Neil Cronin
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Joey Carbery progressing ‘really well’ in bid to make Munster return
- Pro14
- February 17, 2021, 06:00
It may soon be time to add a fresh page to the Joey Carbery chronicles. The 25-year-old outhalf has ratcheted up the training workload with Munster as(...)

Graham Rowntree backs Paul O’Connell to shine in Ireland coaching role
- Pro14
- January 26, 2021, 15:42
Graham Rowntree has hailed the “brilliant” appointment of Paul O’Connell as the Irish forwards coach and forecast that the former Irish captain will b(...)

Johann van Graan expecting a Leinster side that means business on Saturday
- Pro14
- January 19, 2021, 15:08
In the fall-out from Leinster’s Pro 14 semi-final win over Munster at the Aviva Stadium last September, Johann van Graan’s side copped plenty of flak (...)

Munster to restore international front-liners for Connacht clash
- Rugby
- January 6, 2021, 15:13
Munster will restore all their fit international front-liners for Saturday’s crunch Conference B summit meeting with Connacht at the Sportsground havi(...)

Ben Healy ruled out of Munster’s tough away day against Clermont
- European Cup
- December 16, 2020, 15:10
Johann van Graan’s ire over the roughing up by Harlequins has been compounded by 21-year-old outhalf Ben Healy being ruled out of Munster’s daunting H(...)

Graham Rowntree delighted with how Munster’s young guns have integrated
- European Cup
- December 9, 2020, 14:37
Munster have welcomed back their nine-strong international contingent who had varying workloads in the Autumn Nations Cup and now face some difficult (...)

Van Graan salutes Munster’s true grit after another great escape
- Pro14
- October 12, 2020, 06:00
Munster 25 Edinburgh 23 Sometimes the result matters more than the performance and this was one of those nights for, in many respects, this was larce(...)

Munster break Zebre resistance in second half
- Pro14
- February 21, 2020, 22:04
Zebre 0 Munster 28 Munster produced a strong second-half performance to earn a bonus point victory over 14-man Zebre at Stadio Giovanni Mari in Milan(...)

Niall Scannell captains Munster side for Zebre challenge
- Pro14
- February 20, 2020, 12:31
Munster head coach Johann van Graan has made six changes to the side that defeated Southern Kings in Cork last week for his team’s Pro14 clash with Ze(...)

Munster lord it over Southern Kings in 10-try rout
- Pro14
- February 14, 2020, 21:59
Munster 68 Southern Kings 3 Munster ran in 10 tries as debutant John Hodnett produced a man-of-the-match display in Musgrave Park against a Kings sid(...)