The Red Army will travel to South Africa in impressive numbers for the URC final:
TALK ABOUT A timely boost. Munster head coach Graham Rowntree must have travelled to South Africa yesterday with a real sense of optimism, bolstered by the return to fitness of some of his key players.
So Munster are in good nick for this shot at the province’s first trophy since the 2011 Magner’s League success. They were in a Pro 14 final as recently as 2021 but there wasn’t much expectation of them upsetting Leinster that day behind closed doors at the RDS. “I think we sold the 3,000 tickets made available to Munster, they all went immediately, and they reckon there’s going to be at least 5,000 Munster fans in the stadium,” said Anayi.While that will still leave around 50,000 home fans cheering on the Stormers, the sheer scale of travelling support all the way to South Africa will clearly add to the motivation levels for Rowntree’s men. It could be a phenomenal occasion.
Again, Crowley had been the first-choice pick at number 10 in recent times. He was excellent there against Glasgow in the away quarter-final win, as well as slotting the winning drop goal against Leinster after shifting to out-half when Healy was forced off in the first half. Beirne could be alongside captain Peter O’Mahony and Gavin Coombes in the back row, although John Hodnett has been playing excellent rugby and Alex Kendellen is in form too. Hodnett and Kendellen could be sprung from a 6/2 bench, but then Jack O’Donoghue would miss out having made a big impact as a replacement against Leinster.
That could mean Keith Earls dropping out of the starting XV again, while the prospect of a 6/2 bench split also makes it complicated when trying to squeeze everyone into the matchday 23.
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