famous win over their arch rivals in front of 82 000 fans.
Brian ODriscoll received the Man of the Match award, but was humble in acceptance as the Leinster pack were immense on the day.
"I'll certainly accept it on behalf of them," he added. "They set the platform for us to get our tries.
"Games are won and lost at ruck time. The speed of ball is critical.
"We managed to get some quick ball ourselves when we were going forward and managed to slow them down which was exactly as we wanted it.
We've lost twice to Munster this season as well so we really felt we owed them one," he said.
"People had questioned our integrity, our pride, our passion, but we produced a big passionate performance today."
Weve got a short montage from the game for you, but will try get full highlights up soon too.
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gluglu May 02, 2009 9:33 pm

Kudos to both teams from a neutral frenchman. They showed us today one of the best levels of rugby I have ever seen.
Rocky Awesome and GOD were unbelievable.
Now tome for a big Guinness. CHEERS MATES
Joe murphy May 02, 2009 9:48 pm

Ted May 02, 2009 9:52 pm

Kenny May 02, 2009 9:58 pm

shit match . .muster never got goin . .leinster played an in ur face game dat didnt help when stringer was givin bad ball . . .no lions were injured . . . well its cardiff for the heino now . . .
I bet anything if Munster had won that game Joe feckin Murphy would be in quick as a flash saying how great they were.
Go back to your farm Joe, the boys in blue gave ur team a right pasting and a lesson in how to turn defence into attack.
BOD with another intercept, right place at the right time.
Brillaint game and delighted for all the Leinster fans who stuck with their team through the difficult times and didnt switch to Munster fans just cause Munster were winning everything.
If i had the choice id take giving Munster a hammering in the heineken Cup anyday over lsing home and away in the Magners league.
Anonymous May 02, 2009 10:07 pm

Anonymous May 02, 2009 10:07 pm

mise May 02, 2009 10:14 pm

D'arcy would have been perfect for the summer tour - unlucky with the time it took his injury to heal.
Overall maybe BOD was MOTM, but rocky, d'arcy and maybe even a few others were worth it too (cian healy, isa nacewa)
Munster must have got a bit Lion kinged...waaay too much talk about that upcoming summer tour....
D'arcy shud travel
Third Centre May 02, 2009 10:20 pm

BUT
Elsom or Jennings probably deserved it more.
Hard luck Munster, that even includes you Joe Murphy..... but do learn to spell in future.
One of the most intense and physical games of rugby you will ever see.
Phil May 02, 2009 10:26 pm

And from what I'm getting, GO ROCKY! Doing Australia proud :P
Happyskaman May 02, 2009 10:27 pm

Richie May 02, 2009 10:31 pm

johnhayes May 02, 2009 10:32 pm

Jochen May 02, 2009 10:51 pm

Mark Keane May 02, 2009 10:57 pm

1314spirit May 02, 2009 11:01 pm

Don't imagine the man himself would be impressed at being asscociated with that comment.
No Lions injured, but Kearney is ill, Quinlan should be cited and O'Gara was shit- not a great match from the tourists point of view!
Brennie May 02, 2009 11:03 pm

Have to say - killed throughout the park:(
Anonymous May 02, 2009 11:16 pm

Most Munster fans have reacted very graciously but the others need to just accept they lost.
I got called a "fat cunt" by several Munster fans after the match - in a very aggressive way. Not nice stuff, very bitter. A bit threatening.
Anonymous May 02, 2009 11:44 pm

i am a huge munster supporter and pretty disspointed with munster display espesh ronan o gara the man is too over rated
FTT May 03, 2009 12:02 am

Bad drills, big man.
O'Callahan was played off the park.
Anonymous May 03, 2009 6:46 am

see mafi's face he looks like he had gone 2 rounds with the pac man
well played leinster brilliant game
rocky was a rugby god for 80 mins should have got man of match
way to much pick and drive again from munster save it for the rainy days guys
Anonymous May 03, 2009 8:27 am

themull May 03, 2009 10:34 am

Rocky Elsom put in some absolutley tremendous hits especially the try saving on in the first half which was a cracker...
A great game it was and it was Leinsters defense, particularly at the breakdown which won the game for them..
Nonu May 03, 2009 10:46 am

Quinlan was gouging Cullen, will be in trouble. O'Connell was semi-gouging Horgaan at that fight between Earls and Cullen I think it was.
Anyone else think that both the passes, first O'Driscoll to Nacewa then Nacewa to D'Arcy were miles forward? I do, we were a bit fortunate there.
And Elsom ws a mile offside when he made that try-saver on Ian Dowling, should have been a yellow and a penalty try. Cracking hit though. This coming from a Leinster fan by the way.
And finally, well done to Jonny Sexton, the best Irish out-half on that pitch by a country mile.
Him and Shane Jennings both went to my school :)
Mark May 03, 2009 10:50 am

munster need to take a long hard look at themselves after this.i think new players are definitely needed in certain positions.an out and out full back,props,and a fly half who will bring something different.bull and ROG aren't getting any younger
Der Tierarzt May 03, 2009 10:56 am

