MUNSTER AND LEINSTER will lock horns in the United Rugby Championship this Christmas.
Leo Cullen's highflyers will face a stern test when they travel to Thomond Park on Monday night.
Here's more details for the game on Monday
Limerick , Ireland - 2 April 2022; Damian De Allende of Munster celebrates after scoring his side's first try during the United Rugby Championship match between Munster and Leinster at Thomond Park in Limerick. (Photo By Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile via Getty Images)When is it on?
Monday, December 26th
What TV station is it on?.
You can watch the game live on TG4, the TG4 Player and Viaplay Sports 1..
What time does it start?
Kick off is at 7.35pm Irish time
What time does coverage start?
Coverage on TG4 starts at 6.50pm, while coverage on Viaplay Sports (formerly Premier Sports) starts at 7.15pm
Where is it on?
Thomond Park
Tickets for the game
Tickets have been sold out
Odds for the game
https://www.oddschecker.com/rugby-union/united-rugby-championship/munster-v-leinster/winner
Teams for the game
Munster
Fulllback: 15. Shane Daly
Winger: 14 Calvin Nash
Centres: 13. Antoine Frisch, 12. Jack Crowley
Winger: 11. Keith Earls
Out half: 10. Joey Carbery, Scrumhalf: 9. Conor Murray
Front row 1. Dave Kilcoyne, 2. Niall Scannell, 3. John Ryan
Second row: 4. Jean Kleyn, 5. Tadhg Beirne
Backrow: 6. Jack O'Donoghue, 7. Peter O'Mahony, 8. Gavin Coombes
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Josh Wycherley, Roman Salanoa, Kiran McDonald, Alex Kendellen, Craig Casey, Rory Scannell, Patrick Campbell.
Leinster
Fulllback: 15.Hugo Keenan,
Winger: 14 Jordan Larmour,
Centres: 13. Garry Ringrose, 12. Jamie Osborne,
Winger: 11. James Lowe,
Outhalf: 10. Ross Byrne, Scrum half 9. Nick McCarthy,
Front row: 1.Andrew Porter, 2. Dan Sheehan, 3. Cian Healy,
Second row: 4. Ryan Baird, 5. Joe McCarthy,
Back row: 6. Rhys Ruddock, 7. Scott Penny, 8. Max Deegan.
Replacements: John McKee, Michael Milne, Vakhtang Abdaladze, Ross Molony, Jack Conan, Luke McGrath, Harry Byrne, Liam Turner
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Andrew Porter will become a #LeinsterRugby centurion on St. Stephen's Day!
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 #𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐯𝐋𝐄𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 👇
💻 https://t.co/zpozwrQQSf#FromTheGroundUp pic.twitter.com/Pbjx7wcBAz— Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) December 23, 2022
Where are both teams in their domestic tables?
Leinster are first in the the URC table.
Munster are eight in the table.
What happened last time the sides met ?
Leinster beat Munster 27-13 the last time they met. This was in October.
What have the people said ?
Leo Cullen: “It’s a bloody tough place to go. We have experienced that enough times down the years with the full house, the influence that the crowd has on officials, because they get into everything, cheer for everything.
“It makes the officials second guess some of their calls. You get that sense from where the coaches are sitting. We have experienced it where we don’t get into a natural flow in the game.
Graham Rowntree: “It will give us a nice build-in to Monday because we’ve got three games over 11 days over Christmas.
