Bonus-point victory moves Reds up to second in URC table

Daly has strong GAA roots and played underage with Bishopstown while O'Connor delivered major honours with Cork underage and St Finbarr's

PBC were 34-17 victors over Grey College in the last group game in Salou

Reds need the URC points ahead of two tough derbies over Christmas

Possessing a dominant attacking and defensive lineout, they mined tries from Gearóid Whelton, Ryan Cusack, and Riain Walsh to dismiss Hamilton High School in this Munster Schools Senior Cup qualifier final.

Tries from back-rowers Ryan Harrington and Zach Ridgway, plus Darragh O’Sullivan’s winning conversion, secured the two-point triumph in this Munster Schools Junior Cup qualifier final.

Ben O'Connor impressed on GAA turf but there was nothing against Gloucester to suggest Reds are contenders

Reds were in clinical form in the second half after a slow start on Leeside

'I'm jealous of Leinster but I also admire them... they got an opportunity many years ago, took it with both hands and built on it, unlike Munster'

After a heavy defeat in Bath, victory on Leeside this Saturday evening is vital 

Huge clash this Saturday evening as Gloucester land on Leeside

Reds must reset quickly for Saturday's Champions Cup clash at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Former Munster coach van Graan led the famous club to their first league title in 29 years and they're keen to make their presence felt in Europe

Reds have a very difficult opening Champions Cup assignment before hosting Gloucester on Leeeside seven days later

Reds were beaten for the first time last weekend and now travel to Bath for the Champions Cup opener

The 11th Rugby World Cup kicks off in Australia on October 1, 2027

The South African visitors used their superior bench power to win after being fifteen down at half time.

Reds have picked a strong line-up for Saturday's showdown at Thomond Park

Welcome to the alarming, monotonous and punishing world of modern rugby, where power is now the only way forward

Hosts played a portion of the game at the Aviva with 12 players

No love lost between the hosts and the Boks in recent meetings

'He wins a Six Nations championship, he gets dropped a few months later...'

'I managed to score a hat-trick of tries against Leinster at U18 level so I really look back on that with some good memories'

Irish were in total control against Australia but they're not the same force they were

Mack Hansen's first-half hat-trick set Ireland on their way to a resounding victory

Mick Lane toured New Zealand and Australia with the Lions in 1950

'Ireland will struggle against the Australians next week and be demolished against the Springboks the week after on the form they showed against Japan'

Jack Crowley scored the opening try at the Aviva

Eddie Jones on Ireland's new era and young players taking over from legends like Peter O'Mahony and Johnny Sexton

If international teams are picked on form as they rightfully should be, then there is no way in hell that Leinster should have had 12 of the starting 15 players that took to the field in Chicago on Saturday evening.

Tony Butler crossed the line for two vital tries at Thomond Park

Sell-out crowd will see Irish take on the All Blacks on Saturday

Everything is bright and rosy but all good things must come to an end at some point, only then will we see what this squad are made of...

Jake O'Donoghue gave Reds their fourth URC win in a row

'Years of hardship and rivers of tears have passed since Munster produced a performance like this'

After going 7-0 down early on, Reds dominated their great rivals from there

Munster were 'haunted' to win against Cardiff and Edinburgh, but it is a nice change to be winning ugly for a change...

One of the more interesting stats to emerge from Croke Park was that the top 13 tacklers were all wearing red.

Ruadhán Quinn, Gavin Coombes, and Diarmuid Barron scored Munster's tries while Cardiff picked up two bonus points thanks to Josh Adams and a Tom Bowen hat-trick.

New centre Dan Kelly, a summer recruit from Leicester Tigers, linked superbly in midfield with player of the match Alex Nankivell and acting skipper Craig Casey directed operations very well

“The club have really gone out and brought in some quality coaches. We have everything available to us to go out and play to the best of our ability. Climb up that table.”

“I came to Con when I was about four or five. It’s where you want to be. I would have been the ball boy when I was growing up and looking on, they were kind of your heroes. To be in amongst it now, it's great.”

IWA Sport governed Rebel Wheelers Multi-Sport Club players Jade Flynn-Hurley and Paralympian John McCarthy have been officially named as part of the Irish Wheelchair Rugby national squad.

Skibbereen native is now a highly-experienced back in the Irish squad

SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh will host the historic game on Saturday, December 13 at 5.30pm

'It’s hard to put in words how much it would mean. I think for myself and for my family, and my friends, everyone that has helped me along the way'

The Lions won comprehensively, 48-0, yet Farrell was satisfied his team had done all that was asked of them and could turn to face the Wallabies with confidence

In the Challenge Cup, Connacht will come up against the likes of Racing 92 and Ospreys in Pool 1, with Zebre, Montpellier and Benetton rounding out the group

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Eoghan Smyth and Conor Kennelly have been selected for the Reds underage set-up for the new season