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Munster Rugby

28 - 34

7 - 29

Edinburgh Rugby

28th February 2025
KO: 19:35
Virgin Media Park , Cork
Att: 8,800
United Rugby Championship
Round: 12

Current standing

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Head to head

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Munster Rugby		Edinburgh Rugby
31	Wins	9
9	Losses	31
0	Draws	0

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Season so far

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Tries

Munster Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby

Metres Gained

5967

Munster Rugby

4716

Edinburgh Rugby

Passes Completed

2504

Munster Rugby

2127

Edinburgh Rugby

Tackles Made

2036

Munster Rugby

1865

Edinburgh Rugby

Penalties Conceded

130

Munster Rugby

142

Edinburgh Rugby

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Team News | Munster Side To Face Edinburgh In Cork

February 27, 2025 12:02 pm By The Editor

Alex Nankivell returns from injury to start. Inpho

The Munster side has been named for Friday’s sold-out URC Round 12 clash against Edinburgh at Virgin Media Park (7.35pm, live on TG4).

A capacity 8,800 crowd will attend with eight changes to the side that recorded a bonus-point win against Scarlets last time out as Niall Scannell captains the side.

Two players have been released from Ireland camp as John Hodnett and Calvin Nash are named in the starting XV.

Hodnett, Nash, Alex Nankivell, Shay McCarthy, Niall Scannell, John Ryan, Evan O’Connell and Brian Gleeson all start.

Nankivell makes a welcome return from injury having been out of action since December.

Four Academy players are included with Ben O’Connor at full-back, McCarthy on the wing and O’Connell in the second row as flanker Ruadhán Quinn is included among the replacements.

O’Connor, Nash and McCarthy are named in the back three with Nankivell and Tom Farrell in midfield as Ethan Coughlan and Billy Burns start in the half-backs.

Josh Wycherley, Scannell and Ryan pack down in the front row with O’Connell and Fineen Wycherley in the engine room.

Tom Ahern, Hodnett and Gleeson start in the back row.

Diarmuid Barron, Mark Donnelly and Stephen Archer provide the front-row back-up. Donnelly is in line for his first appearance of the season after missing the last number of months due to an ankle injury sustained on Emerging Ireland duty.

Quinn and Alex Kendellen complete the forward cover.

Paddy Patterson, Tony Butler and Seán O’Brien are the backline replacements. O’Brien is set for his first appearance since October after recovering from a leg injury.

Munster Rugby: Ben O’Connor (Highfield RFC/PBC); Calvin Nash (Young Munster RFC/Crescent College Comp), Tom Farrell (Coolmine RFC/Castleknock College), Alex Nankivell (Christchurch Boys High School), Shay McCarthy (Richmond RFC/St Munchin’s College); Billy Burns (Beechen Cliff), Ethan Coughlan (Ennis RFC); Josh Wycherley (Bantry Bay RFC/Cistercian College Roscrea), Niall Scannell (C) (PBC), John Ryan (Muskerry RFC/CBC); Evan O’Connell (UL Bohemian RFC/Castletroy College), Fineen Wycherley (Bantry Bay RFC/Cistercian College Roscrea); Tom Ahern ((Youghal RFC/Dungarvan RFC/Waterpark RFC), John Hodnett (Clonakilty RFC), Brian Gleeson (Thurles RFC/Rockwell College).

Replacements: Diarmuid Barron (Cashel RFC/Rockwell College), Mark Donnelly (Midleton RFC), Stephen Archer (Cork Constitution FC), Ruadhán Quinn (Ballina-Killaloe RFC), Alex Kendellen (PBC), Paddy Patterson (Blackrock College), Tony Butler (Ennis RFC), Seán O’Brien (Mullingar RFC).

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Munster v Edinburgh, Virgin Media Park, 7.35pm; SOLD OUT

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Munster v Bulls, Thomond Park, 5.15pm; Buy tickets here

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Field

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Munster Rugby
Pos
15	Ben O'Connor
14	Calvin Nash
13	Tom Farrell
12	Alex Nankivell
11	Shay McCarthy
10	Billy Burns
9	Ethan Coughlan
1	Josh Wycherley
2	Niall Scannell
3	John Ryan
4	Evan O'Connell
5	Fineen Wycherley
6	Thomas Ahern
7	John Hodnett
8	Brian Gleeson
Replacements
16	Diarmuid Barron
17	Mark Donnelly
18	Stephen Archer
19	Ruadhan Quinn
20	Alex Kendellen
21	Paddy Patterson
22	Tony Butler
23	Sean O'Brien

