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PRESIDENT’S WELCOME<br />
looking forward to the day, which will hopefully<br />
be sometime soon, when we will be there in<br />
person once again.<br />
Tonight, we welcome Dai Young and his <strong>Cardiff</strong><br />
<strong>Blues</strong> team to Thomond Park for this Round<br />
4 game in the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup.<br />
<strong>Cardiff</strong> come into this game sitting in 6th place<br />
with 9 points while <strong>Munster</strong> are 2nd place with<br />
10 points. When you look at the table only one<br />
point separates 2nd from 7th. The competition<br />
is certainly heating up and it is all still to play<br />
for. Any of the top seven teams are in with a<br />
chance to finish on top with only two games to<br />
go and a place in the final on June 19 against<br />
the winners from the South Africa conference.<br />
<strong>Munster</strong> were in control after the first two<br />
rounds and the need to play at their best<br />
tonight and again in the last round which is<br />
away to Zebre on June 11. You would imagine<br />
that nothing but two wins will do if there is any<br />
chance of reaching the final, so it is another<br />
occasion where the <strong>Munster</strong> faithful would love<br />
to be in Thomond Park shouting on the team in<br />
this crucial game.<br />
Our best wishes to James Cronin who departs<br />
at the end of the season. James has 142 caps<br />
and 20 tries for <strong>Munster</strong> along with three<br />
international caps under his belt. A real warrior<br />
and a player you would always prefer to have<br />
on your side when going into battle. On behalf<br />
of all of us, it was a pleasure to watch you play<br />
and the very best of luck in the next chapter<br />
wherever it takes you.<br />
When now looking at websites and social media,<br />
it is so refreshing to see players out training and<br />
preparing for the season ahead. Sometime soon<br />
hopefully games will recommence and after<br />
that spectators and clubhouses will reopen -<br />
another thing we all really look forward to. We<br />
cannot be sure of anything with this virus, so<br />
all we can do is keep doing the right things and<br />
hopefully things will keep going on this positive<br />
trend.<br />
Once again, our thanks to our main sponsor<br />
Bank of Ireland, our kit supplier adidas and all<br />
our sponsors for their continued support.<br />
Stay strong, stay positive and stay safe. To the<br />
brave and faithful, nothing is impossible.<br />
Seán McCullough<br />
President <strong>Munster</strong> Branch IRFU<br />
Our best wishes to Johann, the coaching<br />
team and all the squad in tonight’s game and<br />
President: Sean McCullough | Vice President: Ger McNamara | Junior Vice President: Michael Carroll<br />
Hon. Secretary: Muiris Mahon| Hon. Treasurer: Tom Kinirons<br />
Chief Executive Officer: Dr. Ian Flanagan | Head Coach: Johann van Graan | Team Manager: Niall O’Donovan<br />
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MUNSTER v CARDIFF BLUES<br />
Benetton will attempt to maintain their 100 per cent record in the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup when<br />
they entertain Connacht in Treviso on Saturday.<br />
New Zealander Kieran Cowley, who will depart<br />
the club this summer to take charge of Italy, has<br />
guided his side to three victories out of three<br />
despite a winless first half of the campaign in<br />
the original format of the competition.<br />
Second-placed <strong>Munster</strong> are at home to <strong>Cardiff</strong><br />
<strong>Blues</strong> tonight and <strong>Cardiff</strong> head into this game<br />
with momentum after two one-point triumphs<br />
in their last two games but have not beaten<br />
<strong>Munster</strong> since September 2018.<br />
RAINBOW CUP ROUND 4 PREVIEW<br />
Glasgow Warriors, who sit fourth, visit the<br />
Welsh capital a day later to take on the Dragons.<br />
Elsewhere, Ulster will aim to break their duck<br />
and get off the mark with success against the<br />
Scarlets on Saturday afternoon after a tough<br />
start to the Rainbow Cup where the fixture list<br />
has pitted them against Leinster and <strong>Munster</strong>.<br />
Cory Hill scores<br />
a try for <strong>Cardiff</strong><br />
<strong>Blues</strong> in Round 3<br />
POS TEAM PL W D L PF PA DIFF TF TA TB LB PTS<br />
1 Benetton <strong>Rugby</strong> 3 3 0 0 105 66 39 13 8 2 0 14<br />
2 <strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> 3 2 0 1 85 37 48 11 4 1 1 10<br />
3 Ospreys 3 2 0 1 84 62 22 11 7 2 0 10<br />
4 Glasgow Warriors 3 2 0 1 79 89 -10 11 12 2 0 10<br />
5 Leinster <strong>Rugby</strong> 3 2 0 1 74 65 9 11 7 1 0 9<br />
6 <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> 3 2 0 1 60 80 -20 8 10 1 0 9<br />
7 Connacht <strong>Rugby</strong> 3 2 0 1 71 94 -23 9 14 1 0 9<br />
8 Dragons 3 1 0 2 94 91 3 12 12 2 1 7<br />
