Person: Alan Cotter

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Irish clubs suffering as French swooping for country’s best emerging talent

French rugby clubs are targeting school leavers as they seek to attract Ireland’s young talent with the lure of a decent living wage and a good lifestyle.

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Leinster ‘in no rush’ to find new coach as Jono Gibbes sticks with Clermont Auvergne

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Botha gets six-month Munster deal

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Foley faces nervous wait as Smith a doubt for Clermont clash

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O’Driscoll warning for Reds

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Munster name side to face Dragons

Major changes for Munster side to face Cardiff

Anthony Foley has made 11 changes to the starting fifteen that

beat Saracens in Thomond last Friday night.

Fri, 31 Oct, 2014

Dougall and Holland return with Munster A

Senior flanker Sean Dougall returns to active service with Munster’s A’s tonight facing Nottingham as Mick O’Driscoll’s men look to bounce back from last week’s defeat by Worcester.

Fri, 24 Oct, 2014

Late Betty try sinks Munster A

Worcester Warriors 27 Munster A 23

Mon, 20 Oct, 2014

O’Driscoll makes four Munster A changes

Munster A coach Mick O’Driscoll makes four personnel changes from last weekend’s British & Irish Cup for this afternoon’s clash with Worcester Warriors (Sixways, 3pm).

Sat, 18 Oct, 2014

Injured Earls in Champions Cup squad

Even though Anthony Foley was far from optimistic about Keith Earls’ prospects of being given the all clear at his consultation with a top Swedish consultant in London on Monday next, the Munster head coach has included the Ireland and Lions centre in his 38-man European Champions Cup squad.

Fri, 26 Sep, 2014

Keatley looks to bright future as new era starts for Munster

Ian Keatley will start at out-half for Munster in their Guinness PRO12 opener at home to Edinburgh tonight (KO: 7.35pm) nursing the same injury he had to manage throughout the last campaign.

Fri, 05 Sep, 2014

Three Munster players set for first competitive starts

Munster coach Anthony Foley has included three debutants as he named his starting side for their opening PRO12 fixture.

Thu, 04 Sep, 2014

Warhorse O’Callaghan leads Munster into battle

Veterans Donncha O’Callaghan and BJ Botha provide the experience in an otherwise youthful side chosen by new Munster head coach Anthony Foley for tomorrow’s pre-season friendly against Gloucester at Kingsholm (3pm).

Fri, 22 Aug, 2014

11 changes for Munster as they chase home semi-final

Munster have made 11 changes to the side that lost to Toulon in the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup for their penultimate league game against Edinburgh.

Fri, 02 May, 2014

Munster star O'Connell returns to face Connacht

Head Coach Rob Penney has made nine changes for tomorrow's Sportsground showdown against Connacht at 6.15pm.

Fri, 18 Apr, 2014

Munster boost as O’Mahony given all-clear

Munster have been given a boost ahead of today’s Heineken Cup quarter-final against Toulouse after captain Peter O’Mahony was included in Rob Penney’s team to face the four-time champions at Thomond Park (1:30pm).

Sat, 05 Apr, 2014

O’Connor takes no risks with players or Euro hopes

They may be the “Six Nations champions”, according to Rob Penney, but Leinster head coach Matt O’Connor is taking no chances with his selection for tonight’s top-of-the-table league clash with Munster, keeping several frontline players out of the inter-provincial fray ahead of European battle next weekend.

Sat, 29 Mar, 2014

Leinster and Munster name teams for Aviva showdown

By Peter O’ Dwyer

Fri, 28 Mar, 2014

Being frozen out again not an option for Reds

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Sat, 21 Dec, 2013

Malone expects tough Stirling challenge

Munster A coach Peter Malone predicts a difficult assignment against Scottish outfit, Stirling County, in this evening’s British and Irish Cup opener under floodlights at Bandon RFC (5pm).

Sat, 12 Oct, 2013

Munster stars leg it to build team spirit

Call it team-building, call it silly season, call it a stroke of marketing genius, but the groups of Munster rugby players racing around the province on foot are proving a huge Twitter hit.

Thu, 01 Aug, 2013

UL Bohemians edge low-scoring encounter

Young Munster 0 UL Bohemians 6

Fri, 29 Mar, 2013

Costello keeps Munster minds focused on task in hand as Plymouth visit

Champions Munster bid to become the fourth team guaranteed a place in the B&I Cup quarter-finals when they host Plymouth Albion at Temple Hill, Cork, tonight (7pm).

Fri, 18 Jan, 2013

O’Donnell at risk of missing Saracens clash

Munster flanker Tommy O'Donnell is the one player from last weekend's encounter with Glasgow Warriors who is considered doubtful for the province’s Heineken Cup clash with Saracens in Thomond Park on Saturday (6pm).

Mon, 03 Dec, 2012

Munster prop Cotter joins Bath on short-term loan

Munster development prop Alan Cotter has joined Bath Rugby on loan from today until the end of the month.

Mon, 12 Nov, 2012

Costello expecting tough test from Aberavon

Munster A coach Ian Costello has the luxury of being able to name what is arguably his strongest team for today’s British and Irish Cup clash with Aberavon in Tralee (1pm).

Sat, 20 Oct, 2012

Old rivalries bring out the best

The Aviva Stadium is set to rock for the first time this season on Saturday night with the arrival of a new-look Munster side for the first of their seasonal encounters with Leinster in the RaboDirect Pro 12.

Wed, 03 Oct, 2012

McGrath: AIL still means an awful lot

There was a time not so very long ago when an AIL clash between Shannon and Young Munster under the Thomond Park lights on a Friday night would have attracted a crowd of 10,000.

Fri, 28 Sep, 2012

Time to test game plan

Rob Penney may now have a defeat on his record as Munster head coach, but the New Zealander sends a much-changed team out tonight at Thomond Park (8pm) against Newport Gwent Dragons confident his players are heading in the right direction with a big month coming up in October.

Sat, 22 Sep, 2012