Ian Costello has taken over as the interim head coach.
The famous Limerick venue is sold out for the visit of the All Blacks XV, New Zealand’s second-string national team. The ticket sales underline that this is an exciting fixture but many Munster supporters will have mixed emotions as they make their way to the game.
IRFU performance director David Humphreys – who ultimately sanctions all decisions regarding the provincial head coaches – and Munster will also look outside Ireland, of course. There are sure to be one or two South African or Kiwi names doing the rounds. Loosehead prop George Bower, scrum-halves Finlay Christie and Noah Hotham, out-half Harry Plummer, centres Quinn Tupaea and Dallas McLeod, and back three flyer Shaun Stevenson are the other senior-capped All Blacks in the squad who arrived in Ireland in a few different groups at the start of this week. They’re training in Garryowen.
Given that the likes of Oli Jager, Jeremy Loughman, Josh Wycherley, Roman Salanoa, Mark Donnelly, Dave Kilcoyne, Edwin Edogbo, Thaakir Abrahams, Liam Coombes, Shane Daly, Patrick Campbell, and Cian Hurley are on the injury list, Munster’s squad looks a little threadbare at the moment.
Graham Rowntree Munster Thomond Park Thomond Test
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