9 Scarlets 3 1 0 2 82 87 -5 9 11 1 1 6<br />
10 Edinburgh <strong>Rugby</strong> 3 1 0 2 67 78 -11 9 10 0 1 5<br />
11 Zebre <strong>Rugby</strong> Club 3 0 0 3 65 83 -18 7 10 0 3 3<br />
12 Ulster <strong>Rugby</strong> 3 0 0 3 51 85 -34 7 13 1 2 3<br />
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Tadhg Beirne in action<br />
against Connacht in<br />
Round 3<br />
<strong>Munster</strong> wins<br />
HEAD TO HEAD<br />
22 13 0<br />
<strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> wins<br />
MATCH FACTS<br />
Draw<br />
• <strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> were defeated last time out<br />
20-24 at home to Connacht and have not lost<br />
successive Guinness PRO14 matches since<br />
January 2020. <strong>Munster</strong> have not lost backto-back<br />
matches at Thomond Park since<br />
2015.<br />
• <strong>Munster</strong> last lost to Welsh opposition on a<br />
trip to Scarlets in March 2019.<br />
• The most recent victory by a Welsh region<br />
in Limerick was by the Scarlets in February<br />
2017.<br />
• <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> have won their last two matches<br />
against Dragons and Scarlets and have not<br />
won three PRO14 games in succession since<br />
October.<br />
• The <strong>Blues</strong> only success against an Irish<br />
province since January 2019 was when<br />
Connacht visited Rodney Parade in October<br />
whilst the <strong>Blues</strong> most recent win at an Irish<br />
province was on a trip to Galway defeating<br />
Connacht 17-15 in September 2017.<br />
• <strong>Munster</strong> have won their last four fixtures<br />
against the <strong>Blues</strong> since the Welshmen’s 37-13<br />
victory at the Arms Park in September 2018.<br />
The <strong>Blues</strong> most recent win at Thomond Park<br />
was in September 2017.<br />
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THE INSIDE<br />
TRACK<br />
GRAHAM ROWNTREE<br />
On Billy, CJ and Tommy retiring…<br />
“That’s what happens isn’t it, you evolve,<br />
players leave, they pass on their knowledge<br />
to the young guys coming through, which<br />
that group of players you just mentioned are<br />
exceptional at, and we move on. That’s how<br />
clubs evolve. Three brilliant men and I can’t<br />
speak high enough of them, and in particular<br />
the way they share their knowledge with the<br />
young guys coming through. I’m happy with the<br />
guys coming through to replace them.”<br />
On Josh Wycherley’s development…<br />
“He has kicked on already, I think. He has had<br />
some injury problems particularly at the start<br />
and unfortunately in a competitive position<br />
like that you get injured, you can go quickly<br />
to the back of the queue and you wait for your<br />
turn again. But he has been very patient in<br />
that process. A very professional young man,<br />
constantly working on his game. He will be<br />
back. He has got a big future with this club.”<br />
On opposition results…<br />
“It’s irrelevant. Any of those results aren’t about<br />
us. It’s now about us getting things right after<br />
that Connacht game. It was disappointing but<br />
they played well, they stuck in right until the<br />
end there Connacht. But it is irrelevant, other<br />
results. All we can do is get our process right,<br />
get our game right, that’s all we can do.”<br />
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TOMMY O’DONNELL<br />
On his retirement…<br />
“I feel as a player that getting game time and<br />
being involved week on week is where you keep<br />
yourself sharp and keep myself on top of the<br />
game. I suppose with the possibility of reduced<br />
game time, and also the fact that I knew how<br />
my body was feeling in the winter months, in<br />
the hard grind and the double sessions. I took<br />
all the factors into account and I think that I<br />
have given it socks and I wanted to call it on my<br />
own terms as well. I didn’t want to go that extra<br />
year too long and not to be performing to the<br />
best of my ability. It would have done myself<br />
an injustice but also have done the lads around<br />
me an injustice. There are lads coming through<br />
in the squad who are just as keen to learn, and<br />
they are more physically able for the game of<br />
rugby at this stage so, they will be just as able<br />
to give it a good account next year than I would<br />
have been at my stage in my career.”<br />
On future endeavours…<br />
“I suppose there’s some trepidation. It’s all I’ve<br />
done for the last 12 years. You have to commit<br />
to rugby. I know I have been working outside<br />
of it and I have been adding strings to my bow<br />
but if you want to be good at rugby, like if you<br />
want that to be your craft, you have to commit<br />
to it. I think Jamie Heaslip mentioned it in his<br />
retirement - you have to be thinking about<br />
