Match Centre

Full Time

49 - 12

  • United Rugby Championship

  • Sun 30 Aug 2020 | 15:00

  • Aviva Stadium

7
  • Cloete 7'

  • Penalty 15'

  • Loughman 36'

  • Beirne 49'

  • Conway 51'

  • Conway 53'

  • Cronin 67'

Tries

2
  • Aki 40'

  • Murphy 70'

6
  • Hanrahan 8'

  • Hanrahan 37'

  • Hanrahan 50'

  • Hanrahan 51'

  • Hanrahan 55'

  • Scannell 68'

Conversions

1
  • Fitzgerald 40'

2
  • O'Mahony 40'

  • Beirne 40'

Yellow Cards

1
  • Oliver 7'

0

Red Cards

2
  • Papali'i 25'

  • Delahunt 34'

Shane

Daly

15

Tiernan

O'Halloran

Andrew

Conway

14

Colm

de Buitlear

Chris

Farrell

13

Sammy

Arnold

Damian

de Allende

12

Tom

Daly

Keith

Earls

11

Diarmuid

Kilgallen

JJ

Hanrahan

10

Conor

Fitzgerald

Conor

Murray

9

Caolin

Blade

Jeremy

Loughman

1

Paddy

McAllister

Niall

Scannell

2

Shane

Delahunt

John

Ryan

3

Dominic

Robertson-McCoy

Fineen

Wycherley

4

Niall

Murray

Tadhg

Beirne

5

Quinn

Roux

Peter

O'Mahony

6

Eoghan

Masterson

Chris

Cloete

7

Conor

Oliver

CJ

Stander

8

Abraham

Papali'i

Replacements

Kevin

O'Byrne

16

Jonny

Murphy

James

Cronin

17

Conor

Kenny

Stephen

Archer

18

Matthew

Burke

Billy

Holland

19

Ultan

Dillane

Jack

O'Donoghue

20

Sean

Masterson

Craig

Casey

21

Stephen

Kerins

Rory

Scannell

22

Conor

Dean

Jack

O'Sullivan

23

Bundee

Aki

80

It's all over! The referee has blown his whistle to end the game.

76

Trouble here as Caolin Blade breaches the defence.

74

This is dangerous for the defence as Jack O'Donoghue bursts through to advance the Munster attack.

72

Conor Dean has hooked the conversion to the left of the posts.

71

Stephen Kerins sets up the try.

70

A gap opened in the defence and Bundee Aki took full advantage.

70

Connacht are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Jonny Murphy picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.

68

The Munster supporters go wild as Rory Scannell successfully kicks the conversion.

67

Nobody could stop that maul! James Cronin places the ball down for the try.

62

Billy Holland comes on for Munster.

62

Tadhg Beirne leaves the field.

62

Stephen Kerins comes on.

62

Conor Fitzgerald comes off.

60

Rory Scannell comes on.

60

JJ Hanrahan comes off.

60

Jack O'Sullivan comes on.

60

CJ Stander comes off.

60

Connacht decide to make a substitution, with Matthew Burke getting some game time.

60

Connacht decide to make a substitution, with Paddy McAllister being replaced.

57

The defensive line has been broken as Rory Scannell goes through the gap.

57

Munster make a substitution with Craig Casey coming on.

57

Munster make a substitution with Conor Murray coming off.

57

Connacht sub Conor Dean comes onto the field.

57

Colm de Buitlear departs for Connacht.

56

JJ Hanrahan has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

56

Kevin O'Byrne comes on for Munster.

56

Niall Scannell leaves the field.

56

Jack O'Donoghue comes on.

56

Peter O'Mahony comes off.

55

The touch judges raise their flags as JJ Hanrahan kicks the conversion.

53

Spellbinding play by JJ Hanrahan is finished off with a try.

53

What a run here by Andrew Conway as they gets over the gainline!.

53

A wonderful passing move by Munster is finished off by Andrew Conway.

52

Sean Masterson comes on.

52

Eoghan Masterson comes off.

52

Ultan Dillane comes on.

52

Niall Murray comes off.

51

Damian de Allende played a key part in that try.

51

JJ Hanrahan adds the two points for Munster.

51

A series of passes by Munster results in a try for Andrew Conway.

