Sod turned on Munster's €7.3m Cork Centre of Excellence 

The new facility is Munster Rugby's second-largest capital investment. It will a feature a first of its kind, for the region, indoor playing area.

NEW DIGS: A computer generated image of the future Munster Rugby Cork Centre of Excellence. Picture: ©INPHO/James Crombie

Munster Rugby’s plans for a Cork Centre of Excellence became reality with a sod-turning ceremony at Virgin Media Park on Friday, attended by Tánaiste Micheál Martin.

Financed to a considerable degree by €2.7 million from the Government’s Large-Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund, work is set to commence on a project at the Dolphin RFC end of the stadium.