Munster Rugby v Connacht Rugby Match Programme
Guinness PRO14 Round 14 | Find out all you need to know ahead of Munster v Connacht. Read what Head Coach Johann van Graan and Billy Holland had to say in the build up to the game. We catch up on the latest team news and hear from Ireland Women's player Laura Sheehan on her development and rise from her Beara peninsula roots. Following her recent passing we remember Cara O'Sullivan and her fantastic contribution to Munster Rugby over the years.
Guinness PRO14 Round 14 | Find out all you need to know ahead of Munster v Connacht.
Read what Head Coach Johann van Graan and Billy Holland had to say in the build up to the game.
We catch up on the latest team news and hear from Ireland Women's player Laura Sheehan on her development and rise from her Beara peninsula roots.
Following her recent passing we remember Cara O'Sullivan and her fantastic contribution to Munster Rugby over the years.
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INTERNATIONAL<br />
ROUND UP<br />
Ireland claimed their first win of the Six Nations<br />
last weekend with a 48-10 win in Rome, in a<br />
game that saw <strong>Munster</strong>’s Craig Casey come off<br />
the bench for his first Irish cap after 63 minutes,<br />
and provincial teammate Tadhg Beirne awarded<br />
the Guinness Player of the <strong>Match</strong> in his 20th<br />
appearance for Ireland.<br />
CJ Stander scored Ireland’s bonus point try at<br />
the start of the second half – his 12th try in 49<br />
appearances while Keith Earls entered the fray<br />
for the second half and scored Ireland’s last try<br />
in the final minute of the game – his 33rd in the<br />
green jersey. Dave Kilcoyne was also part of the<br />
starting line-up and showed his superb form in<br />
an impressive display.<br />
Keith Earls reached the 90-cap milestone<br />
against France on 14 February, while Stander<br />
and Beirne were also named in the starting lineup<br />
for that game.<br />
Just two games remain in the tournament, with<br />
Ireland facing Scotland on Sunday week. If<br />
selected, CJ Stander looks set to win his 50th<br />
Irish cap in that game. Stander leads the way<br />
in the tournament for carries, with 47 carries<br />
in three games. Tadhg Beirne as also won more<br />
turnovers than any player in the tournament with 5.<br />
In other Six Nations news, congratulations to<br />
Joy Neville on becoming the first ever female<br />
Television <strong>Match</strong> Official in the Guinness Six<br />
Nations at the England v Scotland game on 6<br />
February last.<br />
It was also recently confirmed that the Women’s<br />
Six Nations will start on the weekend of 3/4 April<br />
and finishing on 24 April. This year’s tournament<br />
will see a new and condensed format similar<br />
to that of the recent Autumn Nations Cup,<br />
culminating in a grand final weekend to crown<br />
the Six Nations Champions 2021.<br />
In the opening game against Wales, CJ Stander,<br />
Keith Earls, Conor Murray, Peter O’Mahony and<br />
Tadhg Beirne were all in the starting XV, with<br />
Beirne also scoring Ireland's only try. Dave<br />
Kilcoyne came off the bench to win his 40th<br />
international cap.<br />
Joy Neville<br />
Craig Casey in action for<br />
Ireland against Italy last<br />
weekend<br />
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