50

Chris Farrell makes the break as the defence re-enacts the parting of the red sea.

50

JJ Hanrahan does the business as his conversion attempt goes over.

49

That's a great try assist by Conor Murray.

49

Fabulous play by Munster has led to Tadhg Beirne being able to wriggle through a gap.

49

Trouble here as Keith Earls breaches the defence.

49

Great hands by Munster leads to a try for Tadhg Beirne.

48

Munster decide to make a substitution, with James Cronin getting some game time.

48

Munster decide to make a substitution, with Jeremy Loughman being replaced.

47

Munster make a substitution with Stephen Archer coming on.

47

Munster make a substitution with John Ryan coming off.

45

Connacht sub Conor Kenny comes onto the field.

45

Dominic Robertson-McCoy departs for Connacht.

44

John Ryan has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

44

Niall Scannell has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

44

Chris Cloete has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

40

Fineen Wycherley has made 10 good tackles so far this game.

40

The second half is underway.

40

Conor Fitzgerald makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.

40

Caolin Blade sets up the try.

40

The half-time whistle blows and both teams’ head for the dressing rooms.

40

Bundee Aki scores the try from close range.

40

Tadhg Beirne (Munster) is shown a yellow card.

40

Peter O'Mahony (Munster) is shown a yellow card.

40

Jonny Murphy comes on for Connacht.

40

Diarmuid Kilgallen leaves the field.

37

JJ Hanrahan converts the try.

36

Munster are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Jeremy Loughman touching down.

35

This is dangerous for the defence as Tadhg Beirne bursts through to advance the Munster attack.

34

Shane Delahunt (Connacht) is shown the red card.

25

Abraham Papali'i (Connacht) is shown the red card.

23

Bundee Aki comes on.

23

Tiernan O'Halloran comes off.

18

A gap opened in the defence and Caolin Blade took full advantage.

15

The referee awards a penalty try to Munster.

15

Munster put the pressure on with this scrum and it has paid off as they are awarded a penalty try.

8

JJ Hanrahan has kicked a conversion.

7

Conor Oliver (Connacht) is shown a yellow card.

7

The Munster pack has powered over for Chris Cloete to score the try.

3

The defensive line has been broken as Keith Earls goes through the gap.

0

We are underway as the referee blows his whistle.

Match Stats

43%

Possession

57%

46%

Territory

54%

Metres

398

258

Carries

93

119

Clean Breaks

13

4

Defenders Beaten

24

11

Passes

137

124

Offloads

5

5

Penalties Conceded

16

21

Turnovers Conceded

16

6

149/160 93%

Tackles won

100/124 81%

3/3 100%

Scrums won

11/11 100%

22/22 100%

Lineouts won

17/19 89%

Action Areas

3%

6.8%

10.8%

11.2%

19.2%

23.1%

14%

11.8%

Player Stats

Connacht Rugby

MP

M

C

P

T

MT

TW

TC

DB

LW

TS

PTS

Tiernan O'Halloran

23

27

3

3

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

Colm de Buitlear

57

1

4

0

4

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sammy Arnold

80

7

10

2

8

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

Tom Daly

80

30

9

1

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Diarmuid Kilgallen

40

9

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Conor Fitzgerald

62

2

5

9

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

2

Caolin Blade

80

46

9

56

2

3

1

0

3

0

0

0

Paddy McAllister

60

1

4

1

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Shane Delahunt

34

3

1

1

7

1

0

0

0

5

0

0

Dominic Robertson-McCoy

45

2

1

2

9

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Niall Murray

52

1

6

4

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Quinn Roux

80

12

10

5

9

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Eoghan Masterson

52

14

7

6

5

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

Conor Oliver

70

9

8

3

6

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

Abraham Papali'i

25

16

4

1

1

2

1

0

1

0

0

0

Jonny Murphy

40

19

9

1

3

1

0

0

1

12

1

5

Conor Kenny

35

0

1

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Matthew Burke

20

2

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ultan Dillane

28

4

3

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sean Masterson

28

0

1

3

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Stephen Kerins

18

1

1

15

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Conor Dean

23

0

3

5

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bundee Aki

57

52

17

5

2

2

1

1

1

0

1

5

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