retirement but focus enough on your career,<br />
that you’re good enough and you develop<br />
enough and that you're continuously getting<br />
better and that you stay in rugby for as long as<br />
possible. I have deliberately taken next year, like<br />
the rugby has afforded me that time, I will have<br />
an adjustment process, where I will be able to<br />
get as much experience in the new industries<br />
that I want to go into, in the new sectors. I’m still<br />
quite undecided in exactly what road I’m going<br />
to commit down to but I’m studying in MBA<br />
and that’s very much helping me to get a broad<br />
sense of the business aspects and how being<br />
in an elite performance environment can be<br />
helpful towards the business aspect.<br />
I’m going to take the year, really<br />
figure out what I’m going to do and I’m going<br />
to get work experience in different industries<br />
before I finally commit what I’m going to do for<br />
the rest of my working life.”<br />
On career highlights…<br />
“It’s hard, there’s lots there. Each season has<br />
its own different memories. There are different<br />
<strong>Munster</strong> moments that stand out from each<br />
season. Even though I wasn’t in the pitch, to be<br />
in the stand even for the Clermont game. There<br />
were the Saracens games, there’s the win in<br />
Harlequins all the way back in 2012, to have been<br />
involved on the podium the last time we won a<br />
trophy in 2011/2012. There’s loads of different<br />
moments throughout the seasons, and I suppose<br />
from an individual point of view there’s getting<br />
capped for Ireland, the successes with Ireland<br />
that I has been involved in the Six Nations wins.<br />
Being named <strong>Munster</strong> Player of the Year back in<br />
2012. There’s highs and lows. There’s so many<br />
of them that rather than one stand out moment,<br />
there’s just a great collection of moments<br />
across the career that really allow you to go into<br />
retirement thinking you know yeah, I did a lot in<br />
my 12 years as a pro, and that I gave it socks.”<br />
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NEWSROUND<br />
RAINBOW CUP FINAL DETAILS ANNOUNCED<br />
Treviso’s Stadio di Monigo will play host to the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup ‘North v South’<br />
Final on June 19 thanks to the support of the Federazione Italiana <strong>Rugby</strong> (FIR) and the Italian<br />
government.<br />
A kick-off time will be confirmed soon for the<br />
game at the home ground of Benetton <strong>Rugby</strong>,<br />
which has undergone a number of developments<br />
in the past two years. A maximum of one<br />
thousand fans should be admitted under current<br />
Italian regulations, so that they can be part of<br />
this historic occasion.<br />
Since announcing a dual tournament approach<br />
to the Rainbow Cup on April 21, 2021, PRO14<br />
<strong>Rugby</strong> began exploring the feasibility of hosting<br />
a Final in Europe between the top-ranked teams<br />
from each competition.<br />
The support and encouragement received by<br />
the Italian Federation and from Italy’s Sport<br />
Department allowed PRO14 <strong>Rugby</strong> to put<br />
forward proposals to stage the game in Treviso<br />
in a short space of time.<br />
The venue was the clear choice in Italy as an<br />
existing Guinness PRO14 stadium that has tried<br />
and tested Covid-19 protocols and infrastructures<br />
in place. The proximity of local airports, and the<br />
European teams’ familiarity with the site, also<br />
favoured this selection.<br />
This decision means that the dual tournaments<br />
operating in Europe and South Africa will tie<br />
together to produce one winner. The Northern<br />
representative shall be the team who finishes<br />
first in the table among the 12 teams in the<br />
Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup while the<br />
Southern representative shall be the side who<br />
ranks first in the Rainbow Cup SA competition.<br />
Further details on the ‘North v South’ Guinness<br />
Rainbow Cup Final will be provided in due<br />
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territories and international markets.<br />
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MUNSTER RUGBY GAMING<br />
TEAM ANNOUNCED<br />
<strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> Gaming are back in action in the coming weeks for the Summer Split of the UK<br />
Esports League (UKEL)’s League of Legends Championship.<br />
The UKEL is the UK and Ireland’s first proving<br />
ground for teams playing League of Legends,<br />
the most watched esport in the world. Following<br />
an exciting first year in esports in 2020, <strong>Munster</strong><br />
<strong>Rugby</strong> Gaming was delighted to gain a spot in<br />
the UKEL for 2021 with some of Ireland’s leading<br />
League of Legends players.<br />
You can see just what League of Legends is all<br />
