Munster keen to stage European game at Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Munster Rugby would “love” to stage a Champions Cup game at the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Munster Rugby would “love” to stage a European Champions Cup game at the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh, chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald has said, in a wide-ranging interview published in Saturday's Irish Examiner, writes Simon Lewis.

The redeveloped GAA stadium will re-open this summer as a 45,000-capacity state of the art sports venue with rugby's national governing body the IRFU including Páirc Uí Chaoimh as one of its proposed venues for Ireland's 2023 Rugby World Cup bid, to be decided by World Rugby this November.