Munster Rugby

Irish province will now meet the winners of Glasgow and Stormers in the semi-finals

All you need to know as Munster take on Ospreys and Leinster welcome Ulster to the Aviva Stadium in the URC knock-out stages

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The defending champions have won nine on the spin in the URC as they look to make it back-to-back titles

Leinster’s Ross Byrne has concentrated on existing strengths rather than try to diversify his game

Simon Zebo would cherish ending his long career with the province with another URC winner’s medal

In every generation there are players who play to a different beat. The beauty of Zebo as a rugby player was that he was a mosaic of other influences

Graham Rowntree’s side overcame a deficit to secure the victory with 10 minute remaining in Thomond Park

Munster secured the top seed and home advantage for the URC knockouts while Leinster or Ulster will likely have to travel to South Africa

Northern province now face a trip to Dublin to take on Leinster in the quarters at the Aviva Stadium

Munster know a victory would guarantee them top spot in the URC table and a home run in the knockouts, including a potential final

Leinster’s traditional festive trip to Thomond Park up in the air with dates for that clash as of yet unconfirmed

Former South African under-20 seen as direct replacement for Simon Zebo, who is retiring at end of season

New Zealand-born Aidan Morgan qualifies for Ireland through his grandfather and will join Ulster from the Hurricanes this summer

Despite qualifying for Ireland, the France-born centre moves to the Top 14 in a bid to earn a cap for the country of his birth

Current system sees each contract fully financed by the union and addresses complaint from other provinces that Leinster had advantage

From thrilling tries to outrageous footwork and a prank call to his Munster boss, the Cork man did everything with a smile

The 34-year-old has announced that he will call time on his career at the end of the season

As he prepares to end his 10-year stint as IRFU high-performance director, the Australian reflects on guiding changes to Irish structure and mentality even when that caused tensions

Jack Crowley’s penalty hands Munster the spoils in a bonus point display in the Scottish capital

As rugby competes with concert season - not to mind the Europa League final - the sport is battling to hold onto its own venues

Leinster and Munster battle for as high a seed as possible while Ulster and Connacht find themselves towards the bottom end of the top eight

Edinburgh away always a difficult assignment but Munster can maintain their bid for a high placing on the league table and the home knockout benefits that accrue

Pete Wilkins ‘hugely disappointed’ as Munster show their class in URC encounter

With 19,000 tickets already sold, Munster will have the crowd behind them and be keen to nail an interprovincial success

Jimmy O’Brien makes first Leinster start since December against Ospreys; Ulster make five changes for trip to Scarlets

‘When these pressure situations come, I think we react very well,’ says flanker

Defence coach praises the 34-year-old as province move towards their last three URC matches before knockout phase

The fit-again Springbok hopes to help Munster to back-to-back URC titles before he departs for Leinster

Among the influences on Saturday’s European Champions Cup semi-final between Leinster and Northampton will be a unique factor: the venue

Why are microphones allowed into schools’ matches at Energia Park and not for the AIL final at the Aviva? What’s wrong with additional colour?

John Forde was sent off 20 minutes in for a high tackle but Con prove the more clinical of the two sides as Terenure fail to make the advantage count

Two bonus-point victories in as many weeks in South Africa leaves Graham Rowntree’s men in a healthy spot on the URC ladder

O’Brien starts in the centres alongside Antoine Frisch as Graham Rowntree largely keeps faith in the XV which secured a win over the Bulls

‘If we don’t get the funding we need, things will just continue as they are’ warns the FAI’s academy development manager

When Munster winger Calvin Nash failed a head injury assessment, Leinster’s Ciarán Frawley came on. Then Frawley also went down, leaving Conor Murray as Ireland’s other backline replacement

Winger says departure from province after nearly three years was ‘fairly soul-destroying’ but ‘there’s no bad blood’

Munster are treading a similar path to last season, pulling out some great wins away from home. They know the virtues of timing a run, better than most

Before taking on the Lions as part of their attempt to finish the season on a high, Graham Rowntree’s side have returned to a familiar spot in Cape Town

A long-term successor to Conor Murray and Jamison Gibson-Park may be emerging in Connacht