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Leinster Rugby

21 - 16

14 - 10

Munster Rugby

25th November 2023
KO: 18:30
Aviva Stadium , Dublin
Att: 49,246
United Rugby Championship
Round: 6

Current standing

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Head to head

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Leinster Rugby		Munster Rugby
36	Wins	15
15	Losses	36
0	Draws	0

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Season so far

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Tries

Leinster Rugby

Munster Rugby

Metres Gained

8593

Leinster Rugby

7984

Munster Rugby

Passes Completed

3442

Leinster Rugby

3476

Munster Rugby

Tackles Made

2503

Leinster Rugby

2709

Munster Rugby

Penalties Conceded

175

Leinster Rugby

185

Munster Rugby

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Team News | Munster Side To Face Leinster

November 24, 2023 12:00 pm By The Editor

Diarmuid Barron will lead Munster against Leinster. Inpho

The Munster team has been named for Saturday’s URC round six clash against Leinster at the Aviva Stadium (6.30pm, live on TG4).

There are six changes to the side that beat Stormers last weekend.

Stephen Archer starts at tighthead prop to become Munster’s most-capped player of all-time with 269 Munster appearances.

Diarmuid Barron returns to captain the side at hooker with Jean Kleyn making his first appearance of the URC season since winning the World Cup with the Springboks.

Tom Ahern makes his first ever start in the back row for Munster and two changes to the backline see Simon Zebo and Rory Scannell come into the side.

Zebo makes his first appearance of the season and his first start at full-back for Munster since 2018. He is joined by Calvin Nash and Shane Daly in the back three with Daly making a positional switch to the wing.

Scannell and Antoine Frisch start together in midfield with Craig Casey and Jack Crowley in the half-backs.

Jeremy Loughman, Barron and Archer pack down in the front row with Kleyn and Tadhg Beirne in the engine room.

Ahern, John Hodnett and Gavin Coombes complete the starting XV.

There are three Academy players among the replacements – Brian Gleeson, Tony Butler and Shay McCarthy.

Scott Buckley, Dave Kilcoyne and John Ryan provide the front row back-up with Kilcoyne set for his first appearance since returning from the World Cup.

Gleeson and Alex Kendellen complete the forward cover.

Conor Murray, Butler and McCarthy are the backline replacements.

On the injury front, Peter O’Mahony (shoulder) and Jack O’Donoghue (ankle) were unavailable for selection.

Find out all you need to know ahead of the game here.

Munster: Simon Zebo; Calvin Nash, Antoine Frisch, Rory Scannell, Shane Daly; Jack Crowley, Craig Casey; Jeremy Loughman, Diarmuid Barron (C), Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Tadhg Beirne; Tom Ahern, John Hodnett, Gavin Coombes.

Replacements: Scott Buckley, Dave Kilcoyne, John Ryan, Brian Gleeson, Alex Kendellen, Conor Murray, Tony Butler, Shay McCarthy.

Press Pass | Leinster v Munster

Hear from Jeremy Loughman and Forwards Coach Andi Kyriacou ahead of the game.

Tickets

URC Round 7: Friday, December 1

Munster v Glasgow Warriors, Musgrave Park, 7.35pm; Buy tickets here

Champions Cup Round 1: Saturday, December 9

Munster Rugby v Aviron Bayonnais, Thomond Park, 5.30pm; Buy tickets here

URC Round 8: Tuesday, December 26

Munster v Leinster, Thomond Park, 7.35pm; Buy tickets here

Champions Cup Round 4: Saturday, January 20

Munster Rugby v Northampton Saints, Thomond Park, 5.30pm; Buy tickets here

Saturday, February 3

Munster Rugby v Crusaders, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, 5pm; Buy final tickets here

URC Round 11: Friday, March 1

Munster v Zebre Parma, Musgrave Park, 7.35pm; Buy tickets here

URC Round 13: Saturday, March 30

Munster v Cardiff Rugby, Thomond Park, 7.35pm; Buy tickets here

URC Round 16: Saturday, May 11

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

URC Round 18: Saturday, June 1

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

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Line-ups

Field

List

Leinster Rugby
Pos
15	Hugo Keenan
14	Jordan Larmour
13	Garry Ringrose
12	Robbie Henshaw
11	Jimmy O'Brien
10	Ross Byrne
9	Jamison Gibson-Park
1	Andrew Porter
2	Dan Sheehan
3	Tadhg Furlong
4	Joe McCarthy
5	James Ryan
6	Jack Conan
7	Josh van der Flier
8	Caelan Doris
Replacements
16	Ronan Kelleher
17	Jack Boyle
18	Michael Alaalatoa
19	Ross Molony
20	James Culhane
21	Ben Murphy
22	Ciaran Frawley
23	Scott Penny

