‘Munster will not become a one-city team’

Munster will not be turning their backs on Cork or indeed the rest of the province now the decision has been made to establish their main squad training centre at the University of Limerick, chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald has insisted.

Munster yesterday ended years of debate about ending the traditional practice of dividing squad practice sessions between centres at either end of the N20 in Limerick and Cork by announcing a single training base will be located on the UL campus.

The decision, Fitzgerald said, had been taken in the midst of a severe economic downturn and after a lengthy consultative process involving players, management and Munster officials, as well as with an independent consultant and had been ratified at Munster Branch Executive level earlier this week.