Munster dress to impress with €2m shirt deal

ADIDAS “tight shirts” were once the preserve of the All Blacks but next month Munster will wear similarly-designed shirts after a new sponsorship deal signed between the sporting giants.

At an extravagant launch in Dromoland Castle on the outskirts of Newmarket-on-Fergus in Co Clare, the traditional red home kit was sported and modelled by Munster’s Paul O’Connell, Ronan O’Gara, Peter Stringer, Donncha O’Callaghan, Denis Leamy and Anthony Foley.

The kit which goes on sale on August 9 will be worn by Munster for the first time in a pre-season friendly against USA Eagles in Chicago on August 26.