Warwick confirms Munster exit

PAUL WARWICK’S departure from Munster at the end of the season was confirmed last night.

The Australian-born back, in his fourth season with Munster, has recently been linked with a move to Stade Francais, who are believed to have offered him a much better package than the one-year deal offered by his Irish employers. It is understood Warwick is attracted as much by the possibility of a three-year deal with Stade as he is with the financial remuneration.

Munster issued a statement confirming the 29-year-old’s departure but did not disclose Warwick’s likely destination, Stade or otherwise. The statement merely read that Warwick, who played his 80th game for Munster in the Heineken Cup defeat at Ospreys, “has attracted the interest of several European clubs who have offered terms that Munster are unable to match”.