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Standings
1
1
Positions on Jan 18, 2019
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Head to Head
1
Wins
4
Draws
0
Match Centre - Preview - Last Three Meetings
Last 3 meetings
Season so far
Match Centre - Preview - Season So Far A v B
Total Tries
17
17
Metres Gained
3003
2231
Passes
1227
956
Tackles Made
855
1333
Penalties Conceded
53
87
Turnovers Won
53
87
Tournament record
Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team A)
Edinburgh Rugby
Played | 118 (58 home, 60 away) |
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Wins | 46 (33 home, 13 away) |
Losses | 69 (24 home, 45 away) |
Draws | 3 (1 home, 2 away) |
Average points | 18 |
Biggest win | 43 - 16 |
Heaviest defeat | 12 - 69 |
Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team B)
Munster Rugby
Played | 206 (98 home, 108 away) |
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Wins | 135 (84 home, 51 away) |
Losses | 66 (12 home, 54 away) |
Draws | 5 (2 home, 3 away) |
Average points | 25 |
Biggest win | 64 - 0 |
Heaviest defeat | 19 - 60 |
Munster travel to Edinburgh for 18th European quarter-final
Friday 29th March 2019
11:00 am (GMT)

Munster Rugby fly-half Joey Carbery
European Rugby’s most prolific quarter-finalist Munster Rugby will travel to face Pool 5 winners Edinburgh Rugby in their Heineken Champions Cup last eight clash at BT Murrayfield on Saturday.
The Scottish side will have home advantage after topping Pool 5 with 23 points while Munster defeated Exeter Chiefs 9-7 in Round 6 to secure their spot in the quarter-finals. You can watch live free-to-air coverage from 12:45 GMT on Channel 4 and Virgin Media as well as BT Sport and beIN SPORTS.
Pool positions
Edinburgh Rugby: 1st, Pool 5, 23 points
Munster Rugby: 1st, Pool 2, 21 points
Head-to-head record
Edinburgh Rugby wins: 1
Draw: 0
Munster Rugby wins: 3
2018/19 points-scorers
Edinburgh Rugby: Jaco van der Walt (65), Blair Kinghorn, Chris Dean, Darcy Graham, James Johnstone and Stuart McInally (all 10)
Munster Rugby: Joey Carbery (68), JJ Hanrahan (20), Andrew Conway, CJ Stander and Rory Scannell (all 10)
🗨️ "The place is going to be absolutely bouncing!" 👏
Watch Stuart McInally's full player focus as he urges supporters to get behind the city on what is set to be a memorable day at BT Murrayfield: 📺https://t.co/1vttrUYozk
🎟 https://t.co/1NIXVThXjN pic.twitter.com/XtshSqcgKn
— Edinburgh Rugby (@EdinburghRugby) March 28, 2019
Key quotes
Richard Cockerill (Edinburgh): “I want to win on Saturday. We’re a good team, we’ll be well prepared and we’ll look forward to the challenge. I think this is Munster’s 18th quarter-final. This is our third, so history dictates that they should probably be favourites. They’ve got all the big-game experience.”
Rory Scannell (Munster): “We’ve just fallen short in the last two years, but a lot of the squad have got experience now and we have the ambition to go one step further. The weekend is obviously a big challenge and we are not taking Saturday lightly, but that is the ambition.”
Team news
- Edinburgh captain Stuart McInally returns at hooker and there are also recalls for lock Grant Gilchrist, wing Damien Hoyland and centre Chris Dean.
- Fly-half Joey Carbery has recovered from a hamstring injury, so is included in Munster’s strongest possible side. Jack O’Donoghue makes his first Heineken Champions Cup start of the season in the back row.
Match stats
- Munster have won three of their four games against Edinburgh in the tournament (L1),however, their one defeat came the last time Edinburgh hosted the fixture in Round 1 of the 2013/14 season.
- Edinburgh have won 17 of their last 19 home games in European competition (L2), although their two defeats in that run both came in quarter-finals, albeit of the Challenge Cup – against La Rochelle in 2017 and Cardiff Blues in 2018.
- Munster have reached the knockout stage for a record 18th time, and they’ve progressed to the semi-finals in 13 of their previous 17 appearances.
- With Edinburgh and Glasgow Warriors both reaching the last eight, two Scottish clubs have qualified for the knockout stage in the same season for the first time.
- Munster missed fewer tackles (107) than any other side in the pool stage this season, resulting in a competition-high tackle rate of 89%.
- Munster’s Tadhg Beirne won the most turnovers (13) in the pool stage, a category he topped while with Scarlets last season.
- Viliame Mata (115), an EPCR European Player of the Year nominee, was the only player to make 100+ carries in the pool stage this season, and he also made more metres (394) than any other forward.
- Munster’s Joey Carbery, another European Player of the Year contender, was the top points scorer in the pool stage with 68 thanks to three tries, 10 conversions and 11 penalty goals.
