Munster Rugby

Champions Cup without Munster is ‘inconceivable’, says Craig Casey ahead of important Benetton showdown

Munster's Craig Casey keen to channel disappointment of Lions omission into a match-winning performance

Munster will face probably the best Benetton side that has ever set foot on an Irish ground

Benetton’s core of Italian internationals is garnished with clever overseas acquisitions

Have rugby fans stopped caring about the URC?

The Counter Ruck Podcast

Results suggest Ulster and Connacht on a worrying slide

Provinces miss out on United Rugby Championship playoffs with both now consigned to next season’s Challenge Cup

Owen Doyle: On the knockout stage, referees need to deliver their best performance

Scotland’s Sam Grove-White, Ireland’s Eoghan Cross and Wales’s Adam Jones could all up their games in charge of the whistle

Munster v Benetton: A sell-out crowd, an emotional farewell and a chance of a top-eight finish

This is a playoff to reach the playoffs for next season’s Champions Cup as Peter O’Mahony, Stephen Archer and Conor Murray bow out

What Munster must do to guarantee URC playoff spot and Champions Cup rugby next season

Five teams are in contention for the final three places in the playoffs going into the final round of games

‘At this moment in time, we’re not good enough’: Ulster look to the future as Munster end URC hopes

Ulster head coach Richie Murphy believes experience will stand to his side next season

Win over Ulster a fitting Thomond Park farewell for Munster’s departing faithful

Former captain Peter O’Mahony gave the home crowd in Limerick a try-scoring goodby

Peter O’Mahony scores on Thomond farewell as Munster secure bonus-point win over Ulster

Ulster facing a season without Champions Cup for first time in 31 years

Munster and Ulster look to experience for match to decide Champions Cup place

Both sides presently sit outside the top eight that will make URC quarter-finals and next season’s Champions Cup

Munster and Ireland prop Dave Kilcoyne announces his retirement

36-year-old loosehead played 220 times for his province and 56 times for his country, including two World Cups

Gerry Thornley: Munster and Ulster have faced each other in bigger games, but this one is a must-win for both

The two sides could be missing from the Champions Cup next season for the first time in 31 years

Ulster aim to finish better in high-stakes Munster meeting

Playoff hopes in the balance in advance of of URC clash at Thomond Park

Peter O’Mahony does not rule out coaching future but plans break after retirement

Munster forward is comfortable with decision to bring curtain on career

Munster’s most capped player Stephen Archer to retire this summer

37-year-old tighthead prop from Cork made over 300 appearances for Munster and won two Ireland caps

Will Leinster be the only Irish team in the URC knockouts?

The Counter Ruck Podcast: Ireland women’s defeat to Scotland wrapped up the Six Nations and an unusually glum 48 hours for Irish rugby

Owen Doyle: World Rugby session will have big focus on 20-minute replacement red card

There will be huge interest in the outcomes of the World Rugby’s specialist group studying the breakdown

Munster’s discipline deserts them as Cardiff take full advantage of yellow cards

Munster conceded 26 points when they were reduced to 14 men during the contest

Matt Williams: Although Leinster continue to defy the odds, Irish professional rugby appears to be in decline

We need more coaches with professional team experience and deep technical knowledge

Munster will need to dig deep to end Cardiff’s unbeaten home run at Arms Park

Interim head coach Ian Costello has made seven changes to the side that lost to the Bulls

Munster assistant coach Lawler is confident any problems can be ironed out before Cardiff on Friday

Munster expect their experience and possession-based game to carry them through at Arms Park

How to fix the Champions Cup?

The Counter Ruck Podcast

Leinster’s success masking alarming fault lines which have emerged in Irish rugby

This season, as things stand, Munster, Ulster and Connacht have all lost more matches than they have won

Owen Doyle: Chaotic cock-up cost Munster and it reflects badly on a number of people

The lineout is supposed to be a contest for possession, but this trial appears to be heading in the opposite direction

Ryan Baird likely to return for Leinster-Northampton Champions Cup duel

Calf injury puts James Ryan’s availability in doubt

Letters to the Editor, April 21st : On coercive control by neglect, a tourist tax, and two-tier rugby

There is little to no accountability for non-custodial parents who repeatedly fail to honour their obligations

Munster with work to do to secure Champions Cup qualification after controversial defeat to Bulls

Irish province forced to play for 14 minutes down a man after the game went to uncontested scrums

Munster seek to address lineout and get back to winning ways against Bulls

Bulls start as five-point underdogs with the bookies and a close contest is anticipated at Thomond Park

Gordon D’Arcy: Leinster can look to Rory McIlroy, Munster need reinforcements

Jordie Barrett and RG Snyman are fundamental to Leinster’s Champions Cup quest

Munster could hand debuts to Michael Milne and Lee Barron against the Bulls

Newly arrived forward duo from Leinster could be pressed straight into action in URC clash

Structural flaws and English clubs’ apathy doing Champions Cup no favours

Rushing the quarter-finals again made no sense whatsoever while botched TV deals a sign of chickens coming home to roost

Will Champions Cup blowouts come back to haunt Leinster?

The Counter Ruck Podcast

‘Incredibly frustrated’ Munster turn attention to crunch URC clash

Tadhg Beirne admits lineout problems cost side dearly in Bordeaux

Munster say goodbye to the Champions Cup after defeat to Bordeaux Bègles

Munster interim head coach Ian Costello disappointed but says strides have been made in the last three weeks

Munster’s grand Champions Cup ambitions put into perspective by explosive Bordeaux

Bordeaux now have a home semi-final and so must have a real chance of claiming the club’s first silverware

Munster’s Ian Costello laments misfiring lineout against Bordeaux Bègles

Irish province lost nine of their own 21 throws under intense pressure from the Bordeaux defensive lineout.

Brave Munster go down fighting in Bordeaux Bègles defeat

Irish province exit Champions Cup with heads held high after memorable contest

Bordeaux 47 Munster 29 (FT) - second half comeback falls short as Munster’s Champions Cup campaign ends

Creaky lineout combined with Bordeaux’s lethal transition attack sees the Irish province fall in France

Tom Farrell making the most of his opportunity and loving life at Munster

Released by Connacht, the 31-year-old centre has started every game for Munster this season

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