Munster rugby

Munster rugby
Full name	Munster rugby
Nickname (s)	The Red Army
Founded	1879
Stadion	Thomond Park ( Limerick ) ; Musgrave Park ( Cork )
Places	26,500 / 8,300
president	Garrett Fitzgerald
Trainer	Johann van Graan
Homepage	www.munsterrugby.ie
league	Pro14
Pro14 2018/19	2. Conference A, semifinals
home	Away

Munster Rugby ( Irish Rugbaí Mumhan) is a professional rugby union team from the Province of Munster in Ireland . She plays in the international championship Pro14 and takes part in European cup competitions. The team represents the Irish Rugby Football Union Munster Branch , one of four sub-associations of the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Home stadiums are Thomond Park in Limerick and Musgrave Park in Cork . The greatest successes are three championship titles in the Pro14 / Celtic League and two cup wins in the Heineken Cup .

history

The team was founded in 1879 and played in the amateur era against the other three provinces ( Connacht , Leinster , Ulster ) for the Irish provincial championship. She also competed regularly against national teams in the southern hemisphere. The team achieved their most glorious victory on October 31, 1978, when they defeated the All Blacks 12-0 at Thomond Park . For a long time this was the only win for an Irish selection against the New Zealand national team .

Since the professionalization of rugby union in the 1990s, Munster Rugby has participated in the Celtic League, the championship of Ireland, Scotland and Wales . After three unsuccessful attempts, Munster qualified for the quarterfinals of the Heineken Cup for the first time in 1998. In 2000, the team advanced to the final, at Twickenham Stadium in London they were defeated by the Northampton Saints 8: 9. Also with only one point difference, Munster lost a year later in the semi-finals Stade Français .

In 2002 Munster was again in the final of the Heineken Cup, but lost at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff 9:15 against the Leicester Tigers . In 2003 Munster had to win in the last group game against the Gloucester RFC with at least 27 points difference in order to reach the quarter-finals, this was achieved with a 33: 6 win and four attempts . Munster then won against defending champions Leicester Tigers, but then lost in the semifinals to Stade Toulousain , again with a single point difference. In the same year Munster won the first (and so far only) championship title.

Another narrow semi-final defeat in the Heineken Cup followed in 2004 against the London Wasps . In 2005 Munster was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Biarritz Olympique . This game took place at the Estadio Anoeta in San Sebastián and was the first encounter in the Heineken Cup on Spanish soil. In 2006 Munster was in the final for the third time: In front of over 74,000 spectators, the Irish won at the Millennium Stadium with 23:19 against Biarritz Olympique. The title defense did not succeed; Munster lost the quarter-finals in 2007 to the Welsh Llanelli Scarlets . In 2008 the second triumph in the Heineken Cup followed. In the final, which again took place in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, Munster defeated Stade Toulousain 16:13. The following season the province won the Celtic League for the second time. Munster won the third title in 2011.

successes

Munster player Ronan O'Gara raises

Victory celebration in Limerick after winning the Heineken Cup in 2006

Champion Pro14: 2003, 2009, 2011
Celtic Cup winner: 2005
Heineken Cup winner : 2006, 2008
Winner British and Irish Cup : 2017
Finalist Heineken Cup: 2000, 2002
Irish provincial championship: 22 championship titles

player

Current squad

The squad for the 2019/2020 season:

Front side (forwards)

pier

Ireland Stephen Archer
Ireland James Cronin
Ireland Dave Kilcoyne
Ireland Jeremy Loughman
Ireland Liam O'Connor
Ireland Ciaran Parker
Ireland John Ryan
Ireland Brian Scott

hooker

Ireland Rhys Marshall
Ireland Kevin O'Byrne
Ireland Niall Scannell

Second row striker

Ireland Tadhg Beirne
Ireland Billy Holland
South Africa Jean Kleyn
Ireland Sean O'Connor
Ireland Darren O'Shea
Ireland Fineen Wycherley

Winger

South Africa Chris Cloete
Ireland Gavin Coombes
Ireland Tommy O'Donnell
Ireland Jack O'Donoghue
Ireland Peter O'Mahony
Ireland Conor Oliver