Munster Rugby
Pos
15	Simon Zebo
14	Calvin Nash
13	Antoine Frisch
12	Rory Scannell
11	Shane Daly
10	Jack Crowley
9	Craig Casey
1	Jeremy Loughman
2	Diarmuid Barron
3	Stephen Archer
4	Jean Kleyn
5	Tadhg Beirne
6	Thomas Ahern
7	John Hodnett
8	Gavin Coombes
Replacements
16	Scott Buckley
17	Dave Kilcoyne
18	John Ryan
19	Brian Gleeson
20	Alex Kendellen
21	Conor Murray
22	Tony Butler
23	Shay McCarthy

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Report | Munster Secure Losing Bonus Point At The Aviva

November 25, 2023 9:31 pm By The Editor

Munster’s Craig Casey hands off Ross Byrne of Leinster on his way to scoring Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Munster secured a losing bonus-point at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday night in a keenly contested match against Leinster.

Munster fell to a 21-16 defeat after Graham Rowntree’s side raced into a 0-10 lead thanks to a Craig Casey try with a conversion and penalty from Jack Crowley to follow.

Leinster hit back with two converted tries to lead 14-10 at the break before Jack Crowley reduced the deficit to one point with another penalty after 52 minutes.

Munster had some good opportunities after this but were unable to take them and Leinster pushed the lead out to 21-13 with another converted try.

Crowley then added another penalty to secure the losing bonus-point.

Both teams had periods of dominance during a superb contest and the outcome hung in the balance right to the end.

Stephen Archer set a new Munster record when he became the most capped player for the province when he made his 269th appearance.

Munster hit the front after six minutes thanks to great work down the right by Simon Zebo — his first action for Munster since March —with Shane Daly and Antoine Frisch also contributing before scrum-half Craig Casey finished superbly in the right corner.

Jack Crowley added the conversion from the right touchline for the perfect start.

The Munster out-half extended the lead with a penalty in front of the posts after 14 minutes.

Munster lost centre Rory Scannell to a yellow card after 22 minutes as Leinster surged for the line, but Munster defended the resultant penalty to touch.

However, Leinster got back in contention when Jamison Gibson-Park pounced to hack from deep and score a converted try after 25 minutes.

Leinster hit the front four minutes from the break when hooker Dan Sheehan got over after a penalty to the corner.

Ciaran Frawley, who had earlier replaced the injured Ross Byrne, added his second conversion to lead 14-10 at the interval.

Munster got on top after the restart and piled forward but the Leinster defence was solid.

Crowley reduced the deficit after 52 minutes with a penalty. Munster piled forward after and put considerable on the Leinster line but did not score.

Leinster extended their lead after 66 minutes when Jordan Larmour scored in the right corner. Frawley landed the conversion from the right to take a 21-13 lead into the closing 13 minutes.

Crowley reduced the margin with a penalty from 35 metres in front of goal to set up a thrilling finish with five points between them.

A break down the left by Conor Murray set up great field position for Munster with less than three minutes remaining, but Leinster defended well to secure the win.

Munster: Simon Zebo (McCarthy 66′); Calvin Nash (McCarthy 22′ Nash 30′), Antoine Frisch, Rory Scannell (Butler 72′), Shane Daly; Jack Crowley, Craig Casey (Murray 50′); Jeremy Loughman (Kilcoyne 52′), Diarmuid Barron (C), Stephen Archer (Ryan 56′); Jean Kleyn (Gleeson 68′), Tadhg Beirne; Tom Ahern, John Hodnett (Kendellen 61′), Gavin Coombes.

URC Round 6 Round-Up

Stephen Archer started at tighthead prop to become Munster’s most-capped player of all-time with 269 Munster appearances.

Jean Kleyn made his first appearance of the URC season since winning the World Cup with the Springboks.

