CJ Stander acknowledged the encouragement and drive of his team-mates after being named Munster’s Player of the Year at the province’s 2015 Munster Rugby Awards in Cork yesterday.

Conor Murray has been named this year's Munster Rugby Player of the Year at the annual Munster Rugby Awards.

The Munster Rugby Awards luncheon returned to Cork on Friday when a number of clubs throughout the province were rewarded for their efforts with Kanturk RFC proving the most vocal and well represented.

In the second of ourinterviews with the four Academy Player of the Year nominees ahead of this weekend’s Munster Rugby Awards inassociation with the IrishExaminer, Alan Good talks to Cathal Sheridan

The sixth annual Munster Rugby Awards, in association with the Irish Examiner, will take place on Saturday, May 5 at Thomond Park.

PAUL O’CONNELL has guaranteed Magners League semi-final opponents Ospreys a high-intensity Munster performance when the Welshmen visit Thomond Park this Saturday.

JAMES COUGHLAN scooped the Munster Rugby Player of the Year award but insisted a Magners League title was the prize that mattered most.

JAMES COUGHLAN was last night named Player of the Year at the Munster Rugby Awards, in association with the Irish Examiner.

Ahead of tonight’s Munster Rugby Awards, we profile David O’Callaghan and Cathal Sheridan, two of the young stars in contention for the Academy Player of the Year accolade

MICK O’DRISCOLL has launched a passionate defence of Irish rugby in the wake of Munster and Leinster’s Heineken Cup exits.

THERE are still a number of big games to go, but sitting in second position in the Magners League with only three rounds remaining, and with a Heineken Cup semi-final place secured, it’s already been a good year for Munster rugby.

MUNSTER has always taken pride in producing its own. Indigenous talent has been the bedrock of its success, and while a vibrant club game once provided the raw materials for the first generation of professional players, the provincial Academy is now viewed as the direct route to professional ranks.

THE NEW Thomond Park Stadium is the venue for the third Munster Rugby Awards, a gala evening that will celebrate both the professional and domestic games in the province.

On the brink of sealing a memorable season for the Red Army, Munster stars, new and more familiar, line out to compete for a prestigious award, four players have been short-listed for the prestigious Munster Player of the Year Award to take place in May, writes Edward Newman.

HEINEKEN Cup officials confirmed last night that a further 1,750 tickets for Munster’s European Cup semi-final clash with Saracens on Sunday week have been allocated to the province.

NEVER mind that it was the inaugural Munster rugby awards — there will never be a more popular player of the year than prop John Hayes.

ONE of Munster’s brightest young stars, Darragh Hurley, has accepted a two-year full-time contract.