{"id":243554,"date":"2026-01-14T04:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/243554\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T04:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:37:07","slug":"munster-rugby-squad-update-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/243554\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster Rugby | Squad Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Munster squad have started preparations at the HPC ahead of Saturday\u2019s crucial Investec Champions Cup clash against Castres Olympique at Thomond Park.<\/p>\n<p>The game kicks off at 5,30pm with tickets available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\/event\/18006346DFBF108A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is good news on the injury front for Jean Kleyn (calf) and Oli Jager (head) as they are both available for selection.<\/p>\n<p>Following Sunday\u2019s clash in Toulon, Craig Casey (shoulder) and Diarmuid Barron (knee) are both being assessed with their availability to be determined later in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Paddy Patterson (head) and Calvin Nash (shoulder\/head) are both unavailable this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Ahern missed the game with a neck injury and will be assessed as the week progresses to determine his availability.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets<\/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 squad have started preparations at the HPC ahead of Saturday\u2019s crucial Investec Champions Cup clash against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-243554","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\/243554","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=243554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}