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Written by Denis Hayes Date: 17/3/17, Time: 4:00pm Venue: Thomond Park Stadium Coverage: Eir Sport Glenstal’s route to their second ever Munster Senior Schools Final was a convincing first round win over St. Clements followed by a professional, clinical 18-0 victory over Rockwell in Clanwilliam RFC. This sent them into a semi-final showdown against Ardscoil … More SENIOR CUP FINAL PREVIEW: Glenstal Vs PBC
Ronan Calvert reports from Irish Independent Park Two Junior Cup final clinching tries from Aaron Leahy earned a spectacular derby victory for CBC this afternoon in Cork. The first half played out to be a scoreless one up until the final moments before the break. CBC’s right winger Mark Buckley broke the deadlock as … More JUNIOR CUP SEMI-FINAL REPORT: Leahy Leads Christians To Junior Cup Final
Every week of the super rugby season we will highlight a particular player who had a fantastic week and looks set to be a star in the future. This Week’s Beast is: Bryn Hall Another New Zealander features this week the form of slightly unknown Bryn Hall of the Crusaders.Hall has featured mainly off the … More SUPER HAKA BEAST OF THE WEEK: WEEK 3
Doomsday? Only if you’re surprised. It wasn’t a disastrous performance, instead a welcome reality check for everyone. I’d hate to say I told you so, but this has been coming. Even despite the defeat to Scotland, this Irish team had an invincibility in the media and among supporter’s conversations. For this week at least, “in … More Are Joe Schmidt’s Ireland As Good As We Think?
Not many teenaged rugby players in Munster are playing club rugby but what is at the source of the problem? The players have spoken out and have pointed fingers towards their school’s management of the situation. Check out the results of our recent survey: Maximize your potential and get 10% off bookings with PSA Academies … More SURVEY RESULTS: Would you like to return to club rugby after schools commitments?
Every week of the super rugby season we will highlight a particular player who had a fantastic week and looks set to be a star in the future. This Week’s Beast is: Nehe Milner-Skudder. This seems like a running theme for these articles but this week’s beast grabbed a hat-trick for the Hurricanes this week … More SUPER HAKA BEAST OF THE WEEK: Week Two
Limerick rivals Crescent and Castletroy go head to head in tomorrow’s Junior Cup semi-final at UL (2pm) Crescent come into this one following a comfortable 21-5 win over Rockwell and are being tipped to repeat that level of performance in the semis. Castletroy had a similar result on their last day out as they put … More JUNIOR CUP SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW: Crescent Vs Castletroy
‘Player Profile’ is the name that we’ve stuck to player analysis pieces that feature up and coming youngsters playing for Munster. Unfortunately, with the exception of Jack O’Donoghue, our player profiles over on Facebook proved the kiss of death to every single player that featured, with Brian Haugh, Luke O’Dea, Darren Moroney and Paddy Butler among those to be released from the Munster … More PLAYER PROFILE: Fineen Wycherley
Cup favourites CBC take on PBC this Wednesday at 2pm in Irish Independent Park. PBC come into the fixture off the back of a comfortable win over St Munchin’s in the quarters and will look to keep their momentum going for Wednesday’s derby. CBC meanwhile have been superb throughout and hammered Ardscoil 30-8 in their quarter … More JUNIOR CUP SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW: CBC Vs PBC