- South Africa are now favourites to stage World Cup 2023
- Week-end local Gleeson League results, scores and scorers
- Newcastle West shock Enniscorthy in All-Ireland Cup opener
- Sweet win for Young Munster in Cork: Garryowen’s late victory
- High-scoring AIL game sees Shannon continue 1B winning run
- Connacht show up some weaknesses in Munster’s armour
- Munster make just three changes as they take on Connacht in Galway
- No room for Simon Zebo a questionable decision by the Irish selectors
- Connacht seeking a third win on the trot as Munster visit the Showgrounds
- Garryowen and Constitution will meet three times this season
- A look at the Champions/Challenge Cups apres Round Two
- Reflections on another Champions Cup win at Thomond Park
- End of season departure for Munster player Simon Zebo
- St Mary’s maintain their league challenge: Richmond draw
- Defence and hunger to win eventually breaks down the Racing 92 Thomond Park challenge
- All-local official line-up for Montpellier and Exeter cup tie
- The loss of key players is a worry for Rassie’s Munster tomorrow
- Richmond and St Mary’s at home this Sunday in Junior Leagues
- 16th man can again play its part as Munster face Racing 92
- Garryowen’s Mike Sherry starts for Munster A in Cork
- All the details of the opening round of the Champions Cup
- IRFU/Ulster Bank ‘Your Club Your Country’ Grand Draw update
- Limerick junior clubs ‘blown out’ of cups over the week-end
- Proud Munster live up to their image with well-deserved draw
- Clonakilty run riot in the last quarter to ease past St Mary’s
- Munster A team for their visit to Swansea is named
- Zebo at full-back, Mark Flanagan gets first start v Castres
- Some interesting facts about European Champions Cup journey
- Munster will want to avoid a ‘one win out of four’ statistic
- Johaan van Graan is appointed the new Munster coach
- Charlie O’Neill is Old Crescent’s new Junior Vice President
- Wins for four Limerick clubs in today’s Junior Leagues
- AIL: Garryowen, Young Munster, Thomond and Bohs beaten
- Leinster win the bragging rights in relatively tame derby
- Experimental Munster are hoping their backs gamble pays off
- Robin could be eyeing a second-row spot with the Reds
- Taute a major loss for Munster as bad knee injury rules him out
- Anthony Foley programme raises €35K for charitable causes
- Exciting lock forward Tadhg Beirne to join Munster next season
- League wins for Richmond, St Mary’s and Newcastle West
- Double success for locals in Ulster Bank 1A and 1B
- Second-half rout gives improved Munster a winning bonus point
- It’s time to bounce back as Munster release their hungry Lions
- New name in the ring for Munster job
- Eagle-eyed local rugby fan breaks Munster’s new coach story
- It’s a three week ban for Munster’s Fineen Wycherley
- Hurting Munster hope to bounce back against Cardiff Blues
- Good start for Abbeyfeale and Richmond as MJL 1 kicks off
- Young Munster are creaking at the early stages of the AIL
- Last night’s Ulster Bank All-Ireland League results
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Surprise as South Africa tipped for World Cup 2023
IT has not yet been confirmed, but there is speculation this morning that South Africa may be chosen to stage the...
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Richmond and St Mary's set for Gleeson League showdown
By Aidan Corr THE Gleeson League northern section race is hotting up with Shannon, Garryowen and Old Crescent thirds winning at...
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Great win for Newcastle West in national competition
All-Ireland Junior Cup: Newcastle West 30, Enniscorthy 25 AFTER a wobbly start to their Munster Junior League campaign, Newcastle West bounced...
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Local sides reach top of the AIL table positions
By Aidan Corr A GOOD day for Limerick clubs in the Ulster Bank AIL. Young Munster had a thrilling win in...
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Shannon hold on for another victory in AIL 1B
Ulster Bank AIL 1B: Shannon 27, UL Bohemian 22 BOHS had to settle for a losing bonus point in this local...
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Connacht inflict an unexpected defeat on Munster
Guinness PRO14: Connacht 20, Munster 16 IN a typical interprovincial battle in the Showgrounds in Galway tonight, Connacht took the spoils...
