Exclusive: Munster CEO rejects badly run claims, warns club rugby is 'fragile'

Ian Flanagan has rejected accusations Munster Rugby is badly run following the province’s decision to make redundancies. Rather, he argued professional club rugby as a whole “is a really fragile business model”.

The Munster Rugby CEO told the Irish Examiner his organisation was not the only one in club rugby experiencing economic difficulties. He also maintained the province’s recent decision to offer voluntary redundancies and then enforce a “very limited” number of compulsory lay-offs, believed to be less than five members of staff, was the final piece of necessary cost-cutting measures.

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