Alex Wootton
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Jack O’Donoghue returns to Munster XV for Zebre visit
- Pro14
- March 22, 2019, 12:43
Jack O’Donoghue is back in the Munster team to play Zebre at Thomond Park on Saturday night (kick-off: 7.45pm). CJ Stander captains the side on his r(...)

Munster pay respect to Connacht with a season’s best showing
- Pro14
- January 7, 2019, 06:00
Connacht 24 Munster 31 It’s a measure of Munster’s heightened respect for Connacht that not only did they arrive in Galway locked and fairly loaded f(...)

Joey Carbery inspires Munster to thrilling win at Connacht
- Pro14
- January 5, 2019, 22:03
Connacht 24 Munster 31 They started the day in second and third, but after a thunderous and thrilling night in front of a 6,129 capacity crowd, (...)

Munster and Connacht set for war within the war
- Pro14
- January 4, 2019, 19:30
Pro 14: Connacht v Munster Kick-off: 7.35pm. Venue: The Sportsground, Galway. On TV: Live on TG4, EirSport 1 & Premier Sports 2. A war(...)

Irish rugby players showing seven into 15 does go
- Rugby
- December 6, 2018, 07:00
Sevens rugby polarises opinion. Some view it as a standalone bastardisation of the 15-a-side game that does little to develop the skill sets of player(...)

Johann van Graan: Munster’s re-signing of 12 players is ‘brilliant’
- European Cup
- December 5, 2018, 01:00
Johann van Graan has hailed Munster’s re-signing of a dozen players as evidence of the province’s progress, prior to Sunday’s first of their pivotal b(...)

Munster have extended 12 of their players’ contracts
- Pro14
- December 4, 2018, 12:32
Munster have extended the contracts of 12 of their players, nine of whom are products of the province’s underage or academy pathway. John Ryan, Niall(...)

Conor Murray is back in the Munster squad for Italian job
- Pro14
- November 23, 2018, 12:26
Conor Murray is back on the Munster matchday squad for Sunday’s Pro14 encounter with Zebre at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi. Murray’s last competitive ac(...)

Munster's Conor Murray 'didn't go looking' for a move abroad
- Rugby
- October 25, 2018, 06:00
As the world’s best scrumhalf over the last four or five years and at the age of 29, Conor Murray could have been justified in at least sounding out h(...)

Munster warm up for Leinster clash with nine-try rout of Ulster
- Pro14
- September 29, 2018, 21:48
Munster 64 Ulster 7 Munster will know better than anyone that sterner tests await, beginning with Leinster at the Aviva Stadium next Saturday and hig(...)