Rory Keane
Rugby Correspondent at Daily Mail
Rugby Correspondent at Extra.ie
Rugby correspondent: Irish Daily Mail and Irish Mail on Sunday. Email: [email protected]
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6 days ago |
extra.ie | Rory Keane
WHEN it comes to backs-to-the-wall, against-the-odds victories on foreign soil, Munster are the masters. The list of stadiums sacked by the province is a long and hallowed list. Vicarage Road in 1999, Stade Chaban-Delmas in 2000, Welford Road in 2003 and 2006, Kingsholm in 2008, The Stoop in 2012, AJ Bell Stadium in 2014, Stade Marcel Michelin in 2020, Scotstoun, Aviva Stadium and DHL Stadium in 2023, Stade Felix Mayol in 2024.
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6 days ago |
extra.ie | Rory Keane
Leinster find themselves in a bit of a no-win situation at the moment. If Leo Cullen’s side go on to claim the URC title, there won’t be much praise or recognition outside of the operation. Their latest Champions Cup failure will continue to dominate the narrative long into the summer and most of next season, too. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW Should the province fail, however, then the backlash will be furious.
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1 week ago |
extra.ie | Rory Keane
These summer development tours tend to be more relaxed excursions. Paul O’Connell, the second interim head coach of the national team this season, will take a largely experimental squad to Georgia and Portugal in July. The whole project will have a distinctly off-Broadway vibe. The British and Irish Lions tour will be grabbing the majority of the media attention. Save for a small travelling press corps, an inexperienced coaching team and a largely youthful squad won’t be under much scrutiny.
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1 week ago |
extra.ie | Rory Keane
The scale of the task facing Munster this weekend is seismic, with a star-studded Sharks side providing the opposition in Durban. The province snuck into the URC playoffs by dint of that nerve-shredding final-round win against Treviso in Cork. And Munster’s reward was a trip to South Africa to face a squad loaded with Test quality.
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1 week ago |
extra.ie | Rory Keane
Munster are on the road again. The squad boarded a flight to South Africa yesterday ahead of a seismic URC quarter-final with a Springboks-laden Sharks side in Durban on Saturday. That part of the world doesn’t hold particularly fond memories for this playing group. Kings Park was the scene of a 41-24 hammering at the hands of the rampant hosts in October, a fitting end to a miserable two-week tour of South Africa. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW Munster weren’t in a great place then.
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