“Johann and Steven would be two of the hardest working people.” All last week, Johann van Graan was getting his bags packed for him by people outside of Munster Rugby. A head coach announcing he is leaving with six months go to in a season will sometimes do that. Having taken over the top job […]

4 years ago

The South African is on his way, next summer. The rumours had been circulating for the past fortnight and have now been confirmed – Munster head coach Johann Van Graan will depart the province at the end of this season. Van Graan joined Munster in November 2017, learning under Rassie Erasmus for a short spell […]

4 years ago

“It certainly hasn’t been ideal.” 12 days ago, Johann van Graan and his Munster squad were getting ready for a United Rugby Championship encounter with the Bulls, in Pretoria. A call came into the Munster camp that would tip everything sideways. The ‘Omicron’ strain of the Covid-19 virus had been identified by South African scientists. […]

4 years ago

“It’s just the new world and we’ll just have to live with the way things are.” Johann van Graan and all of the Munster coaching and backroom staff will have to be nimble on their feet, and quick with Plans B, C, D thru Z, as the 2020/21 season develops. On Tuesday morning, Munster confirmed […]

5 years ago

“Having one of the best in the world to emulate has been really good.” Craig Casey is in line to start for Munster when they start their 2020/12 Guinness PRO14 campaign on the road to Scarlets. With fellow scrumhalf only listed as an ‘outside chance’, by Johann van Graan to play in Week 2, opportunity […]

5 years ago

The former Munster star is out of contract at the end of the new season. As Munster head into their first weekend of the 2020/21 season, Simon Zebo and his Racing 92 are looking forward to ending their 2019/20 campaign on a high. Such has been the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic that Racing […]

5 years ago