Check out the stats from the 2023/24 season which noticed the Munster’s Ladies’s squad attain the Interpro ultimate and the lads’s squad attain the URC semi-final and the knockout phases of the Champions Cup.
The primary URC fixture of the 2024/25 season might be an Interpro in opposition to Connacht on Saturday twenty first September, with pre-season friendlies introduced within the coming weeks. The Munster Ladies’s squad may also kick off their Interprovincial Championship marketing campaign in August.
Scroll right down to see the very important stats from each side.
Munster Ladies
Munster secured second place within the Interprovincial Championship in August and September, together with two bonus level wins, however dropping out to Leinster within the ultimate. Again-row Dorothy Wall captained the facet for all 4 matches.
Niamh Briggs’ facet began effectively with back-to-back bonus level victories away in Armagh v Ulster, and at Virgin Media Park in opposition to Connacht. This led them to safe a spot within the ultimate earlier than the ultimate spherical. Leinster proved to be a troublesome opposition, because the Munster Ladies misplaced away in Spherical 3, and at Virgin Media Park within the ultimate.
The marketing campaign began with a 14–41 win v Ulster, with Stephanie Carroll scoring a hat-trick and was awarded Vodafone Participant of the Match. Ellen Boylan, Jane Clohessy, Abbie Salter-Townsend, and Brianna Heylmann all acquired their first appearances for the province with Gillian Coombes and Ciara Farrell getting their first begins.
The second recreation at Virgin Media Park noticed Munster beat Connacht 46-7 in one other bonus-point victory, awarding them a high of the desk spot and guaranteeing them a spot within the ultimate. Beth Buttimer made her first look having turned 18 the week of the match.
In Spherical 3, Munster misplaced away at Donnybrook to a powerful Leinster facet, with Aoibhe Flynn making her Munster debut. Leinster returned every week later to Virgin Media Park the place they beat Munster 14-33.
Stephanie Caroll and Deirbhile Nic a Bháird had been awarded Participant of the Match for standout performances in opposition to Ulster and Connacht respectively.
The Munster Ladies additionally took on the Barbarians in a singular double-header in September at Thomond Park, with Fiona Reidy enjoying her ultimate recreation for Munster. Included within the Barbarians Ladies’s Squad had been former Munster gamers Ciara Griffin and Kathryn Buggy.
The 13 strive scorers had been: Stephanie Caroll (3), Clodagh O’Halloran, Roisin Ormond, Ellen Boylan, Brianna Heylmann, Maeve Óg O’Leary (2), Dorothy Wall (2), Deirbhile Nic a Bháird (3), Kate Flannery, Alana McInerney, Aoife Doyle, Fiona Reidy and Chloe Pearse.
Munster Males
Munster gained 15 out of 25 video games in 2023/24 as Graham Rowntree’s facet completed high of the URC desk heading into the knock-out phases. They beat Ospreys within the quarter-final, however misplaced out to Glasgow Warriors within the semi-final at Thomond Park.
Munster gained a historic victory away in Toulon within the third spherical of this yr’s Champions Cup, getting by means of to the knock-out phases, solely to be defeated by Northampton Saints within the Spherical of 16.
Because the flip of the yr Munster misplaced simply 4 of the fifteen video games (eight away, seven residence), together with a profitable tour to South Africa, beating each the Lions and Bulls.
48 gamers had been concerned in aggressive matchday squads together with 11 Academy gamers, the latter of which bolstered the Munster squad by means of an harm disaster mid-season.
Assault & Defence
Munster scored 623 factors and 83 tries in 25 video games, averaging 24 factors per recreation and three.3 tries.
Munster conceded 465 factors and 49 tries – conceding a mean rating of 18 factors per recreation and 1.9 tries.
Debuts
There have been debuts for 4 senior gamers this season and 5 from the Academy.
The total checklist of debutants contains: Alex Nankivell, Seán O’Brien, Oli Jager, Eoghan Clarke, Fionn Gibbons, Brian Gleeson, Shay McCarthy, Kieran Ryan and Ben O’Connor.
There have additionally been Champions Cup debuts for Shay McCarthy, Alex Nankivell, Ben O’Connor, Oli Jager and Brian Gleeson.
Factors & Appearances
Jack Crowley was the highest factors scorer with 147 factors (115 URC & 32 Champions Cup).
Tom Ahern was the highest try-scorer with Ahern with 8 in 23 appearances, enjoying each recreation earlier than the URC knock-out phases.
