Munster and Irish rugby mourns the passing of Jerry Holland

The Cork man helped transition rugby from the amateur to the professional era and was a pivotal figure in the rise and rise of his beloved Munster

MUNSTER'S OWN: Jerry Holland at the Munster Rugby awards with John Hartery, Chairman of provincial Team Management.

Munster Rugby’s first head coach of the professional era, Jerry Holland, has died at the age of 66, following an illness.

The Cork man played in the second row for UCC, Cork Constitution and Munster before moving to Dublin where he represented Wanderers and Leinster. He represented Ireland in three Tests, on tour against South Africa in 1981 and against Wales in the 1986 Five Nations, an honour shared with son Billy, who was capped in 2016 and played 247 games for his province between 2007 and 2021.