Simon Lewis

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Simon Lewis

New arrivals Michael Milne and Lee Barron could be in line for Munster debuts at home to the Bulls this Saturday after completing loan moves from Leinster ahead of their permanent summer interprovincial switches. Interim Munster head coach Ian Costello accelerated the moves south for the loosehead prop and hooker following recent injuries to Jeremy Loughman and Diarmuid Barron.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Simon Lewis

Munster have brought forward the arrivals of Leinster front-rowers Lee Barron and Michael Milne after signing the forwards on loan until the end of the season. Loosehead prop Milne and hooker Barron were set to switch provinces on permanent deals this summer but injuries in Munster's Champions Cup knockout ties over the past two weekends have hastened their arrival and subject to URC registration they may be in line to make their debuts in this Saturday’s crunch home game against the Bulls.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Simon Lewis

Aoife Wafer believes finishing third in the Guinness Women’s Six Nations can still represent an improvement on 2024, even if it only matches Ireland’s closing position from 12 months ago. Last Saturday’s 49-5 defeat by England in Cork was Ireland’s second loss in three championship matches having narrowly succumbed to France in the opening round in Belfast.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Simon Lewis

Tadhg Beirne urged his Munster side to take the positives from the second half of their Champions Cup quarter-final into the final four “must-win” games of the URC regular season. Munster exited Europe with a 47-29 last-eight defeat at Bordeaux-Bègles on Saturday but left a 32,215 sold out Stade Chaban-Delmas satisfied with the resolve shown to rally from 29-3 down after 33 minutes to score four tries against the competition’s top seeds.

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Simon Lewis

There could not have been a better evening for Calvin Nash to produce his best performance in a Munster jersey than last Saturday in La Rochelle. The Ireland wing was outstanding when his province needed every one of its players to stand up and be counted as they went up against Ronan O’Gara’s recent two-time Champions Cup winners on their home turf in western France. Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.