Edinburgh Rugby
Pos
15	Wes Goosen
14	Matt Currie
13	James Lang
12	Mosese Tuipulotu
11	Ross McCann
10	Ross Thompson
9	Ben Vellacott
1	Boan Venter
2	Ewan Ashman
3	Paul Hill
4	Marshall Sykes
5	Sam Skinner
6	Luke Crosbie
7	Ben Muncaster
8	Magnus Bradbury
Replacements
16	Patrick Harrison
17	Robin Hislop
18	D'Arcy Rae
19	Glen Young
20	Hamish Watson
21	Ali Price
22	Cameron Scott
23	Mark Bennett

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Report | Munster Fall To Edinburgh Defeat In Cork

February 28, 2025 10:55 pm By The Editor

Munster suffered a 28-34 defeat at home in the URC as Edinburgh ran out deserved winners at Virgin Media Park.

Munster scored four tries and got within seven of Edinburgh as Ian Costello’s side came away with two points.

Edinburgh had the early possession and they put the first points on the board after five minutes when Ross Thompson landed a penalty from over 40m out.

A half-break and offload from Tom Farrell set John Hodnett on his way before the Clonakilty RFC man released Shay McCarthy but unfortunately the winger spilled the ball in contact as Munster looked to make an immediate response.

Munster kept pushing and won a scrum penalty against the head and kicked to the corner. The rolling maul stopped just short of line and after a few phases Munster knocked the ball on to much relief from the visitors.

However, Munster got back in the game after 15 minutes with the first try of the game after Alex Nankivell powered through two tackles on his return from injury to dot down. Billy Burns notched the conversion to give Munster a 7-3 lead.

A high tackle on Ben O’Connor gave Munster a lineout in the Edinburgh half and despite some positive play after this, Edinburgh were awarded a penalty after an accidental offside from the home side.

It was from this possession that Edinburgh struck back as they cut through the Munster defence before Thompson received an offload to dot down under the posts. He landed his own conversion to give Edinburgh a 7-10 lead after 24 minutes.

Edinburgh extended their lead five minutes later when a kick in behind was dotted down by Matt Currie. The touchline conversion from Thompson gave Edinburgh a 7-17 lead.

Currie and Magnus Bradbury both added further tries as the half came to a close as Edinburgh took a 7-29 lead going into the half-time break.

10 minutes into the second-half, Nankivell got his and Munster’s second try with Burns converting to bring it back to 14-29.

Poor play from Munster resulted in another Edinburgh try 10 minutes later when indecision under a high ball led to the visitors’ first try of the second half which went unconverted.

Munster got back with a try from Ben O’Connor after 64 minutes which Tony Butler converted to put 13 points between the sides.

Munster needed two converted tries in the final 15 minutes to get the win but could only manage one as Sean O’Brien crossed with the clock in the red. Burns’ conversion ensured that Munster came away with two match points as Edinburgh ran out deserved winners.

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Matt Currie was awarded the URC BKT Player of the Match

Munster came away with two match points.

Munster Rugby: Ben O’Connor (Highfield RFC/PBC); Calvin Nash (Young Munster RFC/Crescent College Comp) (O’Brien 40’), Tom Farrell (Coolmine RFC/Castleknock College), Alex Nankivell (Christchurch Boys High School), Shay McCarthy (Richmond RFC/St Munchin’s College); Billy Burns (Beechen Cliff) (Butler 60’), Ethan Coughlan (Ennis RFC) (Patterson 52’); Josh Wycherley (Bantry Bay RFC/Cistercian College Roscrea) (Donnelly 56’), Niall Scannell (C) (PBC) (Barron 46’), John Ryan (Muskerry RFC/CBC) (Archer 40’); Evan O’Connell (UL Bohemian RFC/Castletroy College) (Kendellen 40’), Fineen Wycherley (Bantry Bay RFC/Cistercian College Roscrea); Tom Ahern ((Youghal RFC/Dungarvan RFC/Waterpark RFC), John Hodnett (Clonakilty RFC), Brian Gleeson (Thurles RFC/Rockwell College) (Quinn 60’).

