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Former Munster head coach Rob Penney has landed a big job in Super Rugby ahead of the new season.  Penney coached Munster between 2012 and 2014 as he helped the southern province to two European Cup semi-finals. Since then he has been involved in Japanese Rugby as coach of Shining Arcs who compete in the Top League. The Kiwi has …

Highly-rated Munster Academy prop Keynan Knox will make his senior debut for the province as he has been named to start for Johann van Graan’s side in their pre-season clash with London Irish in Cork on Friday (KO 7.30pm). The South Africa born tighthead prop is currently in Year 3 of the Munster Academy and he will make his senior …

Incoming Munster coach Graham Rowntree has spoken publicly about how his move to the southern province came to fruition. The former British and Irish Lions coach will link up with Johann van Graan following the departure of Jerry Flannery as forwards coach at the end of last season. Ex-Wallaby out-half Stephen Larkham will also be coming on board where he …

Director of Coaching of South Africa Rugby, Rassie Erasmus, has confirmed that former Munster coach Felix Jones will take up a role in the Springboks setup for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.  South Africa have been without an attack coach in recent weeks since the departure of Swys de Bruin from the coaching staff. Jones recently left Munster as the …

Sean McMahon reporting from the Aviva Stadium Mike Haley became the latest player to win his first senior international cap with Ireland after the Munster fullback came off the bench with 20 minutes to go in Ireland’s 29-10 victory over Italy.  Haley was the second of two new caps this afternoon after Jean Kleyn put in a solid performance from …

Life doesn’t stop for Munster and Ireland legend Ronan O’Gara.  The Cork man finished up his role as assistant coach with the Crusaders on July 6th as he watched his former side lift a third consecutive Super Rugby title thanks to their 19-3 victory over the Jaguares in Christchurch. Nine days later, he was on the other side of the …

Ireland U20 star Jake Flannery is among four new recruits to the Munster Academy ahead of the new season.  Flannery has starred for the Ireland U20s during their Grand Slam-winning Six Nations campaign and also during the recent U20 World Championship in Argentina. Flannery, who can play at both out-half and fullback, was expected to join the Academy this year …

The fixtures for the 2019/20 Guinness PRO14 season have been released by tournament officials this afternoon.  Due to the 2019 Rugby World Cup which takes place in Japan, the season will begin later than usual with the opening round taking place on the weekend of 27-28th September. Ahead of the new campaign, there has been some shake-up to the conferences …

When Joey Carbery made the decision to join Munster at the beginning of last season, the 2019 Rugby World Cup was very much on his mind.  Seeking consistent game time at out-half was a strong desire for the 23-year-old as he wanted to increase his opportunities in green and put more pressure on his rival Johnny Sexton. In terms of …

Overall, Joey Carbery is happy with his first season at Munster.  The 23-year-old made his highly publicised move to the southern province from Leinster last summer with seeking regular game time at out-half the primary reason for the switch. It didn’t take long for him to settle into Limerick life as a number of eye-catching performances in the pivotal out-half …

The draw for the 2019/2020 pool stages of the Heineken Champions Cup took place on Wednesday as clubs from across Europe learned their fate as to who stands between them and the knockout stages of the competition.  It’s a special year for the Irish teams as it’s the first time that all four provinces have qualified for Europe’s premier club …

The draw for the 2019/2020 edition of the Heineken Champions Cup was made on Wednesday afternoon in Lausanne, Switzerland.  All four of the Irish provinces are competing in next season’s edition of the Champions Cup and today they learned who stands between them and European glory. Here we discuss some of the biggest talking points from Wednesday’s draw. Pool Of …

The PRO14 has confirmed the makeup of the two conferences for the next two seasons.  The current format of the PRO14 has been in place for two seasons with the same teams competing in the same conferences in the last two campaigns. However, officials have now confirmed that there will some shakeup ahead of the 2019/20 campaign with six teams …

Munster have confirmed that Wallabies legend Stephen Larkham will join the province as a new senior coach ahead of the 2019/20 season.  Munster are currently in the midst of a coaching reshuffle after the news that Jerry Flannery and Felix Jones would be leaving the province. The southern province have already secured the services of former England and British & …

Former Australian out-half, Stephen Larkham looks set to become Munster’s new backs and attack coach. According to Cian Tracey of the Irish Independent, the former Wallabies player was in Limerick yesterday to finalise terms with the southern province and officially take over the role from Felix Jones. The 45-year-old was let go from Michael Cheika’s senior coaching staff earlier this …

Ireland’s World Rugby U20 Championship campaign kicks off today in Santa Fe as Noel McNamara’s side take on England in their Pool B opener.  Ireland are going into this competition in good form having secured the Grand Slam during the Six Nations earlier this year. Despite some injuries to key players such as David Hawkshaw, Scott Penny and Harry Byrne, …

Munster have confirmed that three-times British and Irish Lions assistant coach Graham Rowntree will take over as forwards coach of the southern province.  Rowntree is the current forwards coach with Georgia and he will begin his new position once their involvement in the 2019 World Cup ends. Rowntree has signed on with Munster until June 2022. Commenting on the appointment, …

Brought to you by Energia, proud sponsors of Leinster Rugby Leinster secured their passage into the Guinness PRO14 final thanks to a 24-9 victory over Munster on Saturday at the RDS. Here, former Leinster and Ireland international Reggie Corrigan talks through some of the key moments of the game which swung the outcome in his former side’s favour. ___ When …