Fixtures Edinburgh Men 23/24 BKT United Rugby Championship
May 17, 2024 Hive Stadium
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80'

Full time

Munster take the win. 26-29.
77'

Pinged again

Munster kick to the corner again.
76'

Penalised at the scrum

Munster angle one into our 22.
74'

Knock on

We knock on when gathering a high ball. Munster scrum on half-way.
74'

Munster steal

The lineout bounces into the hands of Munster and they clear.
73'

Munster penalised!

The visitors are penalised straight from kick-off as Ritchie gets on ball. Healy angles one into the corner...
70'

Penalty Munster

Crowley nudges his side back in front. 26-29.
69'

Ritchie pinged

That's unlucky. Ritchie thought he got his hands on the ball but the back-row is pinged. Crowley will take aim.
68'

Munster lineout

Price clears our lines with a box kick. Munster retain possession in our half.
68'

TRYYYY!!! BOAN VENTER!

Boan Venter is the man who powers over form short range! Healy adds he extras and it's 26-26!
66'

Scrum after scrum... possible try!

Four scrums in a row on the Munster line before the visitors are pinged. Bill Mata takes a quick tap and they are looking for a possible score here... Ref checking for clear grounding.
64'

Murray binned

Connor Murray is sent to the bin for a cynical penalty on his own try line. We have a scrum under the Munster sticks...
63'

Benzo so close!

Bennett takes a short ball and nearly races in for a game-tieing score. We're held up over the line but the referee brings it back for what looks like could be a penalty try...
63

Crosbie and Price on

Hamish Watson makes way for the Livingston man. Vellacott is off for Ali Price. Looks to have picked up a knock.
62'

Pushing here!

We have a lineout inside the Munster 22 which we collect and drive forward. Munster eventually steal the ball and clear their lines. Crowd aren't happy with that decision to say the least.
59'

Cavalry on

Boan Venter, Javan Sebastian, Dave Cherry and Cammy Scott are on for WP Nel, Pierre Schoeman, Ewan Ashman and Wes Goosen. Goosen has picked up a knock. Hive Stadium is on its feet to pay tribute to a club legend in WP Nel.
56'

Lineout stolen and we break

We pinch the resulting lineout and Duhan does brilliantly to beat five defenders before freeing the backline out wide. Goosen dodges and ducks and we have the ball on half-way.
57'

Duhan and Goose cover well

Crowley send a clever nudge but Duhan and Goosen cover well and the full-back clears our lines. Meanwhile Gilchrist returns to action after getting stitched up.
53'

Outrageous. Try Munster

The referee somehow turns over our penalty and Munster score straight away through Gavin Coombes who powers over. Crowley converts and its 19-26.
52'

Munster knock on, then handbags

We turn Munster over on our try line. Healy then clears our lines and is taken out by a late hit. Ref has got to look at this...
51'

Pinged from the restart

Crowley aims one into the corner. Big defence needed here.
50'

PEN HEALY!

We're all square as Healy splits the uprights from close range!
49'

Munster pinged

The visitors are pinged inside their 22 and Healy will take aim at the sticks...
48'

Gilchrist off

It's a blood replacement for Gilchrist as Marshall Sykes is on for the lineout in the Munster 22! We gather and drive...
46'

Mish!

The open side is straight on the ball to win a brilliant turnover pen in our half. Healy sends a howitzer into touch inside their Munster 22.  
44'

Duhan collects

RG Snyman makes a break through the gainline and chucks a ball wide which Duhan intercepts. Munster then break down the nearside touchline through Crowley but Lang strips the ball excellently!
44'

Try Munster

Crowley races under the sticks to give his side the lead. The stand-off converts and it's 16-19.
43'

Scrum Munster

We hold Munster up in contact but we knock on and the visitors have a scrum in our 22'
41'

Back underway!

We're back underway at Hive Stadium!
40'

Half-time in Hive Stadium!

We lead Munster 16-12 at the break. Brilliant intensity so far!
39'

Wes. Goosen.

The full-back has plucked every high ball from the air and that was different class. One handed and behind his head. Touch of class!
39'

Duhi breaks again

The big winger collect an offload from Goosen and nearly breaks the gainline again!
38'

Unlucky!

We move it wide and Duhan beats two defenders however his offload falls just short of the supporting James Lang!
36'

Try Munster

Pressure pays off for the visitors and Frisch finishes after tidy handling. Crowley converts and it's 16-12.
33'

Ball unplayable

Munster are camped on our line but the ball is unplayable and they will have the put in to the scrum 5m out.
31'

Brilliant defence again!

Munster are in our 22 but we defend with pace and power and turn force Munster into spilling possession. Healy clears our lines bt the visitors are on the attack again.
28'

Schoe!

The boys are proper up for this. We break through Healy and Schoe and we're nearly through the gainline again but the ball is knocked on... just.
27

Correction

It's 16-5!
26'

TRY MARK BENNETT!

BENZOO!!!!! We turn Munster over and sling it wide! Mark Bennett puts a grubber through and the ball ricochets into the hands of the centre who touches down! Healy converts again! 16-6!
24'

WP NEL!

WP breaks off the back off a lineout and has Hive Stadium on its feet!
22'

PEN HEALY!

The stand-off extends our lead with a sweetly struck penalty! 9-5!
21'

Munster pinged again

The visitors are offside at the breakdown and we'll take another shot at the sticks here...
19'

Munster clear

We pin the hosts back straight from the kick-off. They clear their line and we move it over the half-way after Vellacott steals possession!
18'

Try Munster

Munster get the first score of the game through Antoine Frisch who finishes well in the corner. Jack Crowley is unsuccessful with the touchline conversion.
13'

Munster move it forward

The visitors move the ball into our half with some nice handling but we scramble well. James Lang puts in a monstrous shot out wide to force Munster into touch.
12'

PEN HEALY!

Healy double our advantage at Hive Stadium! It's 6-0!
11'

Scrum pen!

The big men get a shift on and win the scrum pen! Healy will take aim...
9'

Knock on Munster

Munster knock on from a high ball after the crowd play their part in roaring! We'll have a scrum inside the visitors' 22!
8'

Great nudge!

James Lang puts in a brilliant and clever nudge after picking up a pass off his laces. We pin Munster back inside their 22!
6'

PEN HEALY!

Munster are pinged for not rolling away. Healy makes no mistake and we lead 3-0!
4'

What a break!

We turn Munster over and move the ball wide to Mark Bennett who sends it long. Duhan is off like a racehorse and Munster are forced into a slide clearance behind their own try line!
2'

Munster start well, but knock on

The visitors are on the offensive from the get-go. The are camped on our line but we force the knock on!
1'

KICK-OFF!

We're underway at an electric Hive Stadium!
19:07

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