Ben Healy was left injured by two late hits at Thomond Park. By Murray Kinsella Thursday 17 Dec 2020, 8:26 AM Dec 17th 2020, 6:01 AM 33,279 Views 20 Comments
Danny Care suggested that Munster players were diving last weekend.
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Updated Dec 17th 2020, 8:26 AM
MUNSTER HAVE DISMISSED the notion that their players dived during last weekend’s Champions Cup win over Harlequins, a game in which two late hits left out-half Ben Healy injured.
Healy will be sidelined for up to four weeks as a result of the hits, the first of which saw Alex Dombrandt yellow-carded and the second of which resulted in Joe Marler being penalised.
Munster hit back at Danny Care
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December 17 2020
Munster have hit back at Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care, who accused the Irish players of play-acting during their Champions Cup clash at the weekend.
Quins had three players sent to the sin bin – one for a late hit on Munster fly-half Ben Healy – but Care was disappointed with the Irish province’s players actions and told the BBC’s Rugby Union Weekly podcast: “We thought we were playing PSG a couple of times with all the rolling around and diving and complaining.”
Disputing accusation
But Munster are disputing that accusation and are incensed by the late hits on Healy which has led to him being ruled out of their game against Clermont Auvergne this Saturday.
Updated / Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020
16:28
Danny Care: It s a physical sport sometimes.
Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care has hit back at Munster s criticism of their approach to Saturday s Heineken Champions Cup clash, accusing the province of diving and complaining .
Munster head coach Johann van Graan aired his own unhappiness with what he called some unacceptable late tackles on his out-half Ben Healy in the home team s 21-7 Pool B victory at Thomond Park. It was quite clearly a tactic from the opposition to hit him late and certain things in the game are just unacceptable, Van Graan said. He s now got injured because of that.
In the space of a couple of hours this week, the beauty contest between Ireland and Scotland took a few interesting turns on the World Cup catwalk.
First, Danny Cipriani announced he would be folding his tent in Gloucester, to be pitched on a site yet to be determined. He was suitably thankful and dignified about his exit. Before the club’s fans could get the motor running on who might replace him it emerged that Adam Hastings would be kicking off next season at Kingsholm. A sigh of relief then for Gregor Townsend.
The previous day the Scotland coach sounded about as excited as Andy Farrell on having South Africa in their World Cup pool in France 2023. Samoa may well be joining them as qualifiers from Asia/Pacific. That draw had not been long made when an Aussie colleague branded it the pool of death. Perhaps it’s not that grim, but it’s no gimme. So between now and then, ourselves and Scotland will be involved in a saga of compare and contrast to see who’s looking more lik
Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care has accused Munster players of diving during Sunday’s Champions Cup meeting between the sides.
Munster coach Johann van Graan cried foul over the Londoners late tackles on young out-half Ben Healy who he believes was targeted when he came on during the second-half of his side’s 21-7 victory at Thomond Park, but Care believes the home side were guilty of gamesmanship and compared their antics to Neymar s Paris Saint Germain.
No 8 Alex Dombrandt was sin-binned for one ill-timed hit on the 22-year-old, while Joe Marler conceded a penalty. Healy is out of this week’s trip to Clermont as a result of the shoulder injuy he suffered.