Munster Rugby

In the summer of 2004, the late Niall O'Driscoll, then Munster president, gave an interview to the Irish Examiner that ripped the lid off tribal tensions.

It is more than a venue, it is the heart and soul of Munster rugby.' Ireland's fifth most populous city has had no AIL club since 2009, when Waterpark were relegated to the Munster Junior League. Popular radio broadcaster Len Dinneen ('The Voice of Munster Rugby') had the final say. What they should be doing is sitting down with Limerick City Council to improve and expand Thomond Park.' The perception among clubs and schools is that Munster has gone from a team that truly represented and respected its feeder base to one that has separated itself as a 'Club Munster' franchise cut off from the rest of the province in its Limerick remove. 'No way,' said Limerick's mayor Michael Hourigan, 'Thomond Park IS Munster rugby.

Connacht crowned their first appearance on the Sportsground's new 4G pitch with a dogged 20-11 United Rugby Championship derby win over Munster.

Carty’s frustration grew as he missed a second conversion. Campbell’s diving finish in the left corner came from a looping Healy pass. A brilliant Fitzgerald kick set up the bulldozing drive that delivered Bealham’s TMO-confirmed try. His opposite number Healy kicked the ball dead as [Connacht](https://www.rugbypass.com/teams/connacht/) close the gap to 11-10, a second Healy penalty followed by an unconverted [Finlay Bealham](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/finlay-bealham/) maul try. [Paul Boyle](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/paul-boyle/) barged over in the 78th minute.

Munster Rugby's Peter O'Mahony is tackled by Conor Oliver and Jack Carty of Connacht during the United Rugby Championship match at the Sportsground in ...

It was the Young Munster clubman's first try for the province in the URC. However, the visitors hit back with a well-worked try in the 23rd minute. Healy was off target with the conversion. With penalty advantage, out-half Jack Carty spun a long pinpoint pass out left and winger Mack Hansen fended off a tackle from Munster full-back Joey Carbery before running in to score. Mid-way through the opening half Munster had coughed up four penalties. That late seven-pointer ensured Munster missed out on taking event a losing bonus point from the fixture.

Connacht picked up their first win of the season in round four of the BKT United Rugby Championship as they beat their southern rivals 20-11 to consign ...

We'll look forward to a huge game at home next week, against a very good, physical (Bulls) team in front of our home crowd." It put us in the corner, put us under pressure so that will again receive our focus in training. “We'll review this Monday and see how our injuries pull up,” Rowntree said.

Graham Rowntree offered a blunt assessment of his Munster team's performance after they slipped to their third defeat of the season against Connacht ...

It’s a great way to start the weekend. "Couple of injuries, Pete came off (neck) and we'll see how he pulls up. "Inaccuracy again and the last 15 minutes in particular was littered with ill-discipline, backing up penalty on penalty. I’m keen to bring those guys through as soon as we can and when appropriate so there’s two big positives for me. "That was what we said coming into the game, that it was the team that was going to be the most physical, the most disciplined, and have the least amount of unforced errors, and I think on two of those fronts it was us. We are finding out about some young men coming through.

A new chapter begins this week for Connacht Rugby with the first ever game being played on the new artificial playing surface at The Sportsground.

Luke Narraway, Forwards Coach at Dragons RFC, said: “We’re looking forward to the game in Italy. The bench could see debuts for front row Rhodri Jones and centre Steff Hughes while Sam Davies needs only two points to reach 500 for the club. Loosehead Rob Evans makes his first start for the club while Chris Coleman is also named in the front row.

The Ireland U19, U18 Schools and U18 Clubs squads have been named ahead of training camps in November and December.

Jack Angulo (Leinster/Blackrock College) Everyone can feel ownership in it.” So right back from the people we deal with in clubs and schools, their coaches, their parents, the volunteers and school teachers running right through to the professional staff who work in the provinces across both the domestic and performance sides of the game.”