'I’m proper jealous of it' - Rowntree urges players to seize Páirc Ui Chaoimh moment 

When Munster first take to the field, it will be for the pre-game warm-up, the Munster head coach revealed yesterday.

SPECIAL OCCASION: Head coach Graham Rowntree. ©INPHO/James Crombie

Graham Rowntree has never been to Pairc Ui Chaoimh, not even a major GAA match, but he wants the moment he and his Munster players do set foot on the hallow Cork turf to be one to remember.

Which his why there will be no captain’s run training session down by the Lee today, ahead of tomorrow night’s historic first rugby match at the Pairc when Munster welcome South Africa A to the province and a sell-out crowd of 41,400.