“Very down to earth, humble group of people. Very passionate, big support-base, mad about their rugby.” Graham Rowntree has got the gig, from the end of this season. He gets Munster, too. That definitely helped landing the big job. The world-wide search of Munster and the IRFU ended back on the training pitch at the […]

4 years ago

“I don’t know if it’s a controversial viewpoint… “ Darren Cave was sticking his neck out, somewhat, when he said he expected more from a Stephen Larkham coached Munster side. Given the reputation Larkham brought with him to Munster, though, he made a couple of valid points. It was confirmed, late last month, that the […]

4 years ago

Jerry Flannery knows exactly how the Australian coach and all involved at Munster are feeling. Stephen Larkham has been at Munster for less than six months but a faltering run of results have the province’s attack coach under the spotlight. The man he ostensibly replaced, Felix Jones, won the World Cup with South Africa while […]

6 years ago

The risk/reward of strapping Joey Carbery up and sending him to Japan is biting Munster Rugby. We may never know how former Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt planned on using Joey Carbery in the World Cup, and in the warm-up matches. Carbery started his season brightly against Italy, back in early August, but badly turned […]

6 years ago

Joey Carbery has said that he is looking forward to picking Stephen Larkham’s brain after the former Wallaby joined Munster’s coaching staff earlier this month. Larkham joins the province after a stint as Brumbies head coach followed by a period where he was positioned as Australia’s attack coach. Larkham was widely considered as one of […]

7 years ago