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United Rugby Championship Play-Off quarter-final: Munster v Ospreys
Venue: Thomond Park, Limerick Date: Friday, 7 June Kick-off: 19:35 BST
Coverage: Live connected S4C via iPlayer. Live commentary connected BBC Radio Wales. Follow unrecorded matter commentary connected nan BBC Sport website and app. Match study connected nan BBC Sport website and app.
Ospreys caput coach Toby Booth says his broadside will person to suffer if they are to upset Munster successful nan United Rugby Championship (URC) play-offs successful Limerick connected Friday night.
Ospreys sneaked into nan apical half of nan URC array pinch a bonus-point triumph against Cardiff connected nan past play of nan regular play to group up a quarter-final travel to look nan apical broadside and defending champions astatine Thomond Park.
“We’ve sewage ourselves to nan model of opportunity, and we’re excited astir it," said Booth.
“Dealing pinch nan juncture is simply a situation and really we get to show our best. We understand against nan champion for illustration Munster that’s not ever possible.
"We request to understand it’s not ever astir getting it your ain way, sometimes you’re going to person to suffer and bent successful there.
“We’re successful knockout rugby, location are nary 2nd chances."
Booth's broadside are nan first Welsh squad to scope nan play-offs successful six years.
“If Welsh teams are successful everybody wins," said Booth.
"This is what we’re successful it for, you’ve sewage to situation to dream.
“We group retired astatine nan commencement to get here, our goals were to get into nan play-offs, get into nan knockout stages of Europe, and triumph nan Welsh shield.
"We’ve achieved each 3 of those and now everything is simply a stretched target.
"It is simply a in installments to everyone successful nan group, nan overriding emotion aft past play was pride.
"We’re present now, let’s spot really we do.”
Munster caput coach Graham Rowntree is an aged sparring partner of Booth pursuing their coaching jobs successful nan English Premiership.
“Graham’s done a awesome job, I’ve known him a agelong time," said Booth.
“He’s a very competitory individual, his squad correspond that and he’s taken them to nan adjacent level.
"They’ve travel from adversity, there’s been parts of their play that haven’t ever gone nan measurement they would’ve liked, but ended up connected top.
"That tells you they’ve sewage a tight group, pinch a batch of quality. They’re a squad that cognize really to triumph and that makes them a vulnerable opponent.”
Ospreys make 1 enforced alteration from nan 33-29 Judgement Day victory complete Cardiff.
Fly-half Dan Edwards - who impressed astatine Cardiff City Stadium - has a limb wounded picked up successful training. Owen Williams, a precocious replacement for Edwards during past weekend's victory, takes complete successful nan 10 jersey.
Flanker Harri Deaves besides misses retired connected nan travel pinch back-row Morgan Morse and scrum-half Luke Davies drafted connected to nan bench.
Munster show 3 unit changes to nan broadside that beat Ulster 29-24 to seal apical spot.
Antoine Frisch returns from a limb wounded astatine 13, pinch Sean O’Brien moving to wrong centre and Rory Scannell missing out.
In nan battalion John Hodnett and Gavin Coombes - some replacements past wekeend - travel into nan back-row pinch Alex Kendellen and Jack O'Donoghue dropping to nan bench.
Munster are nan URC defending champions and person reached nan play-offs for an eighth successive season
Munster person won their past 9 convention fixtures and are looking to lucifer nan 10 successive victories they achieved connected nan measurement to winning nan title successful 2011
The Munstermen person not been defeated by a Welsh broadside since their 23-17 nonaccomplishment to Dragons astatine Rodney Parade successful September 2022
Munster’s astir caller location conclusion by a Welsh force was erstwhile Scarlets visited Thomond Park successful February 2017
Ospreys person made nan play-offs for nan first clip since they were semi-finalists successful 2016-17
Ospreys person won conscionable 1 of their past 9 fixtures against Irish provinces, a 19-17 location triumph against Ulster successful February 2024
Toby Booth's broadside person not tasted occurrence successful Ireland since beating Leinster 24-19 down closed doors successful Dublin successful March 2021.
Munster’s only conclusion successful their past 14 fixtures pinch Ospreys successful each competitions was a 18-10 nonaccomplishment astatine Swansea.com Stadium successful October 2021.
The 2 sides person met connected 4 erstwhile occasions successful play-offs pinch Munster having nan separator by 3 to one. All matches person been won by nan location side.
Munster: Simon Zebo; Calvin Nash, Antoine Frisch, Sean O’Brien, Shane Daly; Jack Crowley, Craig Casey; Jeremy Loughman, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer, RG Snyman, Tadhg Beirne (capt), Peter O’Mahony, John Hodnett, Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, John Ryan, Oli Jager, Jack O’Donoghue, Alex Kendellen, Conor Murray, Tony Butler, Mike Haley.
Ospreys: Max Nagy; Luke Morgan, Owen Watkin, Keiran Williams, Keelan Giles; Owen Williams, Reuben Morgan-Williams; Nicky Smith, Dewi Lake, Tom Botha, James Ratti, Huw Sutton, Jac Morgan, Justin Tipuric (capt), Morgan Morris.
Replacements: Sam Parry, Gareth Thomas, Rhys Henry, Victor Sekekete, Morgan Morse, Luke Davies, Luke Scully, Harri Houston.
Referee: Hollie Davidson (SRU)
Assistant referees: Andrea Piardi (FIR), Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (SRU)
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