The 2013–14 Munster Rugby season was
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
's thirteenth season competing in the
Pro12
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alongside which they also competed in the
Heineken Cup
The European Rugby Champions Cup (known as the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons) is an annual rugby union tournament organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the top-tier competition for clubs who compete in a pre ...
for the nineteenth time. It was
Rob Penney
Rob Penney (born 27 April 1964) is a former New Zealand rugby union player, playing at No.8 for Canterbury throughout his career.
He has served in various coaching roles since 2005. He was the head coach of Australian Super Rugby side Waratah ...
's second and final season as head coach.
Coaching & management staff 2013–14
The Munster Coaching and Management staff for the 2013–14 season.
Senior playing squad 2013–14
The Munster Senior Squad for the 2013–2014 season.
Internationally capped players in bold.
Players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality. *
Senior players in (season 2013/14)
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Niall Scannell
Niall Scannell (born 8 April 1992) is an Irish people, Irish rugby union player for Munster Rugby, Munster in the United Rugby Championship and European Rugby Champions Cup. He plays as a Rugby union positions#Hooker, hooker and represents Dolp ...
''promoted from Academy''
*
Duncan Casey
Duncan Casey (born 14 November 1990) is a retired Irish rugby union player and current Irish Examiner columnist. He made 46 appearances for his native province Munster and 23 for French club FC Grenoble before finishing his career in 2019.
Mu ...
''promoted from Academy''
*
James Cronin
James Watson Cronin (September 29, 1931 – August 25, 2016) was an American particle physicist.
Cronin was born in Chicago, Illinois, and attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He and co-researcher Val Logsdon Fitch were aw ...
''promoted from Academy''
*
Gerry Hurley
*
Cian Bohane ''promoted from Academy''
*
Andrew Conway ''from''
Leinster
Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir ...
*
Ronan O'Mahony
Ronan O'Mahony (born 28 May 1989) is an Irish former rugby union player, who played for Munster. He normally played as a wing, but occasionally played fullback. O'Mahony represented Garryowen in the All-Ireland League.
Munster
O'Mahony made ...
''promoted from Academy''
*
Gerhard van den Heever
Gerhard Jacobus van den Heever (born 13 April 1989) is a South African-born Japanese rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and Kubota Spears in the Top League. His regular playing position is as a wing.
Education
Van den Heever attended ...
''from''
Western Province
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*Western Province, Cameroon
*Western Province, Rwanda
*Western Province (Kenya)
*Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
*Western Province (Solomon Islands)
*Western Province, Sri Lanka
*Western Provinc ...
/
Stormers
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Senior players out (season 2013/14)
*
Seán Henry ''to''
Connacht
Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...
*
Marcus Horan
Marcus Horan (born 7 September 1977) is a retired Irish rugby union player who played prop for Munster and Ireland.
Early life
Horan was educated at Scoil Seanain Naofa (Clonlara National School), St. Munchin's College and Limerick Institute of ...
''Retiring''
*
Wian du Preez ''to''
Free State Cheetahs
The Free State Cheetahs (formerly the Orange Free State), currently named the Toyota Free State Cheetahs, for sponsorship reasons, are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They are governed by th ...
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Christy Condon
Christy Condon (born 23 October 1981) is an Irish former rugby union player.
Munster
Condon joined the Munster set-up on a training contract at the start of the 2011–12 season, and secured a development contract for the 2012–13 season.
H ...
''to'' ''released''
*
Peter Stringer
Peter Alexander Stringer (born 13 December 1977) is an Irish former rugby union player who played at scrum-half. He played 13 seasons with Irish province Munster from 1998 to 2011; he then played seven seasons from 2011 to 2018 in England wit ...
''to''
Bath
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* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
*
Scott Deasy
Scott Deasy (born 11 October 1988) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays at fly-half, centre and fullback.
Munster
After shining at various age grades with Presentation Brothers College, Cork, including three years with the Senior Cup Tea ...
''to'' ''released''
*
Ronan O'Gara
Ronan John Ross O'Gara ( ga, Rónán Ó Gadhra; born 7 March 1977) is an Irish former rugby union player and current coach. O'Gara played as a fly-half and is Ireland's second most-capped player and highest ever points scorer. He is currently ...
''Retiring''
*
Danny Barnes ''to''
Newcastle Falcons
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The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
*
Doug Howlett ''Retiring due to injury''
*
Seán Scanlon ''to''
Rotherham
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2013–14 Pro12
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Munster reached the semi-finals of the Pro 12 and faced the
Glasgow Warriors
Glasgow Warriors are a professional rugby union side from Scotland. The team plays in the United Rugby Championship league and in the European Professional Club Rugby tournaments. In the 2014–15 season they won the Pro12 title and became t ...
at
Scotstoun Stadium
Scotstoun Stadium is an athletics and rugby union stadium in Scotstoun, an area in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland.
Glasgow Warriors have trained at the facility since 2009 and have played their home games here from the 2012–13 season on ...
on 16 May.
Glasgow won the match 16-15 to reach the final against
Leinster
Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir ...
who defeated
Ulster
Ulster (; ga, Ulaidh or ''Cúige Uladh'' ; sco, label= Ulster Scots, Ulstèr or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional Irish provinces. It is made up of nine counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United King ...
13-9 the day after.
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2013–14 Heineken Cup
On 19 January, Munster secured a home quarter-final in the knock-out stages of the
2013–14 Heineken Cup
The 2013–14 Heineken Cup was the 19th and final season of the Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby.
The pool stage began on 11 October 2013 and ran through to 17–19 ...
after a 38–6 win against
Edinburgh
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at
Thomond Park
Thomond Park is a stadium in Limerick in the Irish province of Munster. The stadium is owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union and has Munster Rugby, Shannon RFC and UL Bohemian RFC as tenants. Limerick FC played home games in Thomond Park fr ...
. They faced
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
in the quarter-finals on 5 April.
Munster scored six tries to beat Toulouse 43-23 and reach the semi-finals.
A Keith Earls's try put Munster into a 10-point lead before two Luke McAlister penalties made it 13–9 at half time. Tries from Dave Kilcoyne and CJ Stander looked to have sealed the victory before Toulouse relied with a try from Hosea Gear. Further tries from Casey Laulala, Simon Zebo and Paul O'Connell made it a comfortable win in the end for Munster. CJ Stander, who replaced the injured Peter O'Mahony in the first half was named Man of the Match.
On 27 April in the semi-final against
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...
at the
Stade Vélodrome
The Stade Vélodrome (; oc, Estadi Velodròm, ), known as the Orange Vélodrome for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Marseille, France. It is home to the Olympique de Marseille football club of Ligue 1 since it opened in 1937, ...
, Munster lost 24–16.
Munster came from 18-9 down at half-time to score the game's only try through
Simon Zebo
Simon Zebo (born 16 March 1990) is an Irish rugby union player for United Rugby Championship and Champions Cup side Munster. He is equally adept as a wing or fullback, having played in both positions often for Ireland, Munster and Racing 92. ...
who went over in the corner.
Jonny Wilkinson
Jonathan Peter Wilkinson, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 25 May 1979) is an English former rugby union player. A Fly-half (rugby union), fly-half, he played for Newcastle Falcons and RC Toulonnais, Toulon and represente ...
scored 21 points for Toulon.
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Quarter-final
Semi-final
Related
2013–14 Connacht Rugby season
References
External links
2013–14 Munster Rugby season at official site2013-14 Pro 12 Fixtures and Results
at rabodirectpro12
2013-14 Heineken Cup Fixtures and Results
at ercrugby
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