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After a nail-biting Spring Split which saw the<br />
team dig out some hard-fought wins late on to<br />
hold their position, <strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> Gaming is<br />
delighted to announce its Summer Split team<br />
and backroom staff.<br />
Two of Ireland’s leading players, Kevin<br />
‘Kevaman’ Lalor and Connor ‘Goose’ O’Brien<br />
remain onboard, having brought fantastic skills<br />
and spirit to the team in the Spring Split.<br />
They will be joined by Tim ‘Beartree’ Guthrie,<br />
Mateus ‘JOJO’ Almeida and Oscar ‘Longstafff’<br />
Brandon, bringing substantial experience to<br />
the team this Split. Coach is Daniel ‘Hush’<br />
Michels and Analyst is local Limerick man Alex<br />
‘Daemon’ Prior.<br />
Commenting on the team announcement, Enda<br />
Lynch, Head of Enterprise for <strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong>,<br />
said: “We’re thrilled to be back in action for the<br />
summer ahead. The team brings a great mix<br />
of experience and a loyal fanbase, especially<br />
for our two Irish players Goose and Kevaman.<br />
Pre-season has been going very well and we’re<br />
looking forward to getting started.”<br />
The split begins on 3 June, continuing to 17 July<br />
with play-offs in late July. You can catch up on<br />
every game on Thursdays and Saturdays HERE.<br />
Beartree<br />
JOJO<br />
Goose<br />
Kavaman<br />
Longstafff<br />
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THE LOWDOWN<br />
THE FORM GUIDE<br />
<strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> started the Rainbow Cup with an<br />
away loss to Ospreys on 24 April, going down<br />
36-14 at Liberty Stadium. In the following round,<br />
the <strong>Blues</strong> came away with a one point win over<br />
Dragons, a late try from Teddy Williams proving<br />
the difference. At Parc y Scarlets on 15 May,<br />
once again just one point separated the sides<br />
at the final whistle. <strong>Cardiff</strong> claimed a 29-28<br />
victory despite a flurry of second half tries from<br />
Scarlets.<br />
In the regular Guinness PRO14 season, <strong>Cardiff</strong><br />
<strong>Blues</strong> played in Conference B, finished in fourth<br />
place behind <strong>Munster</strong>, Connacht and Scarlets.<br />
<strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> went through to the ‘Round of 16’<br />
in the Challenge Cup but were defeated 41-35<br />
by London Irish in a nine-try game.<br />
Jarrod Evans is the club’s top points scorer this<br />
season with 141 points. Rey Lee-Lo is their top<br />
try scorer with 5 tries this season.<br />
Winger Josh Adams has been selected as part<br />
of the 2021 British & Irish Lions squad to play in<br />
South Africa this summer.<br />
THE COACHING TICKET<br />
Dai Young returned to <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> earlier this<br />
year to take up the Director of <strong>Rugby</strong> position,<br />
ten years after he last coached at the club. The<br />
former dual code international spent nine years<br />
with Wasps and has coached the Barbarians a<br />
number of times. Young won the EDF Energy<br />
Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup in his previous<br />
stint in <strong>Cardiff</strong>. His team of experienced<br />
assistant coaches includes former international<br />
scrum-half Richie Rees, former Wales Sevens<br />
assistant coach Richard Hodges, former Wales<br />
hooker T Rhys Thomas and former <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong><br />
hooker Duane Goodfield.<br />
ONE TO WATCH<br />
Age: 24<br />
Position: Out-half<br />
Appearances: 15<br />
Points: 141<br />
Tries: 2<br />
Metres: 356<br />
Carries: 100<br />
Try assists: 8<br />
It was announced in recent months that Rhys<br />
Priestland will join the club next season from<br />
Bath and Matthew Screech will return to the<br />
club from Dragons.<br />
Dai Young<br />
*2020/21 PRO14 & RC<br />
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STEPHEN ARCHER<br />
Prop<br />
29.01.88<br />
H: 1.88m<br />
W: 120.91kg<br />
Hons: Ire (2 caps)<br />
Hooker<br />
06.08.99<br />
H:1.83m<br />
W: 98kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
DIARMUID BARRON<br />
TADHG BEIRNE<br />
Lock / Back Row<br />
08.01.92<br />
H: 1.98 m<br />
W: 113.18 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (22 caps)<br />
Flanker<br />
15.02.91<br />
H: 1.76 m<br />
W: 98 kg<br />
Hons: ~<br />
CHRIS CLOETE<br />
Back Row<br />
11.12.1997<br />
H: 1.98m<br />
W: 110kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
GAVIN COOMBES<br />
JAMES CRONIN<br />
Prop<br />
23.11.90<br />
H: 1.80 m<br />
W: 113 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (3 caps)<br />
Lock / Back Row<br />
03.08.85<br />
H: 1.91 m<br />
W: 111 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (1 cap)<br />
BILLY HOLLAND<br />
