Pete Wilkins ‘hugely disappointed’ as Munster show their class in URC encounter
Munster Rugby
With 19,000 tickets already sold, Munster will have the crowd behind them and be keen to nail an interprovincial success
Jimmy O’Brien makes first Leinster start since December against Ospreys; Ulster make five changes for trip to Scarlets
‘When these pressure situations come, I think we react very well,’ says flanker
Defence coach praises the 34-year-old as province move towards their last three URC matches before knockout phase
The fit-again Springbok hopes to help Munster to back-to-back URC titles before he departs for Leinster
Among the influences on Saturday’s European Champions Cup semi-final between Leinster and Northampton will be a unique factor: the venue
Why are microphones allowed into schools’ matches at Energia Park and not for the AIL final at the Aviva? What’s wrong with additional colour?
John Forde was sent off 20 minutes in for a high tackle but Con prove the more clinical of the two sides as Terenure fail to make the advantage count
Two bonus-point victories in as many weeks in South Africa leaves Graham Rowntree’s men in a healthy spot on the URC ladder
O’Brien starts in the centres alongside Antoine Frisch as Graham Rowntree largely keeps faith in the XV which secured a win over the Bulls
‘If we don’t get the funding we need, things will just continue as they are’ warns the FAI’s academy development manager
When Munster winger Calvin Nash failed a head injury assessment, Leinster’s Ciarán Frawley came on. Then Frawley also went down, leaving Conor Murray as Ireland’s other backline replacement
Winger says departure from province after nearly three years was ‘fairly soul-destroying’ but ‘there’s no bad blood’
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