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Former Munster and Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery

Flannery asked to leave Munster Schools AGM

Former Munster and Ireland hooker Jerry Flannery was asked to leave the Munster Schools AGM last week, despite wishing to make a presentation about the new eligibilty rule.

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Munster coach Rob Penney will have a decision to make at outhalf next season following the retirement of Ronan O'Gara

Munster to look within in search for O’Gara replacement

MUNSTER appear more likely to promote Ian Keatley to first choice out-half next season following Ronan O’Gara’s retirement, rather than sign a high profile replacement over the summer.

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Munster have offered Ronan O'Gara a new one-year contract but have to still to hear back from the player

Munster await O’Gara decision

MUNSTER have offered Ronan O’Gara a new one-year contract - but the province will give the veteran as much time as he wants to make up his mind whether he wants to continue playing or not.

Doug Howlett

Doug Howlett calls time on Munster career

MUNSTER today announced that current squad captain Doug Howlett will retire from professional rugby at the end of this season.

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More training for Munster after Limerick decision

MUNSTER Rugby’s decision to opt for a single training base at the University of Limerick will allow the squad train for up to four additional hours each week, an opportunity which is currently being compromised by the province’s twin-base training system.

Garryowen and Munster A centre, Corey Hircock is returning to the Bedford Blues next summer

Munster’s Hircock returns to Bedford Blues

TALENTED Munster and Garryowen centre Corey Hircock is set to return to English Championship side, Bedford Blues next season.

Munster head coach Rob Penney takes his side to Parma for their final fixture of the season against Zebre this Friday night

Munster face Zebre in final outing

MUNSTER play their final fixture of the season this Friday when Rob Penney’s side travel to Parma to face Zebre (6.45pm, Irish time).

Munster scrum-half Conor Murray, who has been selected in the Lions squad this week

Murray admits meteoric rise to Lions squad is ‘crazy’

MUNSTER’S Conor Murray has described his meteoric rise from playing in a provincial Senior Cup final less than two and a half years ago to being named in the Lions squad this week this summer as ‘crazy,’

Ronan O'Mahony will make his second start for Munster in this Friday night's RaboDirect PRO12 clash with Zebre in Italy

Munster ring the changes for Zebre clash

MUNSTER coach Rob Penney has rung the changes for the province’s final game of the season against Zebre in Italy this Friday night.

Munster's Paul O'Connell holds a British & Irish Lions jersey following squad training this Tuesday

Munster’s O’Connell speaks of Lions delight

TWO Limerick men have been chosen to tour with the Lions in Australia this summer.

Patrickswell's Conor Murray has been named in the Lions squad to tour Australia this summer

Two Munster players selected in Lions squad

JUST two Munster players have been included in the 37-strong Lions squad to tour Australia this summer.

Munster head coach Rob Penney takes his side to Parma for their final fixture of the season against Zebre this Friday night

Penney confident Munster can build on progress

MUNSTER head coach Rob Penney is confident the province can build on their exploits in the Heineken Cup this season.

Munster out-half Ronan O'Gara is mulling over his future

O’Gara remains tightlipped on his rugby future

MUNSTER’S 36-year-old out-half, Ronan O’Gara insisted he had not made a decision on whether he had played his last Heineken Cup match in the province’s semi-final defeat to Clermont Auvergne.

Munster's Paul O'Connell applaud the supporters after defeat to Clermont

Munster fightback falls short against Clermont

MUNSTER’S brave fightback proved in vain as Clermont Auvergne clung on desperately for a 16-10 victory in their pulsating Heineken Cup semi-final tie played at the Stade de la Mosson, Montepellier on Saturday.

Munster’s O’Donnell taking Europe by storm

WHEN you inquire from Tommy O’Connell how he would have responded if you told him that he would be running out for Munster in a glamour Heineken Cup semi-final clash in France this weekend, just seven months on from lining out for UL-Bohemian in the Limerick Charity Cup final, the powerful flanker admits he would have looked at the questioner a bit strangely.

CJ Stander plays in the back-row for Munster A in their British and Irish Cup semi-final meeting with Leinster A at Dooradoyle

Holders Munster A look to book Cup final spot

HOLDERS Munster ‘A’ will be aiming to complete a hat-trick of wins over Leinster ‘A’ when the province’s lock horns in the semi-final of the British and Irish Cup at Garryowen FCs, Dooradoyle grounds this Friday night, April 26, at 7.30pm.

Munster head coach, Rob Penney

Penney backs O’Connell’s ‘mental resilience’

MUNSTER coach Rob Penney believes his Leinster counterpart Joe Schmidt may have been engaging in a degree of ‘gamesmanship’ when commenting on the decision not to cite Paul O’Connell in the wake of the province’s recent RaboDirect PRO12 clash.

Ronan O'Mahony, who made his senior debut for Munster in the PRO12 last week, pictured inaction for the Munster A side in their British and Irish Cup win over Cornish Pirates

Munster Rugby - O’Mahony’s star on the rise

LAST week, dynamic winger Ronan O’Mahony reached a milestone in his hugely promising rugby career when marking his full Munster debut by bagging a try in the RaboDoirect PRO12 clash with the Dragons at Rodney Parade.

Munster's Paul O'Connell speaking during a media conference on Tuesday

Munster’s O’Connell says sorry

MUNSTER second row Paul O’Connell has admitted that the on-going controversy surrounding his accidental kick to Dave Kearney’s head in the recent

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