Ulster Rugby v Munster

10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MUNSTER

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Munster has won the Irish Inter-Provincial Championship outright on 22 occasions, sharing the title seven times. Simon Zebo, who is departing for France in the summer, is the club’s record try-scorer with 57 touchdowns.

Munster’s rugby body was formally founded in 1879, the same year as Ulster and Leinster. The first touring team to visit Munster was Dave Gallaher’s New Zealand side of 1905 – the famous ‘Originals’. The new logo on the team’s shirt still retains the ‘three crowns’ representing the Province’s ancient kingdoms of Ormond, Desmond and Thomond. The European Cup has been won in 2006 and in 2008 during Declan Kidney’s second term as coach. Thomond Park in Limerick is now the principal home of the Munster team. The revamped stadium is capable of hosting a 27,000 crowd and opened in 2008. Donncha O’Callaghan, the former Ireland lock, played a record 268 times for Munster in his 17 years there. Ronan O’Gara is the club’s record points-scorer with a total of 2,625 accumulated between 1997 and 2013.

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Until Ireland’s win in Chicago last year the only Irish side to beat the All Blacks was Munster – by 12-0 in Limerick in 1978.

* All information correct at time of print

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