Murray Kinsella
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Flanagan's Munster exit is no shock. Next CEO appointment is crucial (opens the original)
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HEADING UP MUNSTER Rugby was Ian Flanagan’s dream job, but it surely felt more like a nightmare at times in the last year or so. He grew up around the corner from Musgrave Park in Cork, has always been a big Munster fan, and was thrilled to land the CEO gig in 2019 after more than 20 years of working in various roles within sport, particularly football. In stepping down from his position now, it appears that Flanagan is accepting that he hasn’t been able to guide Munster in the direction he and
Farrell will be excited to welcome Hansen into Ireland's back three (opens the original)
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ONE SUSPECTS THAT Ireland boss Andy Farrell is excited about the prospect of fitting Mack Hansen, Rob Baloucoune, and Hugo Keenan into the same back three. And that prospect is live, with Hansen having made his latest return last weekend. The 28-year-old played just three times last season due to foot problems that first struck during the 2025 Lions tour. Hansen was good on all three of those appearances, which included a try-scoring showing for Connacht against the Bulls and a hat-trick from fu
A huge World Cup season is already underway for Irish rugby (opens the original)
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EVEN BEFORE IRELAND had played their final game of the 2025/26 season against New Zealand at Eden Park last weekend, pre-season for the 2026/27 campaign was already underway back home. Connacht were the first of the Irish provinces to get their pre-season rolling a couple of weeks ago, while Munster have got going this week, with Leinster and Ulster up and running soon. The majority of the 33-man Ireland squad Andy Farrell will bring to Australia next year are on their holidays now, having been
What hurt Ireland most was how their errors played into All Blacks' hands (opens the original)
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THE WAY THINGS work with Ireland and international rugby is that there was no time for Andy Farrell’s squad to review their loss to New Zealand last weekend. They headed home to Ireland or away on holiday the day after the game in Auckland, and they’re not due to regather until the autumn when they start preparing for the second window of the Nations Championship. So the day that they reconvene in October is likely to be when they try to hammer home the key lessons from losing 40-21 at Eden Park
The 42's dream XV from the opening Nations Championship window (opens the original)
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The Bordeaux maestro started France’s opening game against New Zealand at out-half, then switched to fullback for their wins over Australia and Japan. And he created pure magic from the number 15 shirt, working in tandem with out-half Romain Ntamack. Jalibert made five linebreaks, beat 19 defenders, and threw five offloads, kicked well and made some good defensive interventions. Jalibert is a lot of fun to watch. Damian McKenzie was class for the All Blacks, South Africa’s Damien Willemse had an
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