The lessons from Munster's 14-man fiasco against Leinster

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[@ASDan-123]

I was at the game and there seemed to be a lot of stoppages and a lot of confusion! Tadhg Beirne was given out to for speaking to Chris Busby too much which I thought was unfair. He was seeking clarification because the communication from officials in that game was terrible! And Tadhg Beirne isn't the kind of captain to overdo it with the ref. However, the officiating definitely wasn't the reason Munster lost, they were extremely poor! Leinster were in cruise control for the whole game. Shame we always end up talking about officials after every game now!! Officials definitely need to sort their shit out!

[@Colin_Power]

Also, in terms of officiating errors this was the least of them. How many knock ons a TMO review that didn't happen. Human error happens but usually it doesn't happen that many times

[@Stereo_mike]

The game was won in the first 20

[@deirdreryan5674]

Hugo’s try was on a forward pass. Nash’s was not a forward-what a joke!

[@barryryan14]

James explaining it like every Leinster fan in the pub. Leinsters influenced the ref to break a rule giving Leinster a man advantage for 7 minutes where Leinster went on scored crucial points.

[@EolasColas]

I love that Tracey makes it a Munster mistake.. FFS!

[@joelyons886]

So Munster DON'T know the Laws of the game prety sure that what a professional club SHOULD hahaha typical Munster blamegame

[@cathalphelan3526]

Absolutely ridiculous. Not Munster responsibility to have a "fifth official" that knows the rules. Leinster should not have intervened with player coming back on and shouldnt have been in contact with the officials over the matter

[@NiallMurray-j9z]

That is not his point. Tracey is saying (de facto) Munster cannot rely on the 4th official to know the intricacies of the rules (absurd but there it is) therefore Munster must have someone on hand who does know them. That is all they can control.

[@Colin_Power]

Lads by the way Niall o Donovan is Munsters team manager. He usually operates the touchline. You will go very far to find a more experienced operator than Niallo

[@boatman6865]

Munster were beaten of the pitch, no one issue caused the collapse against Leinster

[@barryryan14]

Would Munster have lost anyway. Yes. Did the ref favor Leinster and miss multiple things that directly led to Leinster scores. Yes. Leinster have everything in their favour. Theyer better than winning like that.

[@joelyons886]

@@barryryan14 🤣🤣🤣 so are you saying Munster didn't get any calls? Or was it only Leinster?

[@FR-je9bw]

​@@barryryan14 What about all the scrum calls, Barry? Is the Munster scrum superior to Leinsters?

[@deirdreryan5674]

Disgraceful Niall