DAVE KILCOYNE<br />
Prop<br />
14.12.88<br />
H: 1.83 m<br />
W: 112 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (43 caps)<br />
JEAN KLEYN<br />
Lock<br />
26.08.93<br />
H: 2.03 m<br />
W: 125 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (5 caps)<br />
Prop<br />
06.04.99<br />
H: 1.85m<br />
W: 115kg<br />
Hons: ~<br />
KEYNAN KNOX<br />
Prop<br />
22.07.95<br />
H: 1.85 m<br />
W: 120 kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
JEREMY LOUGHMAN<br />
Hooker<br />
12.10.92<br />
H: 1.84 m<br />
W: 108 kg<br />
Hons: NZ U20<br />
RHYS MARSHALL<br />
Hooker<br />
16.04.91<br />
H: 1.80 m<br />
W: 107 kg<br />
Hons: Ire U19<br />
KEVIN O’BYRNE<br />
Prop<br />
13.07.95<br />
H: 1.78 m<br />
W: 110 kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
LIAM O’CONNOR<br />
TOMMY O’DONNELL<br />
Back Row<br />
21.05.87<br />
H: 1.85 m<br />
W: 107 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (12 caps)<br />
JACK O’DONOGHUE<br />
Back Row<br />
08.02.94<br />
H: 1.91 m<br />
W: 107 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (2 caps)<br />
PETER O’MAHONY<br />
Back Row<br />
17.09.89<br />
H: 1.91 m<br />
W: 106 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (75 caps)<br />
Back Row<br />
01.10.98<br />
H: 1.88m<br />
W: 100kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
JACK O’SULLIVAN<br />
JOHN RYAN<br />
Prop<br />
02.08.88<br />
H: 1.83 m<br />
W: 117 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (23 caps)<br />
Prop<br />
28.10.97<br />
H:1.83m<br />
W: 123.18kg<br />
Hons: USA U20<br />
ROMAN SALANOA<br />
NIALL SCANNELL<br />
Hooker<br />
08.04.92<br />
H: 1.85 m<br />
W: 109 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (20 caps)<br />
RG SNYMAN<br />
Lock<br />
29.01.95<br />
H: 2.06 m<br />
W: 116 kg<br />
Hons: SA (23 caps)<br />
CJ STANDER<br />
Back Row<br />
05.04.90<br />
H: 1.85 m<br />
W: 114 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (51 caps)<br />
Lock<br />
11.12.97<br />
H:1.93 m<br />
W: 111.82 kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
FINEEN WYCHERLEY<br />
FORWARDS<br />
<strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> Squad - 2020/21 Season<br />
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JOEY CARBERY<br />
Fly Half<br />
01.11.95<br />
H: 1.83 m<br />
W: 85kg<br />
Hons: Ire (22 caps)<br />
Scrum Half<br />
19.04.99<br />
H: 1.65 m<br />
W: 75kg<br />
Hons: Ire (1 cap)<br />
CRAIG CASEY<br />
ANDREW CONWAY<br />
Full Back / Wing<br />
11.07.91<br />
H: 1.80 m<br />
W: 89 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (24 caps)<br />
LIAM COOMBES<br />
Full Back / Wing<br />
01.05.97<br />
H: 1.91m<br />
W: 89 kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
Scrum Half<br />
08.12.92<br />
H: 1.73 m<br />
W: 83 kg<br />
Hons: Ire Clubs<br />
NEIL CRONIN<br />
Wing / Centre<br />
19.12.96<br />
H: 1.91 m<br />
W: 91 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (1 cap)<br />
SHANE DALY<br />
DAMIAN DE ALLENDE<br />
Centre<br />
25/11/1991<br />
H: 1.91 m<br />
W: 105 kg<br />
Hons: SA (47 caps)<br />
KEITH EARLS<br />
Universal Back<br />
02.10.87<br />
H: 1.78 m<br />
W: 90 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (93 caps)<br />
CHRIS FARRELL<br />
Centre<br />
16.03.93<br />
H: 1.93 m<br />
W: 110 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (14 caps)<br />
Full Back<br />
26.10.96<br />
H:1.85m<br />
W: 95 kg<br />
Hons: Eng U20<br />
MATT GALLAGHER<br />
Centre<br />
10.12.94<br />
H: 1.85 m<br />
W: 100 kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
DAN GOGGIN<br />
Full Back<br />
28.06.94<br />
H: 1.91 m<br />
W: 93 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (1 cap)<br />
MIKE HALEY<br />
RORY SCANNELL<br />
CALVIN NASH<br />
CONOR MURRAY<br />
ALEX MCHENRY<br />
NICK MCCARTHY<br />
JJ HANRAHAN<br />
Fly Half / Centre<br />
27.07.92<br />
H: 1.83 m<br />
W: 93 kg<br />
Hons: Emerging Ireland<br />
Scrum Half<br />
25.03.95<br />
H: 1.8m<br />
W: 84 kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
Centre<br />
07.10.97<br />
H: 1.88m<br />
W: 95kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
Scrum Half<br />
20.04.89<br />
H: 1.88 m<br />
W: 94 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (89 caps)<br />
Wing<br />
08.08.97<br />
H: 1.78 m<br />
W: 90 kg<br />
Hons: Ire U20<br />
Centre<br />
22.12.93<br />
H: 1.80 m<br />
W: 98 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (3 caps)<br />
Wing<br />
05.05.93<br />
H: 1.85 m<br />
W: 95 kg<br />
Hons: Ire (3 caps)<br />
DARREN SWEETNAM<br />
BACKS<br />
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CARDIFF BLUES<br />
STARTING XV<br />
Corey<br />
Domachowski<br />
Kristian Dacey<br />
Dillon Lewis<br />
Seb Davies<br />
Cory Hill<br />
Josh Turnbull (C)<br />
James Botham<br />
James Ratti<br />
Tomos Williams<br />
Jarrod Evans<br />
Josh Adams<br />
Ben Thomas<br />
Willis Halaholo<br />
Jason Harries<br />
Hallam Amos<br />
MATCH OFFICIALS<br />