This season Gavin Coombes and Alex Kendellen each performed in each URC and Champions Cup recreation, with Shane Daly making 24 begins in 24 appearances, incomes him the URC ‘Iron Man’ award.
Jeremy Loughman and Antoine Frisch each made 22 appearances.
Awards & Landmarks
Tom Ahern, Tadhg Beirne (2), Joey Carbery, Gavin Coombes, Jack Crowley (6), Mike Haley, Calvin Nash (2) and Seán O’Brien had been Munster’s Participant of the Match winners in each the URC and Champions Cup.
A number of Munster gamers had been nominated for awards on the Rugby Participant Eire Awards together with Craig Casey for Strive of the Yr, and Tom Ahern and Jack Crowley for Younger Participant of the Yr. Craig Casey’s strive in opposition to Leinster on the Aviva went on to win.
Following his retirement, Keith Earls was honoured with the Contribution to Irish Society award.
Shane Daly gained the URC ‘Iron Man’ award, given to the participant who has racked up essentially the most minutes within the common season. He performed 1430 minutes and 18 video games and was the one Irish provincial participant to start out all 18 rounds of the URC.
Jack Crowley was additionally named among the many winners, profitable the ‘Subsequent Gen’ Participant award, which recognises younger up-and-coming expertise.
Alex Nankivell, Jack Crowley and Tadhg Beirne had been the three Munster gamers included within the URC Elite XV.
Head Coach Graham Rowntree was named BKT Coach of the Season, voted for by the league’s head coaches.
Andrew Conway retired after the primary recreation of the season in opposition to the Sharks on his a hundred and fiftieth Munster look, scoring his fiftieth strive for the province.
Fineen Wycherley acquired his a hundredth cap in opposition to Ulster, and Stephen Archer turned the membership’s most capped participant ever with 269 caps, as he ran out in opposition to Leinster.
Jack O’Donoghue reached his two hundredth cap this season in opposition to Edinburgh, turning into the youngest Munster participant to achieve that landmark.
This season’s Munster Rugby Awards might be introduced on the finish of the summer time.
Internationals
17 Munster gamers have been on worldwide obligation this season for Eire, enjoying within the World Cup and Six Nations.
Keith Earls and Peter O’Mahony each earned their a hundredth take a look at caps in the course of the Rugby World Cup, with O’Mahony captaining the facet all through the marketing campaign. Tadhg Beirne, Craig Casey, Jack Crowley, Dave Kilcoyne, Jeremy Loughman and Conor Murray additionally featured within the wider squad that reached the quarter ultimate.
RG Snyman and Jean Kleyn additionally lined out for South Africa who went on to be topped champions.
Seven Munster gamers had been a part of the squad that gained the Six Nations marketing campaign, together with Jack Crowley, Calvin Nash, Tadhg Beirne, Peter O’Mahony, Conor Murray, Oli Jager and Jeremy Loughman, with Tom Ahern a part of the broader squad. It was Nash’s first Six Nations, scoring a strive on his first begin in opposition to France. Tadhg Beirne earned his fiftieth Cap in opposition to Scotland.
Dorothy Wall and Enya Breen had been each chosen to signify Eire within the Ladies’s Six Nations, the place the group went on to qualify for the Rugby World Cup 2025.
Within the U20s Males’s Six Nations, Sean Edogbo, Luke Murphy, Ben O’Connor, Danny Sheahan and captain Evan O’Connell all took half. O’Connell acquired the Participant of the Match in opposition to each Scotland and Wales, and Ben O’Connor in opposition to Italy.
Attendances
Munster have performed at residence in three completely different venues this season – Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Thomond Park and Virgin Media Park.
In February, Munster beat the Crusaders in a memorable night at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The house facet took on the Tremendous Rugby Champions in entrance of a sold-out, 40,885 robust crowd.
25,600 had been in attendance at Thomond Park as Munster took on Leinster on St Stephen’s Day.
Over 8000 followers watched the three fixtures held at Virgin Media Park in Cork; Dragons, Glasgow and Zebre.
Departing Gamers
Our because of Andrew Conway, Simon Zebo, RG Snyman, Joey Carbery, Antoine Frisch, Jack O’Sullivan, Chris Moore, Keynan Knox and Neil Cronin as they’ve accomplished their time on the province.
See movies of the departing gamers beneath with extra to come back within the following weeks.
