{"id":236126,"date":"2026-01-09T13:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/236126\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:51:07","slug":"munster-rugby-team-news-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/236126\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster Rugby | Team News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Munster squad has been named for Sunday\u2019s Investec Champions Cup Round 3 clash against RC Toulon at Stade Felix Mayol (1pm Irish time, live on Premier Sports).<\/p>\n

There are 10 changes to the side that faced Ulster in Belfast last Friday night.<\/p>\n

Academy back three player Ben O\u2019Connor starts on the wing with Craig Casey, Jack Crowley, Shane Daly and Tom Farrell also coming into the backline.<\/p>\n

Captain Tadhg Beirne, Gavin Coombes, Edwin Edogbo, Jeremy Loughman and Jack O\u2019Donoghue start in the pack.<\/p>\n

Daly, Calvin Nash and O\u2019Connor are named in the back three as Alex Nankivell and Tom Farrell form the centre partnership.<\/p>\n

Casey and Crowley partner up in the half-backs.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Loughman, Diarmuid Barron and Michael Ala\u2019alatoa pack down in the front row with Edogbo and Fineen Wycherley in the engine room.<\/p>\n

Beirne, O\u2019Donoghue and Coombes complete the side.<\/p>\n

Niall Scannell, Michael Milne and John Ryan provide the front row back-up as Tom Ahern and Brian Gleeson complete the forward cover.<\/p>\n

Paddy Patterson, JJ Hanrahan and Dan Kelly are the backline replacements.<\/p>\n

Munster Rugby: Shane Daly; Calvin Nash, Tom Farrell, Alex Nankivell, Ben O\u2019Connor; Jack Crowley, Craig Casey; Jeremy Loughman, Diarmuid Barron, Michael Ala\u2019alatoa; Edwin Edogbo, Fineen Wycherley; Tadhg Beirne (C), Jack O\u2019Donoghue, Gavin Coombes.<\/p>\n

Replacements: Niall Scannell, Michael Milne, John Ryan, Tom Ahern, Brian Gleeson, Paddy Patterson, JJ Hanrahan, Dan Kelly.<\/p>\n

Unavailable for selection this week:<\/p>\n

Jean Kleyn (calf)<\/p>\n

Alex Kendellen (ankle)<\/p>\n

John Hodnett (thumb)<\/p>\n

Tickets<\/p>\n

Saturday, January 17<\/p>\n

Champions Cup Round 4: Munster Rugby v Castres Olympique, Thomond Park, 5.30pm;\u00a0Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, January 23<\/p>\n

URC Round 10: Munster Rugby v Dragons RFC, Virgin Media Park, 7.45pm;\u00a0Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, February 28<\/p>\n

URC Round 12: Munster Rugby v Zebre Rugby, Thomond Park, 5.30pm;\u00a0Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, April 25<\/p>\n

URC Round 16: Munster Rugby v Ulster Rugby, Thomond Park, 5.30pm;\u00a0Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, May 16<\/p>\n

URC Round 18: Munster Rugby v Emirates Lions, Thomond Park, 7.45pm;\u00a0Buy tickets here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Munster squad has been named for Sunday\u2019s Investec Champions Cup Round 3 clash against RC Toulon at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-236126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236126","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=236126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}