Referee: Andy Brace (IRFU)<br />
AR1: Rob O’Sullivan (IRFU)<br />
AR2: Nigel Correll (IRFU)<br />
TMO: Olly Hodges (IRFU)<br />
Replacements<br />
16. Liam Belcher 17. Rhys Carré 18. Dmitri Arhip 19. Rory Thornton<br />
20. Olly Robinson 21. Lloyd Williams 22. Harri Millard 23. Matthew Morgan<br />
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NEW HEAD COACHES ANNOUNCED<br />
Former UL Bohs, <strong>Munster</strong> and Ireland team mates Fiona Hayes and Niamh Briggs will find<br />
themselves on opposite sides this season after their appointments last week as Head Coaches of<br />
Ballincollig RFC and UL Bohemian RFC respectively.<br />
Fiona joins Ballincollig after a successful tenure<br />
at UL Bohemans both as a player and a coach,<br />
playing at the top level for over a decade before<br />
becoming Head Coach of UL Bohemians and<br />
the <strong>Munster</strong> U18s. She joins a club with big<br />
ambitions as they look to make their debut in the<br />
Energia All Ireland League and establish an Elite<br />
Centre of Excellence in Cork.<br />
Speaking on her appointment, Fiona said:<br />
“I am excited about the new journey I am about<br />
to embark on with both the players and the club.<br />
We have a chance to build a legacy for women’s<br />
rugby in Cork and create that high-performance<br />
environment where female players can enjoy the<br />
game while competing at the highest level. I will<br />
use my experience and knowledge of the game I<br />
love to help players in their development both on<br />
and off the pitch.”<br />
Cathal Sheridan, UL Bohemian RFC Director of<br />
<strong>Rugby</strong>, said:<br />
“We’re thrilled that Niamh has accepted our offer<br />
to become Head Coach. Niamh is a household<br />
name in Irish sport, she has one of the best rugby<br />
brains around, and we are very fortunate to have<br />
her overseeing the next generation of players<br />
through the club. Obviously, her experience on<br />
and off the pitch at the pinnacle of Irish <strong>Rugby</strong><br />
over the last decade speaks for itself, but the<br />
most exciting part for us is her vision on where<br />
she wants to bring us to in the next few years.<br />
Earlier this week, Kerry <strong>Rugby</strong> women's team<br />
announced that former international Marie<br />
Louise Reilly will join their coaching team. Maz<br />
won 54 Irish caps and was a team mate of Briggs<br />
and Hayes.<br />
Fiona Hayes<br />
UL Bohemian RFC<br />
announced last week<br />
that Niamh Briggs will<br />
take the helm at UL<br />
Bohemians, the club<br />
she joined in 2009.<br />
The former Grand<br />
Slam winner and<br />
Irish captain brings a<br />
wealth of experience<br />
on the field as a player,<br />
and in more recent<br />
years as part of the<br />
coaching team at UL<br />
Bohemian RFC and<br />
with the <strong>Munster</strong> U18<br />
squad.<br />
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CON ÓG O’BRIEN<br />
Age: 8<br />
School: Gaelscoil (Mhainistir na Corann),<br />
Midleton, Co. Cork<br />
Hobbies: <strong>Rugby</strong>, playing with his brothers<br />
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and Hannah, Pokemon, feeding the calves and<br />
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Favourite player: Keith Earls<br />
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NINE ACADEMY PLAYERS<br />
MOVE TO SENIOR CONTRACTS<br />
THOMAS AHERN<br />
Age: 21 (22/02/2000)<br />
From: Waterford<br />
Position: Lock<br />
Clubs: Youghal RFC, Dungarvan RFC,<br />
Waterpark RFC, Shannon RFC<br />
Senior debut: v Dragons, Nov 2020<br />
Did you know? Ahern was a back three<br />
player until converting to a lock in his<br />
late-teens at the start of 2017.<br />
The <strong>Munster</strong> senior squad will be<br />
boosted by the addition of nine<br />
Greencore <strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> Academy<br />
players next season. Thomas Ahern,<br />
Jack Crowley, Jack Daly, Jake<br />
Flannery, James French, Seán French,<br />
Ben Healy, John Hodnett and Josh<br />
Wycherley have all earned their first<br />
senior contracts.<br />
Academy products are set to make<br />
up two-thirds of the 2021/22 <strong>Munster</strong><br />
squad, the highest representation<br />
of academy graduates in over eight<br />
years.<br />
JAKE FL<br />
Age: 21 (07<br />
From: Tippe<br />
Position: Ou<br />
School: Roc<br />
Club: Kilfeac<br />
RFC<br />
Senior debut<br />
Did you know<br />
brother Alan li<br />
<strong>Munster</strong> A earl<br />
also represente<br />
Football at mino<br />
JACK DALY<br />
Age: 23 (12/08/1998)<br />
From: Kerry<br />
Position: Flanker<br />
Clubs: Castleisland RFC, Garryowen FC<br />
Senior debut: v Zebre, Nov 2020<br />
Did you know? Daly started out at<br />
Castleisland RFC, a club which has<br />
produced the likes of JJ Hanrahan, Ciara<br />
Griffin and Siobhán Fleming.<br />
JACK CROWLEY<br />
Age: 21 (13/01/2000)<br />
