Conway has been rewarded with his longest Munster contract yet, a three-year deal, after a year in which he became Munster's third-highest try-scorer in history.

Donncha O'Callaghan has announced his retirement from professional rugby.

Professional rugby player Donncha O’Callaghan has played for Munster, Ireland and the Lions and has recently renewed his contract with Worcester Warriors. He will bow out of the pro-game

Rassie Erasmus' Munster have been drawn against their old mate Ronan O'Gara and his Racing 92 outfit in the Champions Cup 2017/18 group stages.

Munster and Irish second row forward, Donncha O'Callaghan has been announced as May’s ‘Cork Person of the Month’.

Donncha O’Callaghan has been hailed as one of the most professional rugby players in the world after the 38-year-old former Munster legend signed on for another season in the English Premiership with Worcester Warriors.

Rugby star Donncha O’Callaghan has backed locals fighting for funds to build a public playground where he grew up.

Worcester 13 Northampton 12: It wasn’t just a new dawn for English rugby that kicked off at Sixways last night, just six days removed from the World Cup hosts’ disastrous exit. 

Munster 42 Connacht 20: Munster moved closer to a home Guinness Pro12 semi-final in some style at Thomond Park on Saturday evening, running in six tries to thump derby rivals Connacht.

There has been seven changes to the Munster side defeated by Connacht last week for Saturday’s trip to Zebre in the PRO12.

Connacht welcome Munster to the Showgrounds on New Year’s Day for their PRO12 derby match and both sides have made a number of changes to their starting sides.

Anthony Foley has made eight changes to his starting 15 as Munster travel to Scotstoun Stadium to face the Glasgow Warriors in the PRO12.

Rory Best will start for Ulster against Munster in tomorrow's match at Thomond Park while Munster coach Anthony Foley has named a strong squad bolstered by a number of returning internationals.

Munster head coach Anthony Foley has made seven changes to his starting 15 for their trip to Wales on Friday night.

Anthony Foley has made 11 changes to the starting fifteen that

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Paul O’Connell was named amongst the starters as Anthony Foley made seven changes to the Munster starting 15 to face Zebre.

Anthony Foley has named his starting 15 for Munster’s game against Benetton Treviso on Friday and handed Felix Jones the captaincy for the first time.

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

Damien Varley retains the captaincy for Munster's PRO12 semi-final against Glasgow Warriors on Friday night at Scotstoun Stadium, ko 7.35pm.

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.

Damien Varley will captain Munster as they meet Toulon in the Heineken Cup semi-final at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille.

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

James Coughlan will captain Munster in the absence of Peter O'Mahony who has been ruled out for the rest of the season following reconstructive shoulder surgery earlier this week.

Donnacha Ryan has been named in the Munster side for tomorrow night's clash with Zebre at Musgrave Park (ko 6:45pm).

Captain Peter O'Mahony and Paul O'Connell have been named to start against Ulster tomorrow night in Ravenhill in a side that includes 12 changes.

Donnacha Ryan is set to return to action for Munster in tomorrow’s Heineken Cup match against Perpignan

A devoted mum who set out to raise €34,000 in 10 days to fund vital procedures for her sick twin girls has issued a heartfelt 'thank you' after a flood of donations helped her reach her target last night.

The Munster squad to face Cardiff Blues in round eight of the RaboDirect PRO12 has been named today.

Munster's Paul O'Connell trained with the Irish squad today for the first time since his call up by Joe Schmidt for the Guinness series against Samoa, Australia and New Zealand.

Donncha O'Callaghan has agreed a contract extension with Munster, that will see him remain with the province until June 2016.

Munster are making a host of changes to last week's side for their Saturday clash with Ospreys at Thomond Park.

Glasgow scrum-half Niko Matawalu has been cleared of allegations that he bit Munster opponent Donncha O'Callaghan during Warriors' RaboDirect Pro12 defeat on Friday night.

Paul O'Connell will sit on the Munster reserves bench for Saturday's game against Dragons.

Simon Zebo, Peter O'Mahony and Keith Earls will start their first game of the season against Treviso tomorrow night at Stadio di Monigo, kick-off 8.30pm (7.30pm Irish Time).

Munster prop forward Stephen Archer will miss the province’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Clermont Auvergne this weekend after sustaining a wrist injury in the RaboDirect PRO12 defeat to Dragons last Friday.

One of the strengths of Munster rugby over the year has been the ideology that opponents must be respected at all costs, not necessarily feared but at least respected.

After sensationally dropping Ronan O’Gara from his extended squad Declan Kidney has heightened the curiosity over the Irish number 10 jersey by delaying his choice of outhalf for Saturday’s encounter with France at the Aviva Stadium.

Following an MRI scan today, it was confirmed to the Ireland medical team that back row Chris Henry suffered a cartilage tear to his right knee while playing last Friday.

Simon Zebo and Craig Gilroy will join Rob Kearney in an exciting back three when Ireland run out at the Millennium Stadium to face Wales in their first Six Nations clash on Saturday (1.30pm).

A 33-man Ireland squad has been announced for training this week as preparations continue for the opening game against Wales in Cardiff next Saturday in the RBS 6 Nations Championship.

Rob Penney has opted to leave Ronan O’Gara on the bench for Munster’s RaboDirect PRO12 meeting with league leaders Ulster in Thomond Park tomorrow (5.30) with Ian Keatley retaining the number 10 jersey.