Munster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams in Ireland. They were officially founded in 1879,

They compete in the Pro14 and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team motto is “To the brave and faithful, nothing is impossible.” This is derived from the motto of the MacCarthy clan – “Forti et Fideli nihil difficile”.

Their main home ground is Thomond Park, Limerick, though some games are played at Musgrave Park, Cork.

Munster have 3 pro 14 titles and two European Cups to their name

The kit consists of White, Red, Navy and Blue.

Fixtures


7 October 2022 (Round 4) 7:35 pm United Rugby Championship The Sportsgrounds N/A Connacht v Munster
15 October 2022 (Round 5) 7:35 pm United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Vodacom Bulls
22 October 2022 (Round 6) 5:15 pm United Rugby Championship Royal Dublin Society N/A Leinster v Munster
29 October 2022 (Round 7) 5:15 pm United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Ulster
26 November 2022 (Round 8) 7:35 pm United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Connacht
2 December 2022 (Round 9) 7:35 pm United Rugby Championship Murrayfield Stadium N/A Edinburgh v Munster
26 December 2022 (Round 10) 7:35 pm United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Leinster
1 January 2023 (Round 11) 5:15 pm United Rugby Championship Kingspan Stadium N/A Ulster v Munster
6 January 2023 (Round 12) 7:35 pm United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Emirates Lions
28 January 2023 (Round 13) 2:30 pm United Rugby Championship Stadio Comunale Monigo N/A Benetton v Munster
17 February 2023 (Round 14) 7:35 pm United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Ospreys
3 March 2023 (Round 15) 7:35 pm United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Scarlets
25 March 2023 (Round 16) 5:15 pm United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Glasgow Warriors
15 April 2023 (Round 17) 5:15 pm United Rugby Championship Cape Town Stadium N/A DHL Stormers v Munster
22 April 2023 (Round 18) 5:15 pm United Rugby Championship Jonsson King's Park Stadium N/A Cell C Sharks v Munster

Results


1 October 2022 (Round 3) 21 - 5 United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Zebre
25 September 2022 (Round 2) 23 - 17 United Rugby Championship Rodney Parade N/A Dragons v Munster
17 September 2022 (Round 1) 20 - 13 United Rugby Championship Cardiff Arms Park N/A Cardiff Rugby V Munster
3 June 2022 (Quarter-Final) 36 - 17 United Rugby Championship Kingspan Stadium N/A Ulster v Munster
21 May 2022 (Round 18) 35 - 25 United Rugby Championship Aviva Stadium N/A Leinster v Munster
7 May 2022 (Quarter-Final) 24 - 24 European Champions Cup Aviva Stadium N/A Munster v Stade Toulousain
29 April 2022 (Round 17) 42 - 21 United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Cardiff Blues
22 April 2022 (Round 16) 17 - 24 United Rugby Championship Kingspan Stadium N/A Ulster v Munster
16 April 2022 (Round of 16 - 2nd Leg) 26 - 10 European Champions Cup Thomond Park N/A Munster v Exeter Chiefs
9 April 2022 (Round of 16 - 1st Leg) 13 - 8 European Champions Cup Sandy Park N/A Exeter Chiefs v Munster
2 April 2022 (Round 15) 19 - 34 United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Leinster
25 March 2022 (Round 14) 51 - 22 United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Benetton
19 March 2022 (Round 7) 23 - 21 United Rugby Championship Emirates Airline Park N/A Emirates Lions v Munster
12 March 2022 (Round 6) 29 - 24 United Rugby Championship Loftus Versfeld N/A Vodacom Bulls v Munster
5 March 2022 (Round 13) 64 - 3 United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Dragons
18 February 2022 (Round 12) 34 - 22 United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Edinburgh
11 February 2022 (Round 8) 13 - 11 United Rugby Championship Scotstoun Stadium N/A Glasgow Warriors v Munster
29 January 2022 (Round 11) 17 - 34 United Rugby Championship Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi N/A Zebre v Munster
23 January 2022 (Round 4) 45 - 7 European Champions Cup Thomond Park N/A Munster v Wasps
14 January 2022 (Round 3) 13 - 16 European Champions Cup Stade Pierre Fabre N/A Castres v Munster
8 January 2022 (Round 10) 18 - 13 United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Ulster
1 January 2022 (Round 9) 10 - 8 United Rugby Championship The Sportsgrounds N/A Connacht v Munster
18 December 2021 (Round 2) 19 - 13 European Champions Cup Thomond Park N/A Munster v Castres
12 December 2021 (Round 1) 14 - 35 European Champions Cup Coventry Building Society Arena N/A Wasps v Munster
23 October 2021 (Round 5) 18 - 10 United Rugby Championship Liberty Stadium N/A Ospreys v Munster
16 October 2021 (Round 4) 20 - 18 United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Connacht
10 October 2021 (Round 3) 13 - 43 United Rugby Championship Parc y Scarlets N/A Scarlets v Munster
2 October 2021 (Round 2) 34 - 18 United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v DHL Stormers
25 September 2021 (Round 1) 42 - 17 United Rugby Championship Thomond Park N/A Munster v Cell C Sharks
11 September 2021 (Round 3) 7:00 pm Women's Interprovincials Energia Park N/A Leinster v Munster
4 September 2021 (Round 2) 2:30 pm Women's Interprovincials Musgrave Park N/A Munster v Connacht
28 August 2021 (Round 1) 5:00 pm Women's Interprovincials Kingspan Stadium N/A Ulster v Munster
27 March 2021 (Final) 16 - 6 PRO14 Royal Dublin Society N/A Leinster v Munster
19 March 2021 (Round 16) 31 - 17 PRO14 Thomond Park N/A Munster v Benetton
13 March 2021 (Round 15) 28 - 10 PRO14 Thomond Park N/A Munster v Scarlets
6 March 2021 (Round 14) 20 - 17 PRO14 Thomond Park N/A Munster v Connacht
27 February 2021 (Round 13) 11 - 20 PRO14 Cardiff City Stadium N/A Cardiff Blues v Munster
20 February 2021 (Round 12) 10 - 22 PRO14 Murrayfield Stadium N/A Edinburgh v Munster
31 January 2021 (Round 5) 16 - 18 PRO14 Stadio Comunale Monigo N/A Benetton v Munster
23 January 2021 (Round 9) 10 - 13 PRO14 Thomond Park N/A Munster v Leinster
10 January 2021 (Round 11) 10 - 16 PRO14 The Sportsgrounds N/A Connacht vs Munster
2 January 2021 (Round 10) 15 - 10 PRO14 Kingspan Stadium N/A Ulster v Munster
1 December 2020 (Round 8) 52 - 3 PRO14 Thomond Park N/A Munster v Zebre
24 November 2020 (Round 7) 13 - 27 PRO14 Scotstoun Stadium N/A Glasgow Warriors v Munster
15 November 2020 (Round 6) 38 - 22 PRO14 Thomond Park N/A Munster v Ospreys
1 November 2020 (Round 4) 16 - 28 PRO14 Rodney Parade N/A Dragons v Munster
27 October 2020 (Round 3) 38 - 27 PRO14 Thomond Park N/A Munster v Cardiff Blues
10 October 2020 (Round 2) 25 - 23 PRO14 Thomond Park N/A Munster v Edinburgh
3 October 2020 (Round 1) 27 - 30 PRO14 Parc y Scarlets N/A Scarlets v Munster

