9 gamers will be a part of the Munster Rugby senior squad this summer season with 4 new additions and 5 gamers stepping up from the Academy.
Thaakir Abrahams, Billy Burns, Tom Farrell and Diarmuid Kilgallen are the brand new signings.
Tony Butler, Ethan Coughlan, Mark Donnelly, Edwin Edogbo and Brian Gleeson transfer up from the Academy having already made 52 senior appearances between them.
Discover out extra concerning the new members of our senior squad beneath.
Along with the beneath 9 new signings, hooker Eoghan Clarke and prop Oli Jager joined the province mid-season final yr and have made a big effect. Clarke has joined Munster till a minimum of the summer season of 2025 with Jager signing till 2027.
Thaakir Abrahams
Age: 25 (10/01/1999)
Place: Again three
A particularly quick and elusive winger/full-back with misleading energy, Abrahams joins Munster on a two-year contract after one season with Lyon the place he scored 5 tries in 5 Champions Cup appearances.
A former South Africa U20 worldwide, Abrahams captained Paarl Boys Excessive in his faculty days earlier than serving to the Junior Springboks to a third-placed end on the 2019 U20 World Cup.
He represented Western Province at underage stage earlier than transferring to Durban to hitch the Sharks, rapidly making his Tremendous Rugby debut in 2020.
His three seasons at Sharks noticed Abrahams impress within the Champions Cup, URC, Tremendous Rugby and Currie Cup competitions earlier than his transfer to Lyon final summer season.
Abrahams has an eye fixed for the spectacular and his unbelievable solo attempt for Sharks in opposition to Leinster was nominated for the 2022/23 URC Attempt of the Season.
Thaakir Abrahams.
Billy Burns
Age: 30 (13/06/1994)
Place: Out-half
Eire worldwide Billy Burns joins Munster on a one-year contract after a wonderful six years at Ulster Rugby.
The inventive out-half made 114 appearances for Ulster since becoming a member of in 2018, scoring 120 factors and nailing down the beginning 10 jersey.
Previous to becoming a member of Ulster, Burns made 101 appearances for Gloucester after making his debut as a 17-year-old.
He made his Eire debut in opposition to Wales in 2020 and has earned seven caps. Born in Bathtub, he qualifies for Eire via his grandfather.
Billy Burns.
Tom Farrell
Age: 30 (01/10/1993)
Place: Centre
Tom Farrell joins Munster on a two-year deal after a really profitable seven years at Connacht the place he scored 21 tries in 112 appearances.
A former Eire U20 worldwide, Farrell joined Connacht from Bedford Blues in 2017 and rapidly grew to become a key member of their squad.
A inventive midfielder with good offloading abilities, Farrell earned a call-up to the Eire squad for the 2019 Six Nations.
He has made 33 appearances for Connacht over the previous two seasons, together with begins within the 2022/23 URC quarter-final and semi-final.
Born in Dublin, Farrell got here up via the ranks at Coolmine RFC earlier than spending three years within the Leinster Academy.
He had spells with London Irish and Bedford Blues in England earlier than a profitable spell at Connacht.
Tom Farrell.
Diarmuid Kilgallen
Age: 23 (03/08/2000)
Place: Again three
Thrilling younger speedster Kilgallen hails from Eadestown in Kildare and joins Munster on a two-year deal after scoring 12 tries in 23 appearances for Connacht.
He began out at Naas RFC earlier than taking part in colleges rugby for Cistercian Faculty Roscrea on the Tipperary-Offaly border.
He joined the Connacht Academy in 2019 and made his debut in opposition to Munster in 2020.
A tall, athletic winger, he scored 10 tries in 15 appearances over the past two seasons.
Diarmuid Kilgallen.
Tony Butler
Age: 22 (23/04/2002)
Place: Out-half
A product of Ennis RFC, Butler has earned a two-year senior contract after a really productive three years within the Academy.
He has made eight senior appearances to this point, together with begins in opposition to the Dragons and Connacht final season.
A Grand Slam winner with the Eire U20s in 2022, Butler now performs his Energia All-Eire League rugby with Younger Munster having beforehand lined out for Garryowen.
He captained Ennis at underage stage, teaming up with fellow new senior squad member Ethan Coughlan at half-back as they loved success within the Munster U16 and U18 Golf equipment competitions.
Tony Butler.
Ethan Coughlan
Age: 22 (13/04/2002)
Place: Scrum-half
Coughlan loved a wonderful 2023/24 marketing campaign with six senior appearances and his first Munster attempt within the season-opener in opposition to Sharks.
In whole, he made 10 senior appearances over his three years within the Academy and strikes up on a two-year contract.
He loved nice success alongside Butler with Ennis at underage stage, earlier than captaining the Eire U18 Golf equipment staff.
He additionally received a Grand Slam with the Eire U20s in 2022 and performs his All-Eire League rugby with Shannon.
Ethan Coughlan.
Mark Donnelly
Age: 23 (14/03/2001)
Place: Prop
Mark Donnelly has signed a two-year contract having already made 9 senior appearances for Munster as an Academy participant after developing via the ranks at Midleton RFC, Midleton Faculty, and CBC Cork.
He was a Pinergy Munster Faculties Senior Cup winner with CBC in 2019, and featured for the Eire U20s within the 2021 Six Nations Championship.
He joined the Munster Academy that summer season earlier than making his senior debut, together with Butler and Coughlan, in opposition to Wasps in that memorable Champions Cup pool sport in Coventry.
Alongside along with his 9 senior Munster appearances, Donnelly has additionally performed often for Garryowen within the All-Eire League over the previous three years.
Mark Donnelly.
Edwin Edogbo
Age: 21 (21/12/2002)
Place: Lock
Academy lock Edwin Edogbo has earned a two-year contract after scoring three tries in 15 Munster appearances over the previous two seasons.
Edwin got here up via the ranks at Cobh Pirates and is the primary participant from the membership to play for Munster within the skilled period.
The 21-year-old performs his AIL rugby with UCC and is presently sidelined with an achilles harm.
Edwin Edogbo.
Brian Gleeson
Age: 20 (05/02/2004)
Place: Again-row ahead
20-year-old Gleeson strikes as much as the senior squad on a two-year deal after only one yr within the Academy that has seen him rating one attempt in 9 senior appearances.
He had already made three Champions Cup appearances earlier than turning 20 having come up via the ranks at Thurles RFC and Rockwell Faculty.
The highly effective back-row ahead was a Grand Slam winner with the Eire U20s in 2023 and performs his AIL rugby with Garryowen. He captained the Eire U20s of their World Championship semi-final defeat to England final week.
Brian Gleeson.
Tickets
Vodafone Girls’s Interprovincial Championship Spherical 1
Saturday, August 10
Munster v Ulster, Virgin Media Park, 2.30pm; Purchase tickets right here
Vodafone Girls’s Interprovincial Championship Spherical 2
Saturday, August 17
Munster v Leinster, Virgin Media Park, 4.45pm; Purchase tickets right here
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Friday, September 6
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