As George Hook said, in rugby of all sports it's very hard to beat a team three times in a row - and fair dues to Leinster, they got it right, even with Contepomi and Fitzgerald limping off with injuries.
Have not seen Munster not show up like that for a long long time, biggest testament to that would be the fact that come the second half, the only thing us Munster supporters had to cheer about was when Leinster were giving away penalties to Munster (one of which Warwick failed to find touch with)!
If Munster were going to come back at Leinster, it had to've been them that scored after half time, not Fitzgerald. Don't know why everyone's ragging on O'Callaghan, he outplayed O'Connell, and along with Howlett was the best Munster had to offer yesterday.
All the best to Leinster, I just hope they didn't play their final yesterday!
vinniechan May 03, 2009 11:21 am

Stuart Barnes was right that Rocky Elsom was individually the best player on park, but Brian O'Driscoll - everything he did was so right - he was kicking and chipping putting the ball behind the gain line, drawing defenders, forcing turn overs.
I've never seen such a comprehensive display of rugby by one player.
Anonymous May 03, 2009 11:29 am

I just hope we (the blues) can meet you in the final and win another trophy for wales ;D
Anonymous May 03, 2009 11:31 am

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Anonymous May 03, 2009 11:33 am

His face after the game was covered in scratch marks..
Anonymous May 03, 2009 11:46 am

Anonymous May 03, 2009 11:58 am

Quinlan should be suspended for gouging unacceptable.
Rog didnt turn up and ROCKY was unreal
sad munsterman, but May 03, 2009 12:25 pm

ill be cheering them on anyway and i hope conteponi will be back
cause johnny sexton is a pompus prick....sorry but i hate him haha
anyway i think the munster boys will have to look at themselves hard before they put on their next red jersey....and im talking about the lions one, hopefully quinny will be there but doubtful from the clips ive seen
one last thing, ROG totally messed up gameplan wise, tried to play through the centre, would work against inexperienced centres but darcy and BOD are prob one of the most experienced centre partners in world rugby
and Elsom was unreal!!...but we cant say leinster didnt get the rub of green, u need it to win a rugby game though, but noway did elsom get behind the hindmost foot of that ruck in his tackle on dowling...but what a tackle!
Eoghan May 03, 2009 1:22 pm

Leinster deserved the win, and the margin - completely reflective of the game.
Great to see support from Munster people for Leinster in the final - that's the kind of Munster supporter we have come to know and respect.
Anonymous May 03, 2009 1:53 pm

Not that I have anything against montages.
Anonymous May 03, 2009 5:14 pm

jonesy May 03, 2009 7:51 pm

o gara kinda disappeared, o callaghan showed why mcik o driscoll still needs to play more often. flannery had a decent day hookin, bar that the back was poor, quinlan doesnt deserve to go to south africa now.
Leinster played amazingly, elsom was MOTM i think.
a few questionable non call on some forward passes and rocky was a mile offside tackling dowling, but thats not leinsters fault and you cant do the match over.
best of luck to leinster!
Doogle O'Manahan May 03, 2009 7:55 pm

Patron May 03, 2009 8:05 pm

Fair play to leinster, they have had a chip on their shoulder for a long time now but they played as well as i have ever seen, and what made the difference was that they rarely gave up a scoring chance to munster even though we were in their half more often then not.
Very frustrating game from a Munster perspective but there you have it Heineken Cup Rugby at its best.
To all other Munster guys, dont be sour and lower your standards to that of football remember its rugby
jamestheconvict May 04, 2009 10:07 am

Oconnel should not be captain and has already lost the respect of his team mates - the comment re the players eyes is spot on - no interest in listening to him
there is dissension in your ranks already
Anonymous May 04, 2009 10:34 am

jamestheconvict May 04, 2009 11:58 am

your fucked - SA to win 30 nil
german rugby fan May 04, 2009 12:48 pm

Cojimbo May 04, 2009 1:51 pm

sammy May 05, 2009 1:01 am

There was a period of a few minutes where Munster got quick ball and were running all over the field (albeit into Leinster defense) where some good, fast rugby was being played. Other than that, Leinster were the only exciting players on that pitch for the most part.
...oh, and yeah, it wasn't just Mafi that did well. Howlett made some good runs for the team in red, as well....the much-touted pack, despite making good ground, ultimately kept the ball too long and turned it over well-nigh every goddamned time.















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