The outburst of joy over Munster’s thunderous trophy-winning victory in Cape Town against the highly dangerous Stormers is hugely deserved

Ben Healy - part of a group of twentysomethings who have stepped up in red this term - departs for Edinburgh this summer.

You can have no regrets when you save your best performance of the season, and in this case their best performance in years, for the URC Grand Final

The newly crowned BKT URC champions will be sure to get a huge welcome in Limerick following their 19-14 victory over the Stormers on Saturday.

The travelling red army were treated to a number of stellar performances from the new URC champions 

Munster supremo toasts the end of the province's trophy drought and looks forward to the enormity of URC Grand Final glory sink in, preferably with a good glass of plonk

John Hodnett crashes over for the decisive try four minutes from time after a brilliant and brave Munster display in Cape Town decider

Veteran points to province's road warrior mentality as Graham Rowntree pays tribute to his side's fighting spirit after 19-14 URC Grand Final victory 

At one stage, it seemed fanciful to consider that Munster could finish the season with silverware and Leinster wouldn't

Munster find themselves on the brink of achieving something special. The big question now is, can they deliver?

Jack Crowley had practised kicking drop goals alongside starting fly-half Ben Healy at Aviva Stadium the day before the game against Leinster

The week began with La Rochelle's Irish backroom staff watching Jack Crowley emulate a former Munster out half at Lansdowne Road. It will end in the Aviva Stadium too and the French club's third Champions Cup final on the trot. 

Two precious points pushed Munster ahead of the Bulls in the standings

There are three changes and one positional switch to the side that beat Ospreys two weeks ago.

Head coach Graham Rowntree will have Gavin Coombes, Keith Earls and Roman Salanoa back from Irish camp for the Round 14 game, while Ben Healy has been released from the Scotland squad

John Hodnett led the way with a powerful performance as Munster stormed back from poor start

John Kelly unveiled as a partner in Deloitte’s audit and assurance practice after a 10-year rugby career with Munster and Ireland

That Munster came up just short at Stade Ernest-Wallon yesterday does not matter in the grand scheme of things

Munster can look forward to the return of Peter O’Mahony and Tadhg Beirne for this Saturday’s European home clash with Northampton Saints

Security personnel not 'proactive enough' in getting latecomers to seats as 2,500 people filed into  Blackrock Terrace in 10-minute period

"It’s a real luxury/headache for us as coaches when guys are playing that well in various positions," the Reds boss said after the Sunday evening win.

Graham Rowntree has repeated his confidence in the trajectory his evolving Munster squad and gameplan are on as he prepares for Sunday’s New Year date with Ulster in Belfast

644 solar panels expected to provide enough power on sunny days to meet energy consumption needs of entire Musgrave Park sports campus

Munster have made two changes to the side which defeated Northampton for Monday's sold-out interprovincial clash with Leinster at Thomond Park

The 2002 Heineken Cup final at a packed Millennium Stadium ticks into the final minute with Leicester clinging to a six-point lead but preparing desperately to defend a 5-metre Munster scrum in front of the posts...

It’s no secret that Munster has become so Limerick-centric that the connection that existed between the team and its support base in Cork has been diluted

The Munster players are saying the same thing the lads in Ireland camp were saying 20 months ago. The atmosphere is great, they are enjoying themselves and there is no doubt Rowntree, Prendergast and Leamy are the right men for the job

Jerry Holland

Calls for State to fund extra bus and train services when Cork hosts big events with many fans enduring waits of up to two hours to get home

Cork stadium the first major GAA ground aside from Croke Park to host both rugby and soccer games

Gardaí have issued advice to the capacity crowd of 41,400 fans attending the match

South Africa will be clued in to the unique challenge that the province presents for any international touring side.

Prop Thomas du Toit and lock Jason Jenkins step in from the full squad that gathered for Saturday's Autumn international with Ireland

Graham Rowntree's developing beat combo are fine-tuning their playing

McDonald was signed in the middle of last week when Thomas Ahern was the latest lock to be made unavailable

Injuries and the autumn internationals see Munster make nine changes for their showdown against Ulster

Four home tries all came from forwards, two in the first half from Gavin Coombes and one apiece after the break from Jeremy Loughman and Tadhg Beirne

O’Connell, part of an Ireland coaching group led by Simon Easterby, believes the experience in South Africa will stand to the players on their returns to provincial action

The Ireland prop is loving the new training methods under Munster's new coaches, but admits players 

Munster were uncharacteristically inaccurate and ill-disciplined as they were knocked from pillar to post by a Dragons side who looked like they wanted it more. 

MUNSTER remain winless this season after they fell to their first defeat to the Dragons in seven years.

Mike Prendergast and  Denis Leamy have amassed considerable intellectual property from two of Europe’s elite set-ups

Munster rugby fans in Cork have long lamented that the focus in the province has been centred on Limerick, but that could change for one day in November.

Nienaber served as a member of Munster’s coaching staff with SA Rugby Director of Rugby Rassie Erasmus