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

Munster Rugby Academy graduates, Danny Barnes, Conor Murray and Peter O'Mahony, will make their Heineken Cup starts against Northampton Saints in Thomond Park Stadium tomorrow evening (6pm).

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

TOP scrum coach Mike Cron, who trains the All Blacks’ scrummagers, is spending a week in the Munster area, working with his Munster counterpart Paul McCarthy and the Munster Rugby Academy and sub Academy players.

THOMOND PARK will host its first live cooking demonstration next month when rising young rugby stars line out with a renowned chef.

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.

UCC’S brave bid to put back-to-back AIB Division 2 titles together came undone in their final game of the season against Ballynahinch on Saturday.

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.

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

THE future of Munster’s elite rugby players has been entrusted to New Zealander Hamish Adams.

The Munster Rugby Academy will be launched at Dolphin RFC next Saturday.