Match Centre - Preview - Lineups
D. Graham
A. Conway
D. Hoyland
D. Sweetnam
J. Johnstone
M. Bennett 72'
C. Farrell
C. Dean
R. Scannell
D. Goggin 76'
D. van der Merwe
K. Earls
J. van der Walt
J. Carbery
T. Bleyendaal 35'
H. Pyrgos
. Shiel 76'
C. Murray
P. Schoeman
A. Dell 76'
D. Kilcoyne
J. Loughman 61'
S. McInally
R. Ford 76'
N. Scannell
R. Marshall 64'
W. Nel
S. Berghan 57'
J. Ryan
S. Archer 57'
B. Toolis
J. Kleyn
B. Holland 4'
B. Holland 59'
G. Gilchrist
T. Beirne
J. Barclay
M. Bradbury 57'
P. O'Mahony
H. Watson
J. Ritchie 71'
J. O'Donoghue
A. Botha 27'
V. Mata
C. Stander
Replacements
R. Ford
S. McInally
R. Marshall
N. Scannell
A. Dell
. Schoeman
J. Loughman
D. Kilcoyne
S. Berghan
W. Nel
S. Archer
J. Ryan
M. Bradbury
. Barclay
B. Holland
J. Kleyn
J. Ritchie
H. Watson
A. Botha
J. O'Donoghue
C. Shiel
H. Pyrgos
A. Mathewson
S. Hickey
T. Bleyendaal
J. Carbery
M. Bennett
. Johnstone
D. Goggin
R. Scannell
Earls brace helps Munster to 14th European semi-final
Saturday 30th March 2019
3:04 pm (GMT)

Keith Earls celebrates his second try of the afternoon against Edinburgh
Munster Rugby will play in a record 14th European Cup semi-final next month after defeating Edinburgh Rugby 17-13 in a thrilling Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final on Saturday at BT Murrayfield.
Two tries from 31-year-old wing Keith Earls proved to be the difference between the two sides in a last-eight clash that made for compulsive viewing in the Scottish capital.
The Irish province were penned inside their own 22 for the opening six minutes as Edinburgh went close on several occasions, but the visitors forced a crucial turnover, allowing fly-half Joey Carbery to clear up field.
Munster then went down to 14 men after Tadhg Beirne was sin-binned for an offence close to his own try line. However, they saw off that period of pressure and grabbed the opening try on 18 minutes. After winning a penalty from their own scrum, it was quickly taken by Earls, who zoomed past two Edinburgh defenders for a delightfully enterprising try. Carbery – who was replaced before half-time – slotted over the conversion.
Quality from Keith Earls! 👏
Quick thinking and quick feet gives Munster the opening score of the Champions Cup quarter-finals 🔥
Intelligence = 💯 pic.twitter.com/A1y2mmewpd
— Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) March 30, 2019
Edinburgh dominated the rest of the first half and hit back with a try of their own on 25 minutes. Huge drives from No.8 Viliame Mata and prop Pierre Schoeman forced gaps in the Munster line, which centre Chris Dean took full advantage of by powering over.
Munster then conceded another penalty inside their own 22 and this time the Scottish side took aim at the posts. Jaco van der Walt – who was flawless from the kicking tee – made no mistake.
Six minutes into the second half Munster were level after they lost possession while advantage was being played. Replacement fly-half Tyler Bleyendaal coolly slotted between the posts.
I N C R E D I B L E
Keith Earls crosses again! 😮
Superhuman skills to put Munster ahead late on! 🙌👏 pic.twitter.com/Moz3F084kU
— Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) March 30, 2019
Van der Walt added another three points after Edinburgh’s outstanding scrum won another penalty, but the Scottish side could not hold on to their advantage.
Earls again proved to be the match-winner for Munster. They showed brilliant fast hands to work the ball across the line and release the wing, who raced towards the corner and dived over the line to give the Irish province the lead. Bleyendaal again made no mistake from the tee.
In the final phases Edinburgh battled to score the match-winning try, but they knocked on under pressure as time elapsed.
Munster will play their 14th European Cup semi-final against Saracens at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on April 20.
