2023-24 'very positive' financially for Munster but this season 'a lot more challenging'

Munster COO Philip Quinn said moving a game against Leinster from Thomond Park to Páirc Uí Chaoimh "wouldn't see a huge uplift in revenue".

Munster Rugby broke even for the 2023-24 season but a loss of between €500,000 and €1m is projected for 2024-25. Pic: ©INPHO/James Crombie

Munster Rugby reached a break-even cashflow position for 2023-24, provincial branch delegates were told at the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday but the forecast for the season just past is projected to be losses of up to €1 million.

The Munster Branch AGM, held at Sunday’s Well RFC as Sean Loftus succeeded Brendan Foley as President for 2025-26, had the accounts for 23-24 delivered to them by honorary treasurer Tom Kinirons as the professional team benefitted from finishing first in the URC regular season standings to earn a home draw for the knockout stages. They defeated Ospreys in the quarter-finals at Thomond Park and returned to the Limerick stadium a week later for a semi-final which was lost to eventual champions Glasgow.