European Champions Cup Pool B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	BP	Pts
1	Leicester	4	4	0	0	102	64	38	25	3	19
2	Harlequins	4	4	0	0	135	101	34	18	3	19
3	Munster	4	4	0	0	115	47	68	12	2	18
4	Bristol	4	3	1	0	108	38	70	16	3	17
5	Connacht	4	1	0	3	118	104	14	16	6	10
6	Bordeaux Begles	4	1	1	2	58	54	4	20	2	8
7	Toulouse	4	1	1	2	61	65	-4	8	1	7
8	Stade Francais	4	1	1	2	63	95	-32	7	1	7
9	Cardiff Rugby	4	1	0	3	85	118	-33	9	3	7
10	Wasps	4	1	1	2	51	102	-51	6	0	6
11	Castres	4	0	0	4	77	91	-14	9	5	5
12	Scarlets	4	0	1	3	31	125	-94	4	0	2

United Rugby Championship

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	BP	Pts
1	Leinster	18	13	0	5	546	279	267	73	14	66
2	DHL Stormers	18	12	2	4	464	311	153	60	9	61
3	Ulster	18	12	0	6	412	300	112	51	11	59
4	Vodacom Bulls	18	11	0	7	524	388	136	67	13	57
5	Cell C Sharks	18	11	1	6	537	365	172	62	10	56
6	Munster	18	11	0	7	524	343	181	65	11	55
7	Edinburgh	18	10	1	7	506	354	152	67	11	53
8	Glasgow Warriors	18	10	0	8	409	376	33	53	10	50
9	Ospreys	18	10	0	8	422	501	-79	46	4	44
10	Scarlets	18	8	0	10	516	560	-44	67	11	43
11	Emirates Lions	18	8	0	10	446	443	3	53	9	41
12	Connacht	18	9	0	9	399	502	-103	51	4	40
13	Benetton	18	6	1	11	425	501	-76	53	9	35
14	Cardiff Rugby	18	6	0	12	362	577	-215	39	4	28
15	Dragons	18	3	1	14	319	570	-251	38	9	23
16	Zebre	18	1	0	17	257	698	-441	30	4	8

Irish Shield (URC)