Number eight

South Africa Arno Botha
Ireland CJ Stander

Back line (backs)

Half of the crowd

Ireland Craig Casey
Ireland Neil Cronin
Ireland Alby Mathewson
Ireland Nick McCarthy
Ireland Conor Murray

Connection half

New Zealand Tyler Bleyendaal
Ireland Joey Carbery
Ireland JJ Hanrahan

Inner three quarters

Ireland Sammy Arnold
Ireland Shane Daly
Ireland Chris Farrell
Ireland Dan Goggin
Ireland Rory Scannell

Outer three-quarters

Ireland Keith Earls
Ireland Calvin Nash
Ireland Ronan O'Mahony
Ireland Darren Sweetnam
Ireland Alex Wootton

Goalkeeper

Ireland Andrew Conway
Ireland Mike Haley

British and Irish Lions

The following Munster Province players have been nominated for the British and Irish Lions .

trip	player
1910	William Joseph Ashby
1910	Oliver Piper
1924	Michael Bradley
1924	William Roche
1950	Tom Clifford
	Mick Lane
	Jim McCarthy
1955	Tom Reid
1959	Michael English
	Noel Murphy
	Gordon Wood
1962	Tom Kiernan
1966	Barry Bresnihan
	Noel Murphy (2nd nomination)
	Jerry Walsh
1968	Barry Bresnihan (2nd nomination)
	Mick Doyle
	Tom Kiernan (2nd nomination)
1974	Moss Keane
1977	Moss Keane (2nd nomination)
1980	Colm Tucker
1980	Tony Ward
1983	Mike Kiernan
	Donal Lenihan
	Gerry McLoughlin
1989	Donal Lenihan (2nd nomination)
1993	Mick Galwey
1993	Richard Wallace
1997	Keith Wood
2001	Rob Henderson
	Ronan O'Gara
	David Wallace
	Keith Wood (2nd nomination)
2005	John Hayes
	Donncha O'Callaghan
	Paul O'Connell
	Ronan O'Gara (2nd nomination)
2009	Keith Earls
	John Hayes (2nd nomination)
	Donncha O'Callaghan (2nd nomination)
	Paul O'Connell (2nd nomination)
	Ronan O'Gara (3rd nomination)
	David Wallace (2nd nomination)
2013	Paul O'Connell (3rd nomination)
	Conor Murray
	Simon Zebo
2017	Conor Murray (2nd nomination)
	Peter O'Mahony
	CJ Stander

Records

Most games

	Surname	Games
1.	Ireland Donncha O'Callaghan	263
2.	Ireland Ronan O'Gara	238
3.	Ireland Peter Stringer	235
4th	Ireland Marcus Horan	217
5.	Ireland John Hayes	210
6th	Ireland Alan Quinlan	207
7th	Ireland David Wallace	203
8th.	Ireland Mick O'Driscoll	199
9.	Ireland Anthony Foley	188
10.	Ireland Billy Holland	185

Most attempts

	Surname	tries
1.	Ireland Simon Zebo	60
2.	Ireland Keith Earls	46
3.	Ireland David Wallace	41
4th	Ireland Anthony Horgan	40
5.	Ireland Anthony Foley	39
6th	New Zealand Doug Howlett	35
	Ireland John Kelly
	Ireland Mike Mullins
9.	Ireland CJ Stander	33
9.	Ireland Alan Quinlan	33

Most of the points

	Surname	Points
1.	Ireland Ronan O'Gara	2571
2.	Ireland Ian Keatley	1237
3.	Ireland Paul Warwick	420
4th	Ireland JJ Hanrahan	351
5.	Ireland Jeremy Staunton	322
6th	Ireland Simon Zebo	300
7th	New Zealand Tyler Bleyendaal	290
8th.	Ireland Paul Burke	245
9.	Ireland Keith Earls	230
10.	Ireland David Wallace	205

Web links

Munster Rugby website

Individual evidence

^ 1st Team Squad. Munster Rugby, accessed August 29, 2019 .

[1] 1st Team Squad. Munster Rugby, accessed August 29, 2019 .