Munster Rugby v Leinster Rugby Match Programme
Guinness PRO14 Round 9 | Find out all you need to know ahead of Munster v Leinster. Hear from Head Coach Johann van Graan and Damian de Allende in the build up to the game. Read about Joey Carbery's road to recovery and Ireland Seven's star Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe's focus on the 15s game. We also chat to Head of Rugby Development Colm McMahon as he reflects on what has been an unprecedented year for domestic rugby in the province.
Guinness PRO14 Round 9 | Find out all you need to know ahead of Munster v Leinster.
Hear from Head Coach Johann van Graan and Damian de Allende in the build up to the game. Read about Joey Carbery's road to recovery and Ireland Seven's star Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe's focus on the 15s game. We also chat to Head of Rugby Development Colm McMahon as he reflects on what has been an unprecedented year for domestic rugby in the province.
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MURPHY CROWE<br />
RELISHING 15S<br />
OPPORTUNITY<br />
Tipperary native Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe<br />
hasn’t played a game of competitive rugby<br />
since the Sydney leg of the World <strong>Rugby</strong> HSBC<br />
Sevens Series in February 2020. However,<br />
she isn’t one to complain as she has used the<br />
lockdown periods to strengthen different areas<br />
of her game ahead of a yet to be determined<br />
return to competitive action. “It actually hasn’t<br />
been the worst of years,” Murphy Crowe told<br />
Irish <strong>Rugby</strong> TV.<br />
“I’ve taken it by the throat and just took it for<br />
what it is. Before Covid, I thought it might<br />
have been the year to practice a few extras<br />
and add them to my game. So, I really worked<br />
on strength and speed throughout lockdown<br />
because we couldn’t train or train as a group or<br />
do any rugby at the time. I took that opportunity<br />
to work on those two things. I was pretty<br />
pleased when I came back in to see that my<br />
markers had improved with fitness, strengthwise<br />
and speed-wise.”<br />
If Covid-induced lockdown brought about an<br />
opportunity for Murphy Crowe to improve<br />
areas of her game, it also presented her with<br />
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