Provinces to join forces for Aviva Stadium opener

MUNSTER will join with Connacht in taking on a composite team from Leinster and Ulster to mark the official opening of the Aviva Stadium in August of next year.

The historic clash will be played on Saturday, August 7 and will allow all four provinces to share in a moment of history.

Leinster and Ulster were the first representative teams to play in the old Lansdowne Road nearly 133 years ago on December 16, 1876. Both provinces played the final game, ‘The Last Stand’ in the stadium on New Year’s Eve 2006, when Leinster beat Ulster 20-12 in the Magners League.