{"id":211336,"date":"2025-10-13T23:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211336\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T23:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T23:21:11","slug":"leinster-vs-munster-is-the-florugby-club-match-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/211336\/","title":{"rendered":"Leinster vs. Munster Is The FloRugby Club Match Of The Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of amazing club rugby rivalries in the world. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/articles\/13679113-vodacom-bulls-narrowly-defeat-dhl-stormers-in-north-south-derby\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">North-South Derby<\/a> in South Africa between the Bulls and Stormers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/articles\/14610475-3-must-watch-prem-rugby-matches-this-derby-weekend\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">East Midlands Derby<\/a> in PREM Rugby between the Saints and Tigers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/events\/12873071-2025-crusaders-vs-blues\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Blues and Crusaders<\/a>, Waratah and Reds in Super Rugby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All great. All amazing. None are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/events\/14390288-2025-leinster-rugby-vs-munster-rugby\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Leinster vs. Munster<\/a>. The Eastern Province vs. the Southern Province. Last year this match was played at Croke Park, the most famous stadium in Irish history and possibly of European history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s back this week, rugby fans. And it&#8217;ll be streaming at 12:15 p.m. ET \u00a0on Oct. 18 on FloRugby and the FloSports app and streaming, drum roll please, for free on FloRugby&#8217;s YouTube and Facebook pages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The United Rugby Championship expects more than 80,000 fans again at Croke Park and FloRugby&#8217;s Philip Bendon will be in Dublin for the match. With the British and Irish Lions players mostly back this round, the match could be the best the two squads have looked all year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/events\/14390288-2025-leinster-rugby-vs-munster-rugby\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>2025 Leinster Rugby vs Munster Rugby<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two clubs are not close on the table. Leinster has been beaten soundly in two matches already without their stars. The Dublin club enters with a 1-0-2 record. Munster, with its new coach Clayton McMillan, is second on the table with a 3-0-0 record and looking up at only the DHL Stormers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pau vs. Toulouse Rugby Also This Week<\/p>\n<p>It has to be a heck of a match to be rated ahead of Pau, who just crushed Bayonne, and Toulouse, who just flayed UBB. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/events\/14540988-2025-section-paloise-vs-stade-toulousain\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The No. 1 and No. 2 clubs <\/a>on the Top 14 table play this week at Pau in what would be the biggest match of the weekend most weeks. That match is at 4 p.m. ET on Oct. 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/events\/14540988-2025-section-paloise-vs-stade-toulousain\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>2025 Section Paloise vs Stade Toulousain<\/p>\n<p><\/a>Rugby Fixtures On FloRugby This Week\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s streaming on FloRugby this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>October 17, 2025October 18, 2025October 19, 2025How To Watch Rugby Matches In The United States On FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>Professional club rugby in Europe all streams on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States. FloRugby and FloSports also are the U.S. home to:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FloRugby also is home to match archives and match replays.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join The Rugby Conversation On FloRugby Social<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are a lot of amazing club rugby rivalries in the world. 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