Munster record-breaker Stephen Archer to end playing career

The province's record appearance holder will end an 18-year association

Munster’s Stephen Archer with his son Casey. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Munster’s record appearance maker Stephen Archer has announced his intention to end his playing career this summer, bringing a close to an 18-year association with the prop’s home province.

The 37-year-old tighthead, who joined the Munster academy in 2007 and made his senior debut against Edinburgh at Murrayfield in October 2009, will retire at the end of the current campaign having made his 300th appearance earlier this month at Bordeaux-Begles.