Munster Rugby v Cell C Sharks Match Programme
United Rugby Championship Round 1 | In this issue, we get the lowdown on our opposition, the Cell C Sharks, we get to know new Munster player Rowan Osborne and look at a busy calendar of matches for our women’s clubs teams with the start of the All Ireland League this weekend.
United Rugby Championship Round 1 | In this issue, we get the lowdown on our opposition, the Cell C Sharks, we get to know new Munster player Rowan Osborne and look at a busy calendar of matches for our women’s clubs teams with the start of the All Ireland League this weekend.
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Gavin Coombes<br />
Reniel Hugo<br />
COMPARISON MUNSTER CELL C SHARKS<br />
Last 3 URC results: 14 May - Connacht (H) L20-24 22 May - Stormers (H) L22-25<br />
28 May - Cardiff <strong>Rugby</strong> (H) W31-27 5 Jun - Lions (A) W33-21<br />
11 Jun - Zebre (A) W54-11 12 Jun - Bulls (H) L22-34<br />
URC 2020/21 Conf B: 1st – W14 D0 L2 - 64pts Rainbow SA: 2nd – W3 D0 L3 - 16pts<br />
Top try scorer 12 – Gavin Coombes 3 – Reniel Hugo, Kerron van Vuuren<br />
Top points scorer 98 – JJ Hanrahan 43 – Curwin Bosch<br />
MATCH FACTS<br />
• <strong>Munster</strong> lost just once in last season’s<br />
Rainbow Cup 20-24 to Connacht in Limerick<br />
on 14 May.<br />
• The last non-Irish team to defeat <strong>Munster</strong><br />
in the Championship at Thomond Park was<br />
Scarlets, 21-30 in February 2017.<br />
• <strong>Munster</strong>’s record against South African<br />
teams in the Championship is won eight,<br />
lost one, with the defeat being 16-40<br />
against Cheetahs in Bloemfontein in<br />
October 2019.<br />
• <strong>Cell</strong> C <strong>Sharks</strong> reached the final of the Currie<br />
Cup earlier this month but lost 10-44 to<br />
Vodacom Bulls in Pretoria.<br />
• The <strong>Sharks</strong> most recent trip to the Northern<br />
Hemisphere was a 45-10 victory against<br />
the Sunwolves in Singapore in February<br />
2019 in Super <strong>Rugby</strong><br />
• The two sides have never met in a<br />
competitive fixture before.<br />
MUNSTER V CELL C SHARKS | 25.09.21 | THOMOND PARK<br />
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