From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2010–11 Munster Rugby season
2010–11 Munster Rugby season
2010–11 Munster Rugby season Cup. It was Tony McGahans third season as Director of
Ground(s) Thomond Park Rugby.
Musgrave Park (Capacity: 26,500
8,500)
Summary
Coach(es) Tony McGahan (Director of Rugby)[1]
Anthony Foley (Assistant & Defence) Munster were drawn in Pool 3 of the Heineken Cup
Jason Holland(Backs) alongside the Ospreys, London Irish and RC Toulon. Mun-
Laurie Fisher (Forwards) ster lost 23–17 away to London Irish, before defeating RC
Paul McCarthy (Scrum)
Toulon 45–18 at Thomond Park on 16 October 2010.[3][4]
Shaun Payne (Manager)
Mick Galwey (Squad Advisor)[2] Munster defeated Ospreys 22–16, but lost the reverse fix-
Paul Darbyshire (Strength & Conditioning) ture at Liberty Stadium 19–15.[5][6] In round 5 Munster
Anthony Coole (Medical & Physio) went to RC Toulon, losing 32-16. As a result of this defeat,
Munster failed to qualify for the quarter finals of the
Captain(s) Paul O’Connell
Heineken Cup for the first time in 13 years.[7] [8][9] As
League(s) Celtic League one of the top three runners up in the Heineken cup
pool stage, Munster entered the quarter-final stage of the
Challenge Cup where they defeated Brive 42-37 in France
before losing at home 12-20 to Harlequins.[10] [11][12]
In the Magners league Munster finished top of the
table with nineteen wins and three draws after twenty
two matches to qualify for the semi-final playoffs where
they defeated Ospreys 18-11. They then played in the
2011 Celtic League Grand Final where they defeated Lein-
ster by 19 points to 9 to claim their third league title.[13]
[14]
2010-11 Playing Squad
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB el-
igibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.
1st kit
Coaching and Management team
Players in
• Johne Murphy: from Leicester[15]
• Corey Hircock: from Bedford[16]
• Sam Tuitupou from Worcester Warriors[17]
• Wian du Preez from Free State Cheetahs[18]
• Peter Borlase from Crusaders[19]
Players out
• Jean de Villiers to Western Province and Stormers[20]
2nd kit • Jeremy Manning to Newcastle Falcons[21]
• Julien Brugnaut to Racing Paris [22]
The 2010–11 Munster Rugby season was Munster’s tenth • Ciaran O’Boyle returned to club[23]
season competing in the Celtic League alongside which • Nick Williams to Aironi
they also competed in the Heineken Cup for the sixteenth • Eoghan Grace to Exeter Chiefs[24]
time. They also competed in the European Challenge Cup
for the first time after elimination from the Heineken
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2010–11 Munster Rugby season
Player Position Union
Jerry Flannery Hooker Ireland
Denis Fogarty Hooker Ireland
Damien Varley Hooker Ireland
Stephen Archer Prop Ireland
Peter Borlase Prop New Zealand
Tony Buckley Prop Ireland
John Hayes Prop Ireland
Marcus Horan Prop Ireland
Darragh Hurley Prop Ireland
Wian du Preez Prop South Africa
Dave Ryan Prop Ireland
Dave Foley Lock Ireland
Ian Nagle Lock Ireland
Donncha O’Callaghan Lock Ireland
Paul O’Connell (c) Lock Ireland
Mick O’Driscoll Lock Ireland
Donnacha Ryan Lock Ireland
Billy Holland Flanker Ireland
Tommy O’Donnell Flanker Ireland
Peter O’Mahony Flanker Ireland
Alan Quinlan Flanker Ireland
Niall Ronan Flanker Ireland
David Wallace Flanker Ireland
Patrick Butler Number 8 Ireland
James Coughlan Number 8 Ireland
Denis Leamy Number 8 Ireland
2010–11 Celtic League (2/4) 14’,
49’
See also: 2010–11 Celtic League
Grand Final
Main article: 2011 Magners League Grand Final
Playoffs
28 Munster 19 – 9 Lein- Thomond
May Park
Semi-final 2011
ster
Try: Report Pen: Sexton Attendance:
14 Munster 18 – 11 Thomond 17:05 Howlett 12’ 26,100
(3/4) 29’,
May Ospreys Park Referee:
c 46’, 60’
2011 Try: Barnes Report Try: Fussell Referee: Nigel
Earls 66’ m
18:30 (2) 32’ m, 78’ m Nigel Owens
Penalty try
57’ c Pen: Biggar Owens 79’ c
Con: O’Gara (2/2) 38’, Con: O’Gara
(1/2) 55’ (2/3)
Pen: O’Gara
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2010–11 Munster Rugby season
Player Position Union
Tomás O’Leary Scrum-half Ireland
Peter Stringer Scrum-half Ireland
Duncan Williams Scrum-half Ireland
