{"id":443714,"date":"2026-05-11T19:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/443714\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T19:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T19:09:11","slug":"munster-rugby-diarmuid-kilgallen-signs-new-munster-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/443714\/","title":{"rendered":"Munster Rugby | Diarmuid Kilgallen Signs New Munster Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Munster Rugby are pleased to announce a two-year contract extension for Diarmuid Kilgallen that keeps the winger at the province until at least 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has scored six tries in 15 Munster appearances since making his debut against the All Blacks XV in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He received his first Ireland call-up last summer after a strong debut season with Munster that saw him dot down four times in eight appearances, including a two-try performance on his competitive debut away to Northampton Saints in the Champions Cup.<\/p>\n<p>He missed the start of this season due to injury but has scored two tries in seven appearances so far this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A speedy, athletic winger, Kilgallen started out at Naas RFC before playing schools rugby for Cistercian College Roscrea on the Tipperary-Offaly border.<\/p>\n<p>He joined the Connacht Academy in 2019 and made his debut against Munster in 2020, going on score 12 tries in 23 appearances before joining Munster on a two-year deal in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, May 16<\/p>\n<p>URC Round 18: Munster Rugby v Emirates Lions, Thomond Park, 7.45pm; Buy tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ie\/event\/180062E99F4D2465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Munster Rugby are pleased to announce a two-year contract extension for Diarmuid Kilgallen that keeps the winger at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-443714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443714","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=443714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}