From: Innishannon, Co. Cork<br />
Position: Out-half<br />
School: Bandon Grammar<br />
Clubs: Bandon RFC, Cork Constitution<br />
FC<br />
Senior debut: v Ulster, Jan 2021<br />
Did you know? Crowley played much of<br />
his underage rugby at scrum-half before<br />
moving to No. 10.<br />
JAMES FREN<br />
Age: 22 (22/11/19<br />
From: Bandon, C<br />
Position: Prop<br />
School: Bandon<br />
Clubs: Bandon R<br />
Did you know?<br />
All-Ireland scho<br />
champion.<br />
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ANNERY<br />
JOHN HODNETT<br />
JOSH WYCHERLEY<br />
/06/1999)<br />
rary<br />
t-half/Full back<br />
kwell College<br />
le & District RFC, Shannon<br />
: v Zebre, Feb 2020<br />
? Jake and younger<br />
ned out together for<br />
ier this season. Jake has<br />
d Tipperary in Gaelic<br />
r level.<br />
Age: 22 (10/01/1999)<br />
From: Rosscarbery, Co. Cork<br />
Position: Back row<br />
Clubs: Clonakilty RFC, UCC RFC<br />
Senior debut: v Southern Kings,<br />
Feb 2020<br />
Did you know? Hodnett has<br />
represented Cork in Gaelic<br />
Football at underage level.<br />
Age: 21 (22/07/1999)<br />
From: Bantry, Co. Cork<br />
Position: Prop<br />
School: Cistercian College, Roscrea<br />
Clubs: Bantry Bay RFC,<br />
Young <strong>Munster</strong> RFC<br />
Senior debut: v <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong>, Oct 2020<br />
Did you know? Josh’s father Florence<br />
was one of the founders of Bantry<br />
Bay RFC’s underage section that has<br />
produced two <strong>Munster</strong> players –<br />
Josh and brother Fineen.<br />
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o. Cork<br />
Grammar<br />
FC, UCC RFC<br />
James was an<br />
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SEÁN FRENCH<br />
Age: 21 (14/08/1999)<br />
From: Cork<br />
Position: Universal back<br />
School: Presentation Brothers College,<br />
Cork<br />
Club: Cork Constitution FC<br />
Senior debut: v Zebre, Nov 2020<br />
Did you know? French scored all 11 of<br />
PBC’s points (a try and two penalties) in<br />
their 2017 <strong>Munster</strong> Schools Senior Cup<br />
final victory over Glenstal Abbey.<br />
BEN HEALY<br />
Age: 21 (29/06/1999)<br />
From: Tipperary<br />
Position: Out-half<br />
School: Glenstal Abbey<br />
Club: Nenagh Ormond RFC,<br />
Garryowen FC<br />
Senior debut: v Edinburgh, Nov 2019<br />
Did you know? Ben captained Glenstal<br />
Abbey to their first-ever <strong>Munster</strong><br />
Schools Senior Cup title in 2018.<br />
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RUGBY DEVELOPMENT NEWS<br />
SUMMER CAMPS BOOKINGS<br />
UNDERWAY<br />
Bookings are being taken for the Bank of Ireland<br />
<strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> Summer Camps, which will<br />
take place across 22 venues in the province,<br />
from 5 July to 27 August. The camps are open<br />
for children aged 6-16 years and the cost is €80<br />
per child. Click HERE to book your child’s place.<br />
GIRLS RUGBY THRIVING AT<br />
OLD CRESCENT<br />
<strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> are also inviting applications<br />
for the positions of Summer Camp Officers.<br />
See full details of dates and venues for the<br />
Summer Camps HERE.<br />
These are part-time fixed term contracts from<br />
Monday 5 July 2021 to Friday 27 August 2021.<br />
The purpose of the role is to ensure camp<br />
attendees’ experience is as fun and rewarding<br />
as possible, whilst fully adhering to the IRFU<br />
Child Safeguarding policy. All successful<br />
applicants will be given all relevant on and off<br />
pitch training. The closing date for applications<br />
is strictly 12 noon Friday 11 June. Click HERE<br />
to apply.<br />
Old Crescent RFC in Limerick has experienced<br />
plenty of growth in their girls’ rugby programme<br />
over the last 18 months. Despite the challenges<br />
which arose due to the restrictions associated<br />
with Covid-19, the club were able to run four<br />
weeks of the IRFU’s Give It A Try initiative in<br />
August 2020. This facilitated more girls to<br />
pick up a rugby ball for the first time and the<br />
momentum generated has eventually led to a<br />
situation whereby the club are welcoming in<br />
excess of 50 girls to Rosbrien every Sunday.<br />
Former Ireland international, Marie Carroll, who<br />
is currently coaching at the club and assisted in<br />
starting the girls rugby programme explained<br />
how the club benefited from being able to have<br />
rugby activity take place last summer: “We ran<br />
four weeks of it (Give It A Try) last August and<br />
we had great fun. Out of that then, we picked<br />
up another 10 players. The momentum has just<br />
seemed to go on…we have 53 players on the<br />
books. Four new girls arrived there last Sunday,<br />
it’s just word of mouth more than anything.”<br />
Looking ahead, Carroll hopes that a strong focus<br />
on skills, participation and fun will eventually<br />