Summary

Timeline

Summary

Match Pages - Summary

Munster Rugby

Tries

Nankivell 14' , 51' , O'Connor 64' , O'Brien 80'

Conversions

Burns 15' , 48' , 80 + 1' , Butler 65'

Edinburgh Rugby

Tries

Thompson 23' , Currie 29' , 34' , 57' , Bradbury 40'

Conversions

Thompson 24' , 30' , 40'

Penalties

Thompson 5'

Yellow Cards

Harrison 74

Timeline

Match Page - Timeline

28 - 34

Conversion 80'

B. Burns

26 - 34

Try 80'

S. O'Brien

28 - 34

Replacement 77'

E. Ashman

21 - 34

Replacement 75'

21 - 34

Replacement 75'

T. Butler

B. Burns

21 - 34

Yellow Card 74'

P. Harrison

21 - 34

Replacement 66'

B. Vellacott

A. Price

21 - 34

Replacement 65'

P. Hill

D. Rae

21 - 34

Replacement 65'

B. Venter

R. Hislop

21 - 34

Replacement 65'

M. Sykes

G. Young

21 - 34

Replacement 65'

M. Currie

M. Bennett

21 - 34

Conversion 65'

T. Butler

19 - 34

Try 64'

B. O'Connor

14 - 34

Replacement 59'

B. Gleeson

R. Quinn

14 - 34

Replacement 59'

B. Burns

T. Butler

14 - 34

Missed Conversion 58'

R. Thompson

14 - 34

Try 57'

M. Currie

14 - 29

Replacement 56'

J. Wycherley

M. Donnelly

14 - 29

Replacement 52'

E. Coughlan

P. Patterson

12 - 29

Try 51'

A. Nankivell

14 - 29

Conversion 48'

B. Burns

7 - 29

Replacement 46'

N. Scannell

D. Barron

7 - 29

Replacement 41'

E. Ashman

P. Harrison

7 - 29

Replacement 41'

C. Nash

S. O'Brien

7 - 29

Replacement 41'

E. O'Connell

A. Kendellen

7 - 29

Replacement 41'

J. Ryan

S. Archer

7 - 29

Conversion 40'

R. Thompson

7 - 27

Try 40'

M. Bradbury

7 - 22

Missed Conversion 35'

R. Thompson

7 - 22

Try 34'

M. Currie

7 - 17

Conversion 30'

R. Thompson

7 - 15

Try 29'

M. Currie

7 - 10

Conversion 24'

R. Thompson

7 - 8

Try 23'

R. Thompson

7 - 3

Conversion 15'

B. Burns

5 - 3

Try 14'

A. Nankivell

0 - 3

Penalty 5'

R. Thompson

0 - 0

Replacement 3'

L. Crosbie

H. Watson

Performance

Match page - Match Stats

Possession (%)

Territory (%)

