A big occasion awaits on Saturday night as Munster welcome Vodacom Bulls to Thomond Park for the first time in our first game at Thomond Park this season in round 5 of the BKT URC.
Find out all you need to know ahead of Munster v Vodacom Bulls below.
Buy match tickets here.
Read the Munster team announcement here.
It will be the first game on the new surface at Thomond Park. A hybrid pitch, similar to the Aviva Stadium, with reinforced turf technology was installed at the ground over the summer.
Teams
Munster: Patrick Campbell; Calvin Nash, Malakai Fekitoa, Dan Goggin, Shane Daly; Joey Carbery, Craig Casey; Jeremy Loughman, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Edwin Edogbo; Tadhg Beirne, Peter O’Mahony (C), Gavin Coombes.
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Dave Kilcoyne, Roman Salanoa, Tom Ahern, Jack O’Donoghue, Conor Murray, Jack Crowley, John Hodnett.
Bulls: Kurt-lee Arendse; Cornel Hendricks, Lionel Mapoe, Harold Vorster, Wandisile Simelane; Johan Goosen, Embrose Papier; Simphiwe Matanzima, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Mornay Smith; Walt Steenkamp, Ruan Nortje; Marcell Coetzee (C), WJ Steenkamp, Elrigh Louw,
Replacements: Bismarck Du Plessis, Dylan Smith, Jacques van Rooyen, Ruan Vermaak, Marco Van Staden, Zak Burger, Chris Smith, David Kriel.
Press Pass | Munster v Vodacom Bulls
Hear from Defence Coach Denis Leamy and Craig Casey ahead of the game.
Match Officials
Referee: Mike Adamson
AR 1: Andrew Cole
AR 2: Dermot Blake
TMO: Andrew McMenemy
Broadcast
Live on TG4, Premier Sports, SuperSport, Discovery + & URC TV.
Tickets
URC Round 5
Saturday, October 15
Munster v Vodacom Bulls, Thomond Park, 7.35pm; Buy tickets hereURC Round 7
Saturday, October 29
Munster v Ulster, Thomond Park, 5.15pm; Buy tickets hereURC Round 8
Saturday, November 26
Munster v Connacht, Thomond Park, 7.35pm; Buy tickets hereChampions Cup Round 1
Sunday, December 11
Munster Rugby v Stade Toulousain, Thomond Park, 3.15pm; Buy tickets hereURC Round 10
Monday, December 26
Munster v Leinster, Thomond Park, 7.35pm; Buy tickets hereChampions Cup Round 3
Saturday, January 14, 2023
Munster Rugby v Northampton Saints, Thomond Park, 3.15pm; Buy tickets here
