Shane Daly

Uh, Fekitaua was playing really well in the center.

Shane Daly, Calvin Nash, outstanding on the wings.

Mike Haley was playing really well.

So the whole team was playing really well, and, you know, it was, to do it three times in knockout stages, I think obviously Leinster opened the door a little bit with their selection, the semifinal, and Munster took it.

Uh, Alex Nankivell, uh, Diarmuid Barron, and Mike Haley all ruined it, ruled out this week.

But in better news, Craig Casey, Jeremy Loughman, Tom O'Hern, Jack Ainger, Shane Daly, and Ruairidh Quinn all available.

Would you be confident with players like Craig Casey, Jeremy Loughman back in there, Tom O'Hern, Jack Ainger, these guys that you'd see a little bit more from Munster in being able to last out the 80 minutes this week?

Uh, yeah.

Like, that, that would make a big difference, like, to hopefully add an impact rather than kinda, kinda felt like the lads were just hanging on last week when they came on.

Uh, so yeah, it's definitely ...

And then obviously Shane Daly back with Mike Haley going out.

That might probably be a, a straight swap of 15.

Both Casey and Lukeman missed their opening round defeat to the Glasgow Warriors due to their stand down having been involved in Ireland's summer test but are set to return for the round 2 clash.

New signing Jack Anger as well as Tom O'Hearn, Shane Daly and Rowan Quinn are also primed for their season debuts on Saturday having returned to full fitness.

There are injury concerns with Mike Haley ruled out a knee injury, while Dermot Barron, Alex Nankerville and Jack O'Donoghue will also miss the Round 2 clash as they go through the return to play protocols.

But former Munster man Alan Quinlan joined Colin Boothig and Dara Smith-Nocton on Monday's off-the-ball breakfast and he said there were positives from Munster that they could take from the weekend.

That's true.

But, like, it's an important point to mention because, like, Munster without Jeremy Luckman, Jack Anger, Edwin Adogbo, Tyke Byrne, Craig Casey, Jack Crowley, Shane Daly, Tom Farrow, Calvin Nash, Will Harrison, you know, Tom O'Hearn, did I mention? I don't know if I mentioned him already.

Donovan

coming in for his first start at nine?

And you do just hope, for their sake, that if it...

Okay, Dogboys and Dubac.

But if Ahern is back, for example, Casey's back... and say Calvin Nash, then straight away that little bit more depth, because Shane Daly's due back as well, that little bit more depth is just enough to see them over the jacket.

Did Andy be here

No, again, I think it's interesting.

So much of it, when I talk to Monster fans or you see kind of chatter about it, there's a lot of like... expectation and hope right there's a lot of like hope on these new players coming in like Adagbo and stuff like that Gleeson Hodnett even Shane Daly you know what I mean like there's a bunch of them out there like obviously Coombs over the years Calvin Nash like Tom Ahern like you know Alex Nankerville is kind of somebody who's popping up Tom Farrell is somebody who's popping up like they do have a ton of like again, like talented players that look ready to make the next step in their career, have all of the potential and the toolkits for it.

but are yet to do it for one reason or another.

And some of them, like, I think are passing that point.