Munster

Munster end Ulster's playoff hopes

Munster end Ulster’s playoff hopes

Munster drew 24-24 with Ulster, while there were Pro14 wins for the Cheetahs, Scarlets, Ospreys, Connacht, Zebre and Edinburgh. In the final round of the regular season, hosts Munster came back from a 24-14 half-time deficit, with flyhalf JJ Hanrahan kicking a 68th-minute penalty to level the scores. Munster scored their first try in the second minute of the match… Read more →

Racing to face Leinster in European final

Racing to face Leinster in European final

Racing 92 saw off an improved second-half showing from Munster with a 27-22 win in the European Champions Cup semi-final in Bordeaux on Sunday. DYLAN JACK reports. The French club will face Leinster in the final at San Mamés Stadium in Spain on 12 May. REPORT: Leinster power past ineffective Scarlets A furious opening quarter from Racing ultimately saw them through as wing Teddy… Read more →

Jones rejects Bok offer

Jones rejects Bok offer

Highly-rated Munster assistant coach Felix Jones has turned down an offer to join Rassie Erasmus’ backroom staff in South Africa. According to the Irish Independent, Erasmus had lined up Jones to join the Boks as a skills coach, but he ultimately decided to continue as Munster’s backs and attack coach. The former Ireland and Munster fullback was originally recommended for… Read more →

Grobler receives Van Graan’s support

Grobler receives Van Graan’s support

Munster coach Johann van Graan insists that Gerbrandt Grobler’s doping ban is a ‘thing of the past’. Grobler tested positive for an anabolic-androgenic steroid in 2014 while he was still with the Stormers and Western Province, and received a two-year suspension after admitting his guilt. He was then handed an opportunity with French club Racing 92, before signing a three-year deal… Read more →

Aled Walters

Munster fitness guru to join Boks

Munster’s fitness chief Aled Walters is set to take up a role with Rassie Erasmus as part of the Springbok set-up. Walters, in his sixth season with Munster, joined the Irish team in 2012 as a strength and rehab coach, and has previously worked with the Brumbies in Super Rugby and Taranaki in New Zealand. The Springboks have already recruited… Read more →

Superbru: Glasgow to beat Edinburgh

Superbru: Glasgow to beat Edinburgh

Before you make your Superbru picks for this weekend’s Pro14 games, take a look at the SA Rugbymagazine team’s predictions. ZEBRE vs TREVISO Jon Cardinelli: Treviso by 6 Gary Lemke: TBC Craig Lewis: Treviso by 10 Simon Borchardt: Zebre by 5 Mariette Adams: Treviso by 7 Juandre Joubert: Zebre by 11 If you think you’ve made the right picks, why… Read more →

Stander extends stay at Munster

Stander extends stay at Munster

CJ Stander has signed a three-year contract with the Irish Rugby Football Union to remain at Munster until 2021. Despite a reported offer of €840,000 (R12.6-million) from Montpellier to lure the South African-born loose-forward to France, it was confirmed on Thursday that Stander would be remaining in Ireland. ‘Following a lot of speculation and unfounded articles in the media, I am… Read more →