Munster set to make return to US

MUNSTER may be concentrating on their upcoming Heineken Cup semi-final against Saracens, but they’ll be returning to the US this summer ahead of the 2008-9 season.

Munster will play the US Eagles in Canton, Massachusetts. on Friday August 22 and they play London Irish on their return to Ireland, in Musgrave Park on Friday, August 29.

Their pre-season programme will be sponsored by the Cork International Operations Centre of IT Business Technology company EMC, based in Ovens, Cork, and whose worldwide headquarters is Hopkinton, Massachusetts.