Three Academy players featured from the bench; Brian Gleeson, Tony Butler and Shay McCarthy.

Summary

Timeline

Summary

Match Pages - Summary

Leinster Rugby

Tries

Gibson-Park 24' , Sheehan 35' , Larmour 65'

Conversions

Frawley 25' , 36' , 66'

Munster Rugby

Tries

Casey 5'

Conversions

Crowley 6'

Penalties

Crowley 13' , 50' , 73'

Yellow Cards

Scannell 20

Timeline

Match Page - Timeline

21 - 16

Replacement 80'

C. Doris

J. Culhane

21 - 16

Penalty 73'

J. Crowley

21 - 16

Replacement 72'

R. Scannell

T. Butler

21 - 13

Replacement 72'

J. Gibson-Park

B. Murphy

21 - 13

Replacement 72'

A. Porter

J. Boyle

21 - 13

Replacement 68'

J. Kleyn

B. Gleeson

21 - 13

Replacement 67'

J. Ryan

R. Molony

21 - 13

Replacement 66'

S. Zebo

S. McCarthy

21 - 13

Conversion 66'

C. Frawley

19 - 13

Try 65'

J. Larmour

14 - 13

Replacement 61'

J. Hodnett

A. Kendellen

14 - 13

Replacement 59'

J. van der Flier

S. Penny

14 - 13

Replacement 59'

T. Furlong

M. Ala'alatoa

14 - 13

Replacement 59'

D. Sheehan

R. Kelleher

14 - 13

Replacement 57'

S. Archer

J. Ryan

14 - 13

Replacement 52'

J. Loughman

D. Kilcoyne

14 - 13

Penalty 50'

J. Crowley

14 - 10

Replacement 50'

C. Casey

C. Murray

14 - 10

Conversion 36'

C. Frawley

12 - 10

Try 35'

D. Sheehan

7 - 10

Replacement 30'

S. McCarthy

C. Nash

7 - 10

Conversion 25'

C. Frawley

5 - 10

Try 24'

J. Gibson-Park

0 - 10

Replacement 22'

C. Nash

S. McCarthy

0 - 10

Yellow Card 20'

R. Scannell

0 - 10

Penalty 13'

J. Crowley

7 - 10

Replacement 7'

R. Byrne

C. Frawley

0 - 7

Conversion 6'

J. Crowley

0 - 5

Try 5'

C. Casey

Performance

Match page - Match Stats

Possession (%)

Territory (%)

