{"id":163724,"date":"2025-11-28T05:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/163724\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T05:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:38:14","slug":"munster-rugby-team-news-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/163724\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster Rugby | Team News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Munster team has been named for Saturday\u2019s URC round six clash against league leaders DHL Stormers at Thomond Park.<\/p>\n<p>The game kicks off at 5.30pm with tickets available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\/event\/180062E98F611DA0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Munster captain Tadhg Beirne is among five returning Ireland internationals after being named in World Rugby\u2019s Dream Team of the Year earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Ahern, Craig Casey, Jack Crowley and Tom Farrell also return from international duty to start with Farrell earning his first two Ireland caps earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Shane Daly, Diarmuid Kilgallen and Thaakir Abrahams are named in the back three with a centre partnership of Alex Nankivell and Farrell.<\/p>\n<p>Returning internationals Casey and Crowley are paired in the half-backs.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Loughman, Diarmuid Barron and John Ryan pack down in the front row with Ahern and Fineen Wycherley in the engine room. Wycherley has started Munster\u2019s five URC games so far this season and played in all but 19 minutes of those five games.<\/p>\n<p>Beirne, Jack O\u2019Donoghue and Gavin Coombes start in the back row.<\/p>\n<p>Niall Scannell, Michael Milne and Academy tighthead prop Ronan Foxe provide the front row back-up with Edwin Edogbo and John Hodnett completing the forward cover.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Coughlan, Tony Butler and Dan Kelly are the backline replacements.<\/p>\n<p>Munster Rugby: Shane Daly; Diarmuid Kilgallen, Tom Farrell, Alex Nankivell, Thaakir Abrahams; Jack Crowley, Craig Casey; Jeremy Loughman, Diarmuid Barron, John Ryan; Tom Ahern, Fineen Wycherley; Tadhg Beirne (C), Jack O\u2019Donoghue, Gavin Coombes.<\/p>\n<p>Replacements: Niall Scannell, Michael Milne, Ronan Foxe, Edwin Edogbo, John Hodnett, Ethan Coughlan, Tony Butler, Dan Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>Unavailable for selection this week:<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Smith (knee\/hamstring)<\/p>\n<p>Brian Gleeson (elbow)<\/p>\n<p>Oli Jager (head)<\/p>\n<p>Calvin Nash (shoulder)<\/p>\n<p>See Monday\u2019s squad update <a href=\"https:\/\/www.munsterrugby.ie\/2025\/11\/24\/squad-update-preparations-continue-for-stormers-at-thomond\/#post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Home Fixtures<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, November 29<\/p>\n<p>URC Round 6: Munster Rugby v DHL Stormers, Thomond Park, 5.30pm;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\/event\/180062E98F611DA0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, December 13<\/p>\n<p>Champions Cup Round 2: Munster Rugby v Gloucester Rugby, SuperValu P\u00e1irc U\u00ed Chaoimh, 5.30pm; 33,000 tickets sold, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\/event\/180062FEBB503E15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, December 27<\/p>\n<p>URC Round 7: Munster Rugby v Leinster Rugby, Thomond Park, 7.45pm; No tickets available<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, January 17<\/p>\n<p>Champions Cup Round 4: Munster Rugby v Castres Olympique, Thomond Park, 5.30pm;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\/event\/18006346DFBF108A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday, January 23<\/p>\n<p>URC Round 10: Munster Rugby v Dragons RFC, Virgin Media Park, 7.45pm;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\/event\/180062DEBE08B212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, February 28<\/p>\n<p>URC Round 12: Munster Rugby v Zebre Rugby, Thomond Park, 5.30pm;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\/event\/180062E9B7943888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, April 25<\/p>\n<p>URC Round 16: Munster Rugby v Ulster Rugby, Thomond Park, 5.30pm;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\/united-rugby-championship-munster-rugby-v-limerick-city-25-04-2026\/event\/180062E2B1D99157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, May 16<\/p>\n<p>URC Round 18: Munster Rugby v Emirates Lions, Thomond Park, 7.45pm;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\/event\/180062E99F4D2465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Munster team has been named for Saturday\u2019s URC round six clash against league leaders DHL Stormers at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-163724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}