Written by Conal Lane I’m sure I specified Munster would score 10 points rather than win by 10 last time around… never mind that, this week brings the lowly Dragons to Irish Independent Park and a much changed starting lineup for the men in red. Four players have been released from Ireland duty (Rory Scannell … More HOW TO SLAY A DRAGON: Munster Vs Dragons Preview
Written by Conal Lane Come the day, Come the hour, Come the Six Nations and the annual test of provincial squad depth, this week more so due to a rescheduled fixture. A healthy (unlucky?) 13 Munster representatives in the Ireland squad this year, for the opening two rounds of the Six Nations means a debut … More BACK TO BUSINESS: Munster Vs Edinburgh Preview
THE MUNSTER JUGGERNAUT continued on Saturday night with a precious away win in Scotstoun. The men in red put their bodies on the line, fought for every inch and on the overall, produced an emotional performance for the ages. However, from a technical point of view, it was an off-day for the visitors and such … More The Missing Ingredient: Munster Breakdown Analysis
All it takes is a moment of magic… 14-12 and Munster are through to the quarter finals of the Champions Cup for the first time! Thomond Park, we hope you’re ready.
What does it take? Right now is the most excited Munster supporters have been in the last five years. There has been a quarter final and two semi-finals in between and there was great hope that Rob Penney’s troops in particular could go all the way with some luck. However, those teams didn’t feel quite … More Do Munster Have What It Takes To Win A Third European Cup?
James Cronin: 7.5 Worked his arse off and locked out the scrum but Kilcoyne is definitely the go-to man if you are looking for regular go forward ball. Niall Scannell: 8.5 Perfect in the lineout, scored a try and hustled well all afternoon. Possibly his best game yet. John Ryan: 8 Another member of the … More Player Ratings: Racing 7-32 Munster
The only Champions Cup fixture of the weekend is a hugely significant one. Munster travel to the city of light in the rescheduled game between themselves and Ronan O’Gara’s Racing 92. Racing’s interest may be partly diminished by the reality that their hopes of progressing have already been extinguished, but history suggests they will refuse to … More RACING HEART: Munster Vs Racing Preview
Written by Conal Lane The men in red served up a pretty decent St Stephen’s day dinner for us a few days ago, making Leinster look like a bunch of headless turkeys (gettit?). New Years Eve brings an away trip to Galway to face a Connacht team with over twenty players on the injury list, … More NEW YEAR’S EVENING: Munster Vs Connacht Preview
Written by Conal Lane That time of year again folks. Xmas festivities abound and the usual St.Stephens day interpro clashes. This coming Monday sees a record 26,200 sold out crowd in Thomond Park for the meeting of Munster vs Leinster. The men in red come into this fixture off the back of their first loss … More CHRISTMAS CRACKER: Munster Vs Leinster Preview
Munster Director Of Rugby Rassie Erasmus has given Munster supporters even more reason to smile this evening with some promising comments on the future of fan favourite Jaco Taute “We don’t want to get a player here that blocks the development of young Irish players but then you look at a guy like Rory Scannell … More ‘It would be great to keep him, and surely I am thinking about that’ Rassie Erasmus Admits Munster May Retain Jaco Taute
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