Ronan O’Gara Outside-half Ireland
Paul Warwick Outside-half Australia
Declan Cusack Outside-half Ireland
Tom Gleeson Centre Ireland
Lifeimi Mafi Centre New Zealand
Barry Murphy Centre Ireland
Sam Tuitupou Centre New Zealand
Danny Barnes Wing Ireland
Keith Earls Wing Ireland
Ian Dowling Wing Ireland
Doug Howlett Wing New Zealand
Johne Murphy Wing Ireland
Scott Deasy Fullback Ireland
Denis Hurley Fullback Ireland
Felix Jones Fullback Ireland
Position Name Nationality
Director of Rugby Tony McGahan Australia
Team Manager Shaun Payne
Forwards Coach Laurie Fisher Australia
Backs Coach Jason Holland
Technical Advisor Anthony Foley Ireland
Head of Strength & Conditioning Paul Dar-
byshire
Strength and Conditioning Coach Tom Comyns Ireland
Strength and Conditioning Coach Aidan Ireland
O’Connell
Strength & Conditioning Coach Joe Gallanagh Ireland
Medical Co-ordinator & Head of Physiothera- Anthony Coole Ireland
py
Physiotherapist Neil Tucker Massage Therapists Ire-
Dave Revins Paul McMahon Paddy Quin- land
lan
2010-11 Heineken Cup Pool 3
See also: 2010-11 Heineken Cup 9 Octo- London Ir- 23 – 17 Mun- Madejski
ber ish ster Stadium,
2010 Try: Ojo 41’ Report Try: Reading
17:45 m Tuitupou Attendance:
Con: Lamb 80’ m 20,188
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Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Try Losing Pts
bonus bonus
1 Munster 22 19 0 3 496 327 +169 44 22 5 2 83
2 Leinster 22 15 1 6 495 336 +159 50 25 5 3 70
3 Ulster 22 15 1 6 480 418 +62 44 35 3 2 67
4 Ospreys 22 12 1 9 553 418 +135 56 29 6 7 63
5 Scarlets 22 12 1 9 503 453 +50 49 43 5 7 62
6 Cardiff Blues 22 13 1 8 479 392 +87 37 33 3 3 60
7 Newport Gwent Dragons 22 10 1 11 444 462 −18 47 49 3 4 49
8 Edinburgh 22 9 0 13 421 460 −39 39 44 2 5 43
9 Connacht 22 7 1 14 394 459 −65 32 44 3 6 39
10 Benetton Treviso 22 9 0 13 374 502 −128 29 58 0 2 38
11 Glasgow Warriors 22 6 1 15 401 543 −142 33 48 1 6 33
12 Aironi 22 1 0 21 247 517 −270 21 52 0 8 12
Correct as of 7 May 2011
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Toulon (6) 6 4 0 2 13 13 0 143 134 +9 1 0 17
Munster [7] 6 3 0 3 17 9 +8 143 122 +21 2 2 16
Ospreys 6 3 0 3 7 11 −4 117 113 +4 0 2 14
London Irish 6 2 0 4 9 13 −4 107 141 −34 0 1 9
(0/1) Con: Referee: O’Gara (1/ Wilkinson
Pen: Lamb O’Gara (0/ Christophe 2) 47’ 49’
(4/4) 8’, 1) Berdos 12 De- Munster 22 - 16 Thomond
11’, 20’, 37’ Pen: (France) cember Ospreys Park
D. Ar- O’Gara (4/ 2010 Try: Report Try: Bowe Attendance:
mitage (1/ 5) 5’, 39’, 13:00 26,000
Howlett 42’ c
2) 73’ 55’, 69’
10’ m Con: Big- Referee:
Drop:
Wallace gar (1/1) Christophe
Lamb 33’
58’ c Pen: Big- Berdos
16 Oc- Munster 45 – 18 Thomond Murphy gar (3/5) (France)
tober Toulon Park, Lim- 63’ c 1’, 12’, 67’
2010 Try: Leamy Report Try: erick Con:
15:30 9’ c Genevois 1’ Attendance: O’Gara (2/
Buckley 20’ c 26,000 3)
c van Niek- Referee: Pen:
Howlett (2) erk 75’ m Wayne O’Gara (1/
36’ c, 62’ c Con: Con- Barnes 3) 40’
O’Driscoll tepomi (1/ (England) 18 De- Ospreys 19 - 15 Mun- Liberty Sta-
59’ c 1) cember ster dium
Coughlan Wilkinson 2010 Attendance:
Try: Report Try:
79’ c (0/1) 15:30 12,189
Phillips Buckley
Con: Pen: Con- Referee: Ro-
25’ c 23’ c
O’Gara (6/ tepomi (1/
Con: Big- Earls 58’ main Poite
6) 3) 30’ (France)
gar (1/1) m
Pen: Drop:
Pen: Big- Con:
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gar (4) O’Gara (1/ Semi-final
17’, 36’, 2)
30 Munster 12 – 20 Harle- Thomond
55’, 68’ Pen:
April quins Park, Lim-
O’Gara 5’
2011 Try: Jones Report Try: Rob- erick
16 Jan- Toulon 32 - 16 Mun- Stade Félix 13:00 Attendance:
uary Mayol 40’ c son 9’ c
ster 24,907
2011 Attendance: Howlett 78’ Care 34’ c
16:00
Try: Loa- Report Try: Wal-
13,900 m Con: Evans Referee: Ro-
manu 22’ c lace 76’ c Con: O’Gara (1/1) main Poite
Referee:
Sackey 37’ Con:
Dave Pear- (1/2) Care (1/1) (France)
c O’Gara (1/ Pen: Clegg
Con: 1) son (Eng-
land) (2/2) 49’,
Wilkinson Pen: 59’
(2/2) O’Gara (3/
Pen: 3) 2’, 25’,
Wilkinson 40’ References
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External links
[19] Munster agrees on Borlase deal SkySports, 10 June • 2010–11 Munster Rugby season official site
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