Munster Rugby in 'a really good place' financially

"That South African one was a huge one, even paying a significant fee to the visiting side, the rental and operational costs – the revenue from it was just fantastic.” 

Peter O'Mahony of Munster, second from right, celebrates winning a penalty during the URC quarter-final against Ospreys at Thomond Park. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The importance of knockout rugby at Thomond Park has been underlined by the latest Munster Rugby accounts with the province set to break even this season after a cashflow loss of more than €600,000 in their URC title-winning campaign of 12 months ago.

Wednesday night’s Munster Branch AGM, hosted by Shannon RFC at Thomond Park as club stalwart Brendan Foley was elected President for 2024-25, was presented with the financial statement for 2022-23 and given a forecast for 2023-24 with chief operating officer Philip Quinn telling the Irish Examiner his organisation is expecting to at least break even in 12 months for the first time since before the Covid pandemic.