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Munster team The loss to Leinster still hurts but the team announced to face Benetton on Saturday certainly helps to take the mind off...
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Munster v Leinster preview: The Art of War
Game Plan As shown in Clermont, Munster know that if they stick to their strategy they can overcome most obstacles thrown at them. So...
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Pressure and Game Management
Speaking after the Champions Cup game at the Stade Marcel Michelin against Munster, Clermont coach Frank Azema spoke to the press about...
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Lie of the Land: How Munster fare ahead of the Champions Cup kick off
Read my full and indepth assessment of Munster going into the Champions Cup Link to Irish Examiner article for Question 6 1) Given...
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Not the Heineken Cup Quarter Final Weekend
It's that time of the season again, European knockout weekend, the weather is good and Easter is only around the corner....... oh yeah...
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"The Final"
Another Leinster victory on their way to a perfect season. Ulster actually played well but it's a testament to how good Leinster are that...
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Deja vu all over again
Another semi final, another Munster defeat. That's it, that's the bottom line and all the record will say is Munster haven't won a trophy...
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How many injuries?
On the face of it Saturday evenings game at the Aviva is just another in a long line of defeats to Leinster and a case of history...
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Part 2 - Two Tribes
Munster vs Leinster – How a rivalry was born Its January 2006 and Leinster go into the new year on a high. They have beaten Munster in...
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Part 1 - Returning home
Munster vs Leinster – How a rivalry was born Its February 2005 and Leinster and Munster have both finished top of their respective...
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Munster vs Leinster - How a rivalry was born
Munster versus Leinster is arguably one of the biggest derbies in professional club rugby with a rivalry that dates all the way back to...
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Boxing clever
Munster versus Leinster used to be a sign that the European Cup was only around the corner with fixtures scheduled to allow the provinces...
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Thoughts of the week
Munster This years Champions Cup is showing that there are clear signs that Munster are improving as a team but that they need time for...
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Don't Stop Believing - Preview of Saracens vs Munster
Munster go to Allianz Park on Saturday facing one of their biggest tests in the pool stages of the Champions Cup for a long long time...
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Three Munster supporters got chatting... an optimist, a pessimist and a realist
My article from Mondays Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/rugby/three-munster-supporters-got-chatting-an-o...
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The Time Is Now
Munster fixtures Saracens (H) Saracens (A) Connacht (A) Leinster (H) Ulster (A) Racing (A) Six games over six weekends, four away and...
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So close yet so far away - Munster vs Racing
After the heroics of James Cronin try at the death the previous week I was convinced that Munster were set to steal this game at the end....
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Racing preview
Rugby, like all professional sports, is a results based game and that's why James Cronin's try with the last play of the game on Saturday...
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Munster's new hurry up, no huddle offense
A link to my article in The Examiner after the Osprey's looking at how Munster's style has changed this season and how Stephen Larkham is...
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Not the Munster vs Ulster match review
Normally i'd write up a review of the match but today I took the family to Thomond to freeze our collective asses off. Answering...
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