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Munster's need to win is reflected in team selection
TOMMY O’Donnell starts again in the backrow after Rassie Erasmus named his side to face Connacht at the Sportsground this Friday...
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"Don't go" is the message from the Irish rugby selectors
WE have no inside information regarding the selection and procedures of Irish rugby selections, but there is a strong possibility that...
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Captain Muldoon to return for Connacht's game against Munster
MUNSTER will name their matchday squad for the game against Connacht tomorrow and it is expected that there will be a...
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Garryowen will be keen to break Constitution stranglehold
(Cork Constitution in action against Shannon this season in the Senior Cup) GARRYOWEN will play Cork Constitution in the semi-final of...
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Three Irish provinces nicely placed after two rounds
By Frank Quinn AFTER two rounds of the 2017-2018 Champions Cup it is too early to single out possible pool winners...
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"We benefited from a shrewd game plan": Ian Keatley
By Aoife Danagher AN attendance of 22,054, a thriller of a game, Champions Cup rugby at its very best and a...
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Fans' favourite Simon Zebo will bid farewell to Munster
ALTHOUGH there was no hint of it this morning at the Munster Rugby press conference at the University of Limerick, it...
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Limerick clubs charge into leading league positions
By Aidan Corr CITY junior clubs Richmond and St Mary’s had home fixtures today. At the Canal Bank Richmond shared the...
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Important win for Munster with super second half
By Aidan Corr in Thomond Park Munster 14, Racing 92 7 THIS game was always going to be decided on small...
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Another big refereeing appointment for Limerick MAR trio
THE Munster Referees Association’s star continues to rise with local officials travelling the world in recent months to take charge of...
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Munster will require another 'Sale night' to get crucial win
(The French visitors will add to Thomond Park atmosphere) JUST when it looked as if Munster were close to fielding near...
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St Mary's need to get back to winning form
By Aidan Corr THE Munster Junior Leagues return this Sunday after last week-end’s break for Challenge Cup fixtures. In MJL1 Abbeyfeale...
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"If we play like we did in Castres we will not win": Rassie
By Aidan Corr BEFORE a ball is kicked in Thomond Park on Saturday night the Munster players will have been sufficiently...
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Local up and coming stars named on Munster A team
(Pic, Shannon’s Sean McCarthy starts in the second-row. Photo DERMOT LYNCH) FOLLOWING a long battle with injury, Garryowen hooker Mike Sherry...
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Pairc Ui Chaoimh looks certain to play rugby role
THERE has been an overall positive reaction following the opening of the 80 million euro re-developed Pairc Ui Chaoimh...
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Darragh O’Brien is Crescent’s player of the year
THERE was an early, if pleasant, task for newly elected Old Crescent RFC President Tim Duggan this week. He...
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Five UL Bohemian players in Ireland WRWC squad
FIVE UL Bohemian players have been named in the Ireland squad for the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017. The...
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Aussie visitors best at Old Crescent Tag Festival
By FRANK LARKIN Picture shows our Australian visitors, Oz Tag Crocs, celebrating after being presented with their Premier Division...
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Women’s World Cup tickets are almost all sold out
WITH the pool stages of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 now almost entirely sold-out, tournament organisers have developed...
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Good news for women’s rugby at the IRFU AGM
By Frank Quinn The IRFU held their AGM in the Aviva Stadium at 5 pm on Friday, 14th July,...
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Opportunity for AIL players to join London club
IT was appropriate that an advertisement from an English rugby club, inviting AIL players with second row and back...
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South African teams for PRO12 announced soon?
IT will probably require negotiations as complicated as Brexit but it appears that two South African teams are on...
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An insight into the successful Lions rugby brand
By Frank Quinn THE recent Lions tour certainly brightened the weeks following the end of the northern hemisphere rugby...
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Europe and Japan proving attractive to South Africans
(Munster will miss the coaching skills of Jacques Nienaber) WITH two more South Africans joining Munster Rugby this week...