Teams

Metres Gained

365

Leinster Rugby

438

Munster Rugby

Carries

129

Leinster Rugby

142

Munster Rugby

Tries

Leinster Rugby

Munster Rugby

Passes

153

Leinster Rugby

189

Munster Rugby

Tackles Made

186

Leinster Rugby

159

Munster Rugby

Missed Tackles

Leinster Rugby

Munster Rugby

Turnovers

Leinster Rugby

Munster Rugby

Penalties Conceded

Leinster Rugby

Munster Rugby

Line-ups

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Line-ups

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

Leinster Rugby
Pos		T	D	C	P
15	Hugo Keenan M: 41 C: 13 P: 7 T: 3 TO: 0
14	Jordan Larmour M: 42 C: 6 P: 1 T: 10 TO: 1	1
13	Garry Ringrose M: 25 C: 12 P: 7 T: 11 TO: 0
12	Robbie Henshaw M: 7 C: 5 P: 7 T: 14 TO: 1
11	Jimmy O'Brien M: 25 C: 10 P: 3 T: 3 TO: 0
10	Ross Byrne Replacement: Ciaran Frawley (7) M: 6 C: 1 P: 3 T: 0 TO: 0
9	Jamison Gibson-Park Replacement: Ben Murphy (72) M: 35 C: 8 P: 72 T: 6 TO: 0	1
1	Andrew Porter Replacement: Jack Boyle (72) M: 20 C: 11 P: 2 T: 11 TO: 0
2	Dan Sheehan Replacement: Ronan Kelleher (59) M: 34 C: 8 P: 2 T: 6 TO: 0	1
3	Tadhg Furlong Replacement: Michael Alaalatoa (59) M: 2 C: 3 P: 2 T: 11 TO: 0
4	Joe McCarthy M: 21 C: 8 P: 5 T: 14 TO: 0
5	James Ryan Replacement: Ross Molony (67) M: 15 C: 7 P: 0 T: 7 TO: 0
6	Jack Conan M: 41 C: 10 P: 4 T: 11 TO: 1
7	Josh van der Flier Replacement: Scott Penny (59) M: 12 C: 4 P: 5 T: 14 TO: 1
8	Caelan Doris Replacement: James Culhane (80) M: 19 C: 11 P: 6 T: 20 TO: 1
replacements
16	Ronan Kelleher Replaced Dan Sheehan (59) M: 5 C: 2 P: 2 T: 12 TO: 0
17	Jack Boyle Replaced Andrew Porter (72) M: 1 C: 2 P: 0 T: 5 TO: 0
18	Michael Alaalatoa Replaced Tadhg Furlong (59) M: 0 C: 1 P: 1 T: 7 TO: 0
19	Ross Molony Replaced James Ryan (67) M: 0 C: 0 P: 1 T: 6 TO: 0
20	James Culhane Replaced Caelan Doris (80) M: 0 C: 0 P: 0 T: 1 TO: 0
21	Ben Murphy Replaced Jamison Gibson-Park (72) M: 6 C: 1 P: 0 T: 0 TO: 0
22	Ciaran Frawley Replaced Ross Byrne (7) M: 10 C: 6 P: 22 T: 8 TO: 0			3
23	Scott Penny Replaced Josh van der Flier (59) M: 0 C: 0 P: 1 T: 6 TO: 0

Munster Rugby
Pos		T	D	C	P
15	Simon Zebo Replacement: Shay McCarthy (66) M: 76 C: 6 P: 4 T: 3 TO: 0
14	Calvin Nash Replacement: Shay McCarthy (22) M: 43 C: 9 P: 5 T: 9 TO: 0
13	Antoine Frisch M: 26 C: 7 P: 6 T: 10 TO: 0
12	Rory Scannell Replacement: Tony Butler (72) M: 22 C: 5 P: 6 T: 6 TO: 0
11	Shane Daly M: 34 C: 9 P: 6 T: 4 TO: 0
10	Jack Crowley M: 38 C: 17 P: 27 T: 8 TO: 1			1	3
9	Craig Casey Replacement: Conor Murray (50) M: 8 C: 3 P: 46 T: 5 TO: 0	1
1	Jeremy Loughman Replacement: Dave Kilcoyne (52) M: 15 C: 6 P: 1 T: 10 TO: 0
2	Diarmuid Barron M: 14 C: 13 P: 3 T: 10 TO: 0
3	Stephen Archer Replacement: John Ryan (57) M: 0 C: 3 P: 2 T: 6 TO: 0
4	Jean Kleyn Replacement: Brian Gleeson (68) M: 9 C: 9 P: 4 T: 11 TO: 0
5	Tadhg Beirne M: 13 C: 11 P: 8 T: 10 TO: 2
6	Thomas Ahern M: 15 C: 4 P: 5 T: 14 TO: 1
7	John Hodnett Replacement: Alex Kendellen (61) M: 20 C: 4 P: 3 T: 17 TO: 1
8	Gavin Coombes M: 22 C: 16 P: 3 T: 18 TO: 0
replacements
16	Scott Buckley M: 0 C: 0 P: 0 T: 0 TO: 0
17	Dave Kilcoyne Replaced: Jeremy Loughman (52) M: 5 C: 4 P: 0 T: 3 TO: 0
18	John Ryan Replaced: Stephen Archer (57) M: 2 C: 3 P: 2 T: 3 TO: 0
19	Brian Gleeson Replaced: Jean Kleyn (68) M: 17 C: 5 P: 1 T: 1 TO: 0
20	Alex Kendellen Replaced: John Hodnett (61) M: 0 C: 1 P: 1 T: 7 TO: 0
21	Conor Murray Replaced: Craig Casey (50) M: 46 C: 3 P: 48 T: 3 TO: 0
22	Tony Butler Replaced: Rory Scannell (72) M: 6 C: 2 P: 7 T: 0 TO: 0
23	Shay McCarthy Replaced: Calvin Nash (22) Replaced: Simon Zebo (66) M: 7 C: 2 P: 1 T: 1 TO: 0