If we get anything out of this I'll be happy. We never play particularly well away to Munster and I'm sure they'll be eager to put things right after some dreadful performances recently.

Hopefully we can a full deck to chose from for the run in, if we can keep everyone fit I think we can have a good finish to the season.

There's a very good chance that Cathal Sheridan will be starting this game for Munster would like to see him in person to see how he does.

RogueXV wrote: Confident enough in Connacht's chance to win this though the 2nd row would be a concern if Macca ends up joining Swifty on the sidelines. Can't see Connacht overtaking Munster in the final table even with a win, but a win here would set them up better for finishing 7th especially with them heading to Treviso next week.

Table, schmable... Let's beat Munster first and worry about that at the end of the season...

If anything the little break since our last fixture favours the home team who have at least had a run out for a few of their likely starters in between ...

munster have confirmed that POC will start game on saturday. rest of team to be announced at lunchtime tomorrow.

well considering those games get s couple of hundred normally most accounts of attendance are estimated at over the thousand but it was free so no official attendance.
can never figure out the attendance being so low in cork. there is a large cork contingent present in thomondregularly and a hhuge one for the big games but they fail to cross the road for musgrave games.

rossie wrote: and poc is making his comeback! the Game v leinster drew a huge crowd to UL during work for this very reason.

Hardly huge Rossie....

And the Cork folk don't seem to come out in the same numbers, rarely a full house at Musgrave, but being an InterPro and our recent form may make a difference this time

Confident enough in Connacht's chance to win this though the 2nd row would be a concern if Macca ends up joining Swifty on the sidelines. Can't see Connacht overtaking Munster in the final table even with a win, but a win here would set them up better for finishing 7th especially with them heading to Treviso next week.

and poc is making his comeback! the Game v leinster drew a huge crowd to UL during work for this very reason.

wp_rathead wrote: I'm gonna be more optimistic if o'gara gets the nod over keatley for the match

Also, does anyone know if you can pay at the gate for the match?

generally yes. u buy ticket similar to sg and then go to turnstile. it only holds 10k tho and it is an interpro.

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ConnachtCows wrote:

salmson wrote: Heading down for this. Are Sheridans bringing a full coach? Any body else heading independently? And where's the best view - East Terrace?

I sent Sheridans a tweet. They're still sending down the bus, and there are some spots remaining. They're staying in River Lee, but trying to organise meet up places for before and after. I've asked them to confirm what stands there tickets are for.
I'll post it here when they get back to me

Last i heard Sheridans had sold around 40 places.

Thats a good number. Almost a full bus.
I remember my last bus trip to a Connacht vs Munster match.... Dont remember much of the journey home mind you

ConnachtCows wrote:

salmson wrote: Heading down for this. Are Sheridans bringing a full coach? Any body else heading independently? And where's the best view - East Terrace?

I sent Sheridans a tweet. They're still sending down the bus, and there are some spots remaining. They're staying in River Lee, but trying to organise meet up places for before and after. I've asked them to confirm what stands there tickets are for.
I'll post it here when they get back to me

Last i heard Sheridans had sold around 40 places.

I'm gonna be more optimistic if o'gara gets the nod over keatley for the match

Also, does anyone know if you can pay at the gate for the match?

I think seated stand apart it's general admission.

salmson wrote: Heading down for this. Are Sheridans bringing a full coach? Any body else heading independently? And where's the best view - East Terrace?

I sent Sheridans a tweet. They're still sending down the bus, and there are some spots remaining. They're staying in River Lee, but trying to organise meet up places for before and after. I've asked them to confirm what stands there tickets are for.
I'll post it here when they get back to me

Connacht head coach Eric Elwood is keeping his fingers crossed Mike McCarthy will be at his disposal for Saturday's inter-provincial clash with Munster in the RaboDirect PRO12.

Elwood's troops head to Musgrave Park this weekend in pursuit of a fourth straight win in the RaboDirect PRO12 since 2002, having defeated the Ospreys, the Blues and Zebre in the their last three matches.
Elwood has confirmed that lock Michael Swift will not be available for the trip and will target a return to action against Edinburgh next month instead.

But in terms of McCarthy, who started all of Ireland's Six Nations matches, Elwood is hopeful that the second row will shrug of a knee injury in time for Saturday's clash.

Connacht are currently 11 points behind Munster but victory would keep alive their hopes of catching their rivals, and Elwood hopes McCarthy, who will join Leinster at the end of the season, plays a big part in their run-in.

"We have given Macca a few days off post-Six Nations. We are going to see him on Thursday and we'll assess his injuries, he has been carrying a couple of knocks, so we gave him four days off," Elwood told the Irish Independent.

"It would be nice for us, as Macca is a very good player and he is very important for us. He has got five games left in his Connacht career and we have a lot to play for in those five games.

"But he has been through a tough campaign in the Six Nations and picked up a few knocks and we'll assess him on Thursday.

"He is just returning from his knee injury so that's the big concern, but hopefully his knee is okay because he was substituted the other day."

i cant see macca being aloud play under the irfu rules with a week off. i do hope he plays as we will be missing swifty and might have to stick george into second row to hope for power in the scrum.
i worry a little if kearney and browne are up against POC and DOC.

salmson wrote: Heading down for this. Are Sheridans bringing a full coach? Any body else heading independently? And where's the best view - East Terrace?

Not sure of the take up from Sheridans, I just saw something on their Facebook a while back. There doesnt look to have been any more updates on it, so chances are they either have a full bus, or no interest. I would have thought they'd be pushing it