Munster Rugby are happy to announce contract extensions for Stephen Archer, Dave Kilcoyne and Calvin Nash.
Our report look holder, tighthead prop Archer has signed a six-month extension that retains him on the province till the tip of January 2025.
Loosehead prop Kilcoyne has signed a one-year extension that retains him at Munster till the tip of the 2024/25 season.
Winger Nash was already contracted for the 2024/25 season and has signed a one-year extension to maintain him at Munster till no less than 2026.
With 281 appearances to his title, Stephen Archer made his Munster debut in 2009 and is having fun with one other stellar season in crimson.
The 36-year-old helped Munster to the URC title final season with a string of excellent performances, making 15 appearances over the marketing campaign.
Archer began final season’s URC quarter-final, semi-final and ultimate as Munster clinched the title, additionally enjoying back-to-back 80 minutes away to Stormers and Sharks within the ultimate rounds of the common season.
Capped twice by Eire, the Cork Structure and CBC man has made 18 appearances thus far this season.
56-cap Eire worldwide Dave Kilcoyne has scored 22 tries in 218 Munster appearances since making his debut in 2011.
The 35-year-old travelled to his second Rugby World Cup with Eire earlier this season and made 4 appearances within the competitors.
A Grand Slam and URC title winner final yr, Kilcoyne made his 2 hundredth Munster look towards Edinburgh in February 2022 and is one in every of solely 14 gamers to achieve the landmark.
The Ardscoil Rís and UL Bohs man has been restricted to 3 Munster appearances thus far this season as a result of a shoulder damage.
Calvin Nash has been in a wealthy vein of kind over the previous two seasons and loved a breakthrough 6 Nations marketing campaign with Eire.
The 26-year-old was a key participant in Munster’s URC triumph final season and was a try-scorer within the Grand Closing.
He scored seven tries in 17 begins final season and has stepped up once more this yr with 5 tries in 16 begins. Nash has scored 19 tries in 70 Munster appearances to this point.
The winger made a huge effect on the worldwide stage this yr, serving to Eire to the 6 Nations title. He made his first worldwide begin away to France within the competitors opener and went on to start out all 5 video games, scoring two tries.
The Limerick speedster performed his membership and colleges rugby with Younger Munster RFC and Crescent Faculty Complete respectively.
