2017/18
12th June 2018 By Munster Rugby
New Head Coach Johann van Graan joined the province in November with Defence Coach JP Ferreira arriving in December as Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber returned to the South Africa national team.
Munster reached the Champions Cup quarter-finals for a record 17th time and defeated Toulon at Thomond Park before losing out to Racing 92 in the Bordeaux semi-final, 27-22.
The province finished second in Conference A of the Guinness PRO14 but suffered a narrow semi-final loss, to Leinster at the RDS.