Match Page - Summary
Score Summary
Tries
C. Dean 26’
K. Earls 18’ , 70’
Conversions
J. van der Walt 27’
J. Carbery 19’
T. Bleyendaal 71’
Penalties
J. van der Walt 35’ , 50’
T. Bleyendaal 46’
Yellow cards
T. Beirne 10’
Match Page - Timeline
Timeline
FT
-
Substitute 76'
R. Scannell
D. Goggin
-
Substitute 76'
H. Pyrgos
C. Shiel
-
Substitute 76'
S. McInally
R. Ford
-
Substitute 76'
P. Schoeman
A. Dell
-
Substitute 72'
J. Johnstone
M. Bennett
-
Substitute 71'
H. Watson
J. Ritchie
1317
Conversion 71'
T. Bleyendaal
1315
Try 70'
K. Earls
-
Substitute 64'
N. Scannell
R. Marshall
-
Substitute 61'
D. Kilcoyne
J. Loughman
-
Substitute 59'
J. Kleyn
B. Holland
-
Substitute 57'
J. Ryan
S. Archer
-
Substitute 57'
J. Barclay
M. Bradbury
-
Substitute 57'
W. Nel
S. Berghan
1310
Penalty 50'
J. van der Walt
1010
Penalty 46'
T. Bleyendaal
-
Substitute 35'
J. Carbery
T. Bleyendaal
107
Penalty 35'
J. van der Walt
-
Substitute 27'
J. O'Donoghue
A. Botha
77
Conversion 27'
J. van der Walt
57
Try 26'
C. Dean
07
Conversion 19'
J. Carbery
05
Try 18'
K. Earls
-
Substitute 13'
B. Holland
J. Kleyn
-
Yellow card 10'
T. Beirne
-
Substitute 4'
J. Kleyn
B. Holland
Attack
Match Report - Team Stats (Attack)
61%
39%
64%
36%
Metres Gained
411
223
Tries
1
2
Carries
193
108
Defenders Beaten
31
17
Clean Breaks
2
3
Passes
225
110
Offloads
15
4
Turnovers Conceded
14
10
Defence
Match Report - Team Stats (Defence)
Tackles
128
231
Missed Tackles
17
31
Turnovers Won
6
11
Kicking
Match Report - Team Stats (Kicking)
Conversions (%)
100%
1/1
100%
2/2
Penalty goals (%)
100%
2/2
100%
1/1
Drop goals (%)
0%
0/0
0%
0/0
Kicks From Hand
23
28
Metres gained from kicks
551
733
Average metres per kick
23.96
26.18
Breakdown
Match Report - Team Stats (Breakdown)
Rucks (%)
96%
150/156
94%
80/85
Mauls (%)
100%
5/5
100%
4/4
Maul metres gained
2
4
Turnover in ruck or maul
4
0
Set Plays
Match Report - Team Stats (Set Piece)
Lineouts (%)
93%
13/14
100%
10/10
Scrums (%)
100%
3/3
86%
6/7
Restarts (%)
25%
1/4
0%
0/4
Discipline
Match Report - Team Stats (Discipline)
Penalties Conceded
9
12
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Match Page - Player Performance
Key
Edinburgh Rugby | M | Ca | Pa | Tk | MT | TOW | TAs | O | CB | ||||||||||
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15 Darcy Graham | 110 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
14 Damien Hoyland | 29 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
13 James Johnstone Mark Bennett 72' | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
12 Chris Dean | 38 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
11 Duhan van der Merwe | 28 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
10 Jaco van der Walt | 10 | 9 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
9 Henry Pyrgos Shiel 76' | 0 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
1 Pierre Schoeman Allan Dell 76' | 13 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
2 Stuart McInally Ross Ford 76' | 15 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 WP Nel Simon Berghan 57' | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 Ben Toolis | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 Grant Gilchrist | 5 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
6 John Barclay Magnus Bradbury 57' | 11 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
7 Hamish Watson Jamie Ritchie 71' | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
8 Viliame Mata | 84 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
Replacements | |||||||||||||||||||
16 Ross Ford Stuart McInally 76' | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
17 Allan Dell Schoeman 76' | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
18 Simon Berghan WP Nel 57' | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
19 Magnus Bradbury Barclay 57' | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
20 Jamie Ritchie Hamish Watson 71' | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
21 Charlie Shiel Henry Pyrgos 76' | 9 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
22 Simon Hickey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
23 Mark Bennett Johnstone 72' | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Munster Rugby | M | Ca | Pa | Tk | MT | TOW | TAs | O | CB | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 Andrew Conway | 38 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
14 Darren Sweetnam | 22 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
13 Chris Farrell | 11 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
12 Rory Scannell Dan Goggin 76' | 12 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
11 Keith Earls | 31 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
10 Joey Carbery Tyler Bleyendaal 35' | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
9 Conor Murray | 0 | 4 | 69 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
1 Dave Kilcoyne Jeremy Loughman 61' | 9 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
2 Niall Scannell Rhys Marshall 64' | 22 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 John Ryan Stephen Archer 57' | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 Jean Kleyn Billy Holland 4' Billy Holland 59' | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 Tadhg Beirne | 3 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
6 Peter O'Mahony | 13 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
7 Jack O'Donoghue Arno Botha 27' | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
8 CJ Stander | 4 | 12 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
Replacements | |||||||||||||||||||
16 Rhys Marshall Niall Scannell 64' | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
17 Jeremy Loughman Dave Kilcoyne 61' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
18 Stephen Archer John Ryan 57' | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
19 Billy Holland Jean Kleyn 4' Jean Kleyn 59' | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
20 Arno Botha Jack O'Donoghue 27' | 22 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
21 Alby Mathewson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
22 Tyler Bleyendaal Joey Carbery 35' | 6 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
23 Dan Goggin Rory Scannell 76' | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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