Teams

Metres Gained

400

Munster Rugby

242

Edinburgh Rugby

Carries

137

Munster Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby

Tries

Munster Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby

Passes

191

Munster Rugby

143

Edinburgh Rugby

Tackles Made

132

Munster Rugby

199

Edinburgh Rugby

Missed Tackles

Munster Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby

Turnovers

Munster Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby

Penalties Conceded

Munster Rugby

Edinburgh Rugby

Line-ups

Match Page - Lineups

Line-ups

M - Metres Gained
C - Carries
P - Passes made
T - Tackles
TO - Turnovers Won

Munster Rugby
Pos		T	D	C	P
15	Ben O'Connor M: 53 C: 14 P: 5 T: 3 TO: 0	1
14	Calvin Nash Replacement: Sean O'Brien (41) M: 1 C: 4 P: 1 T: 3 TO: 0
13	Tom Farrell M: 30 C: 16 P: 12 T: 4 TO: 0
12	Alex Nankivell M: 51 C: 12 P: 15 T: 10 TO: 3	2
11	Shay McCarthy M: 26 C: 5 P: 2 T: 5 TO: 1
10	Billy Burns Replacement: Tony Butler (59) M: 14 C: 6 P: 29 T: 5 TO: 0			3
9	Ethan Coughlan Replacement: Paddy Patterson (52) M: 0 C: 0 P: 62 T: 1 TO: 0
1	Josh Wycherley Replacement: Mark Donnelly (56) M: 5 C: 8 P: 4 T: 12 TO: 0
2	Niall Scannell Replacement: Diarmuid Barron (46) M: 2 C: 4 P: 3 T: 7 TO: 0
3	John Ryan Replacement: Stephen Archer (41) M: 4 C: 5 P: 1 T: 4 TO: 0
4	Evan O'Connell Replacement: Alex Kendellen (41) M: 6 C: 5 P: 5 T: 6 TO: 0
5	Fineen Wycherley M: 13 C: 7 P: 2 T: 13 TO: 0
6	Thomas Ahern M: 38 C: 7 P: 5 T: 5 TO: 1
7	John Hodnett M: 35 C: 10 P: 5 T: 10 TO: 0
8	Brian Gleeson Replacement: Ruadhan Quinn (59) M: 50 C: 13 P: 3 T: 8 TO: 0
replacements
16	Diarmuid Barron Replaced Niall Scannell (46) M: 6 C: 4 P: 2 T: 3 TO: 0
17	Mark Donnelly Replaced Josh Wycherley (56) M: 2 C: 1 P: 0 T: 4 TO: 1
18	Stephen Archer Replaced John Ryan (41) M: 9 C: 4 P: 1 T: 8 TO: 1
19	Ruadhan Quinn Replaced Brian Gleeson (59) M: 3 C: 2 P: 2 T: 6 TO: 1
20	Alex Kendellen Replaced Evan O'Connell (41) M: 21 C: 4 P: 2 T: 6 TO: 0
21	Paddy Patterson Replaced Ethan Coughlan (52) M: 2 C: 2 P: 24 T: 1 TO: 0
22	Tony Butler Replaced Billy Burns (59) M: 14 C: 2 P: 5 T: 3 TO: 0			1
23	Sean O'Brien Replaced Calvin Nash (41) M: 14 C: 2 P: 1 T: 5 TO: 0	1

Edinburgh Rugby
Pos		T	D	C	P
15	Wes Goosen M: 15 C: 8 P: 2 T: 7 TO: 0
14	Matt Currie Replacement: Mark Bennett (65) M: 47 C: 10 P: 3 T: 5 TO: 0	3
13	James Lang M: 3 C: 4 P: 7 T: 5 TO: 0
12	Mosese Tuipulotu Replacement: Cameron Scott (75) M: 5 C: 5 P: 9 T: 12 TO: 0
11	Ross McCann M: 34 C: 5 P: 1 T: 5 TO: 1
10	Ross Thompson M: 20 C: 5 P: 16 T: 15 TO: 1	1		3	1
9	Ben Vellacott Replacement: Ali Price (66) M: 0 C: 0 P: 54 T: 1 TO: 0
1	Boan Venter Replacement: Robin Hislop (65) M: 6 C: 6 P: 0 T: 13 TO: 0
2	Ewan Ashman Replacement: Patrick Harrison (41) M: 7 C: 3 P: 5 T: 12 TO: 0
3	Paul Hill Replacement: D'Arcy Rae (65) M: 9 C: 4 P: 2 T: 10 TO: 1
4	Marshall Sykes Replacement: Glen Young (65) M: 0 C: 2 P: 2 T: 25 TO: 1
5	Sam Skinner M: 14 C: 7 P: 8 T: 17 TO: 0
6	Luke Crosbie Replacement: Hamish Watson (3) M: 0 C: 0 P: 0 T: 0 TO: 0
7	Ben Muncaster Replacement: Ewan Ashman (77) M: 19 C: 4 P: 6 T: 20 TO: 0
8	Magnus Bradbury M: 25 C: 8 P: 3 T: 20 TO: 0	1
replacements
16	Patrick Harrison Replaced: Ewan Ashman (41) M: 17 C: 7 P: 2 T: 8 TO: 0
17	Robin Hislop Replaced: Boan Venter (65) M: 2 C: 2 P: 1 T: 0 TO: 0
18	D'Arcy Rae Replaced: Paul Hill (65) M: 4 C: 1 P: 1 T: 1 TO: 0
19	Glen Young Replaced: Marshall Sykes (65) M: 4 C: 3 P: 1 T: 1 TO: 0
20	Hamish Watson Replaced: Luke Crosbie (3) M: 1 C: 8 P: 5 T: 19 TO: 2
21	Ali Price Replaced: Ben Vellacott (66) M: 5 C: 2 P: 15 T: 1 TO: 0
22	Cameron Scott Replaced: Mosese Tuipulotu (75) M: 0 C: 0 P: 0 T: 1 TO: 0
23	Mark Bennett Replaced: Matt Currie (65) M: 6 C: 1 P: 0 T: 1 TO: 0