Pos	Team	P	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	BP	Pts
1	Leinster	18	13	5	546	279	267	73	14	66
2	Ulster	18	12	6	412	300	112	51	11	59
3	Munster	18	11	7	524	343	181	65	11	55
4	Connacht	18	9	9	399	502	-103	51	4	40

Munster Senior Team Statistics

Player	Position			Pts
Fineen Wycherley	Lock	26	1765	15	3	0	0
Jack O’Donoghue	Flanker	26	1742	45	9	1	0
Mike Haley	Full-Back	21	1576	25	5	0	0
Chris Farrell	Centre	22	1533	5	1	1	0
Jean Kleyn	Lock	24	1413	15	3	0	0
Peter O’Mahony	Flanker	15	1179	0	0	0	0
Niall Scannell	Hooker	20	1117	15	3	1	0
Ben Healy	Back	23	1046	149	1	1	0
Shane Daly	Centre	16	1013	10	2	0	0
Craig Casey	Scrum-Half	22	1012	35	7	0	0
Gavin Coombes	Flanker	14	967	20	4	1	0
Stephen Archer	Prop	18	927	10	2	0	0
Simon Zebo	Winger	14	914	45	9	0	1
Diarmuid Barron	Hooker	23	898	10	2	0	0
Damian DeAllende	Centre	13	850	20	4	0	0
Jeremy Loughman	Prop	21	846	10	2	0	0
Rory Scannell	Centre	13	819	5	1	0	0
Keith Earls	Winger	13	792	25	5	0	0
John Hodnett	No. 8	17	783	5	1	0	0
Alex Kendellen	Full-Back	19	777	15	3	1	0
Joey Carbery	Fly-Half	13	770	105	1	0	0
John Ryan	Prop	21	768	5	1	0	0
Andrew Conway	Winger	10	750	10	2	0	0
Josh Wycherley	Forward	17	740	10	2	0	0
Calvin Nash	Winger	9	722	5	1	0	0
Conor Murray	Scrum-Half	14	713	10	2	1	0
Dan Goggin	Centre	10	668	5	1	0	0
Jack Crowley	Full-Back	12	537	45	0	0	0
Chris Cloete	Flanker	10	491	25	5	0	0
Keynan Knox	Prop	13	484	5	1	0	0
Jack O’Sullivan	Flanker	9	472	15	3	1	0
Thomas Ahern	Forward	14	438	5	1	0	0
Liam Coombes	Winger	5	387	10	2	0	0
Neil Cronin	Scrum-Half	9	373	0	0	0	0
Matt Gallagher	Full-Back	5	359	5	1	0	0
Scott Buckley	Hooker	9	269	5	1	0	0
Malakai Fekitoa	Centre	3	240	0	0	0	0
Patrick Campbell	Full-Back	3	233	5	1	0	0
Jack Daly	Forward	5	104	0	0	0	0
Patrick Patterson		2	100	0	0	0	0
Eoin O’Connor		2	85	0	0	0	0
Daniel Okeke		1	80	0	0	0	0
Conor Phillips	Winger	1	80	0	0	0	0
Roman Salanoa	Prop	3	76	0	0	0	0
Patrick Pattersom	Back	4	69	0	0	0	0
RG Snyman	Lock	3	67	5	1	0	0
James French		1	56	0	0	0	0
Sean French	Back	1	51	0	0	0	0
Edwin Edogbo	Lock	2	43	0	0	0	0
Kevin O’Byrne	Hooker	2	34	0	0	0	0
Mark Donnelly		2	26	0	0	0	0
Liam O’Connor	Prop	1	22	0	0	0	0
Antoine Frisch	Centre	1	21	0	0	0	0
Rowan Osborne	Scrum-Half	2	15	0	0	0	0
Conor Moloney		1	9	0	0	0	0
John Forde	Flanker	1	9	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Wren		1	7	0	0	0	0
Tony Butler	Fly-Half	1	7	0	0	0	0
Ruadhan Quinn	Loose Forwards	1	6	0	0	0	0
Ethan Coughlan		1	3	0	0	0	0

Munster claim first victory of the season with win over Zebre

Three tries inside the opening half an hour proved to be enough for Graham Rowntree's side to earn their first win of the URC campaign.

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Briggs announced as Munster Women’s Coach

Munster have confirmed the appointment of Niamh Briggs as head coach for the 2022/23 Women's Interprovincial Championship.

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Hanrahan returns to haunt Munster

Munster have recorded another defeat on Welsh soil, as Rio Dyer’s late try secured a 23-17 win for the Dragons.

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O’Gara handed six-week ban for disrespecting official

Former Ireland rugby star and current La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara, has been handed a six-week touchline ban, after he "disrespected the authority of an official" during a recent Top 14 tie against Lyon.

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EPCR pool draw made

The Irish provinces now know their opponents for the 2022/23 season after the pool draws for the Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup which were made today.

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