Munster Players Visit Midleton & Castleisland

Munster players Robin Copeland, Gerhard van den Heever, Denis Hurley and Kevin O’Byrne paid a visit yesterday to the Munster Rugby Summer Camps held in Midleton and Castleisland rugby clubs.

Participating children aged between 6 and 12 enjoyed a week of fun activities with the added excitement of meeting some of their Munster Rugby heroes.

The professional players took the time to participate in some of the games with the young rugby enthusiasts, sign autographs and take part in a question and answers forum.

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Next week the Summer Camps will take place at Cobh, Killarney and Waterford. A limited number of places are still available to purchase for each camp, so if you want to guarantee a place at your preferred venue, don't delay and book online by clicking here.

This summer Munster Rugby has a total of 23 venues throughout the whole province (please see below for your nearest venue). Camp fee is €;85 per child with a family discount of a second and subsequent child at €;75.

Each camp takes place over one week (Monday through to Friday inclusive) between 9:30am and 1:30pm.

Each participant will receive an Official Summer Camp Pack comprising an adidas Summer Camp T-Shirt, adidas Shorts, adidas Socks, adidas Draw-String Bag, Mouth Guard and one Junior ticket to a Munster match.

Children who participate in the camps will get the chance to make new friends, learn more about rugby values such as team work, respect and integrity, and also become more aware of the importance of physical fitness. All this while learning to develop the basic rugby skills of passing, tackling (in a controlled environment), evasion and kicking. Most of all we guarantee lots of fun!

To facilitate the appropriate attention, participants will be divided by their age into groups. Central to the Munster Rugby Summer Camps philosophy is ensuring the introduction to the game of Rugby in a safe and controlled manner.

The Camps will be managed and run by fully accredited I.R.F.U. Mini Rugby coaches. All Summer Camp staff have undertaken the National Garda Vetting process required to comply with the IRFU policy regarding recruitment and vetting to work in age grade rugby.

For any more information please contact Munster Rugby on 021-4323563 (9am – 5.00pm).

Week 4: Monday 20th – Friday 24th July
Cobh Pirates RFC
Killarney Community College
Waterford Institute of Technology

Week 5: Monday 27th July – Friday 31st July
Muskerry RFC
Thurles RFC
Tralee RFC

Week 6: Monday 3rd – Friday 7th August
Ballincollig RFC
Bruff RFC
Fermoy RFC

Week 7: Monday 10th – Friday 14th August
Dungarvan RFC
Nenagh RFC
Newcastle West RFC

Week 8: Monday 17th – Friday 21st August
Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa, Cork
Old Crescent RFC
Skibbereen RFC