lead to a senior team in the future: “It’s all about<br />
participation as far as we’re concerned and<br />
being a part of a team, socialising and having<br />
friends. We don’t have a senior team but the<br />
way I look at it, if we develop them at that age,<br />
get all the basic skills and progress from that.”<br />
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Over the last 18 months, Kanturk RFC have<br />
improved their facilities with the recent<br />
completion of a fully floodlit all-weather playing<br />
surface which was completed with the benefit<br />
of grant funding through the 2017 Sports Capital<br />
Grant Scheme.<br />
KANTURK COMPLETE UPGRADES<br />
As Director of <strong>Rugby</strong> Mike Murphy explains,<br />
the completion of the new playing surface to<br />
supplement their two existing pitches is most<br />
welcome due to the club’s growing underage<br />
section.<br />
“The project was an extension of the playing<br />
area which was really driven by demand. We<br />
have two pitches at the minute, two playing<br />
pitches, so we were fairly restricted in space,<br />
particularly for the growing underage section.<br />
So we looked to extend the playing and training<br />
facilities. The area of it, it’s about three quarters<br />
the size of a normal pitch.”<br />
Another project which the club undertook<br />
included resurfacing of the access roadway,<br />
car park and pitch side walkway and this was<br />
completed with support through LEADER<br />
grant funding through IRD Duhallow. Finally,<br />
last summer when restrictions were lifted, the<br />
club’s members and volunteers came together<br />
to give the clubhouse a facelift which included<br />
painting and other renovations.<br />
#MUNSTERSTARTSHERE WITH CRESCENT COLLEGE<br />
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The #<strong>Munster</strong>StartsHere video series has<br />
returned and once again highlights the<br />
fantastic work that goes on behind the<br />
scenes to develop the game across the<br />
province. The videos showcase the key roles<br />
played by clubs and schools when ensuring<br />
the development of age-grade structures and<br />
community programmes. Crescent College<br />
Comprehensive feature in this video with a<br />
spotlight on the school’s rugby programme<br />
and how the players and coaches navigated<br />
the challenges arising from the pandemic.<br />
The school’s rugby programme has been<br />
reformed recently with a greater emphasis<br />
on an alignment of philosophies from a<br />
playing and coaching perspective through<br />
all age groups. Senior coach Ian Sherwin<br />
and <strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Rugby</strong> CCRO Matt Brown both<br />
explain the pride they have in the playing<br />
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FIXTURES & RESULTS 2020/21<br />
Date Fixture Venue<br />
Sat 3 Oct Scarlets 27-30 <strong>Munster</strong> Parc y Scarlets<br />
Sat 10 Oct <strong>Munster</strong> 25-23 Edinburgh <strong>Rugby</strong> Thomond Park<br />
Mon 26 Oct <strong>Munster</strong> 38 - 27 <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> Thomond Park<br />
Sun 1 Nov Dragons 16 - 28 <strong>Munster</strong> Rodney Parade<br />
Sun 15 Nov <strong>Munster</strong> 38-22 Ospreys Thomond Park<br />
Mon 23 Nov Glasgow Warriors 13-27 <strong>Munster</strong> Scotstoun Stadium<br />
Mon 30 Nov <strong>Munster</strong> 52-3 Zebre <strong>Rugby</strong> Club Thomond Park<br />
Sun 13 Dec <strong>Munster</strong> 21-7 Harlequins Thomond Park<br />
Sat 19 Dec Clermont Auvergne 31-39 <strong>Munster</strong> Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin<br />
Sat 02 Jan Ulster 15-10 <strong>Munster</strong> Kingspan Stadium<br />
Sat 09 Jan Connacht 10-16 <strong>Munster</strong> The Sportsground<br />
Sat 23 Jan <strong>Munster</strong> 10-13 Leinster Thomond Park<br />
Sat 30 Jan Benetton <strong>Rugby</strong> 16-18 <strong>Munster</strong> Stadio Comunale Monigo<br />
Sat 20 Feb Edinburgh 10-22 <strong>Munster</strong> Murrayfield Stadium<br />
Fri 26 Feb <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> 11-20 <strong>Munster</strong> <strong>Cardiff</strong> Arms Park<br />
Fri 5 Mar <strong>Munster</strong> 20-17 Connacht Thomond Park<br />
Fri 12 Mar <strong>Munster</strong> 28-10 Scarlets Thomond Park<br />
Fri 19 Mar <strong>Munster</strong> 31-17 Benetton <strong>Rugby</strong> Thomond Park<br />
Sat 27 Mar Leinster 16-6 <strong>Munster</strong> The RDS<br />
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Sat 24 Apr Leinster 3-27 <strong>Munster</strong> The RDS<br />
Fri 7 May <strong>Munster</strong> 38-10 Ulster Thomond Park<br />
Fri 14 Mar <strong>Munster</strong> 20-24 Connacht Thomond Park<br />
Fri 28 May | 7.35pm <strong>Munster</strong> v <strong>Cardiff</strong> <strong>Blues</strong> Thomond Park<br />
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