Munster Rugby Season In Stats

Take a look at the stats from the 2024/25 season which saw the Munster Women’s squad reach the Interpro final and the Men’s squad reach the quarter-final of both the URC and Investec Champions Cup.

The first URC fixture of the 2025/26 season will be against Scarlets on Saturday, September 27th, with pre-season friendlies announced soon. The Munster Women’s squad will also kick off their Interprovincial Championship campaign in August.

Scroll down to see the vital stats from both sides.

Munster Women

Munster secured second place in the Interprovincial Championship in August 2024, including three bonus-point wins, but losing out to Leinster for a second year in a row in the final.

The first fixture of the Interprovincial Championships took place at Virgin Media Park, as Ulster travelled down to Cork. Munster recorded an excellent performance in front of a home crowd, taking home a bonus-point 29-22 victory with Alana McInerney scoring a hat-trick.

In their second match, the Munster women overcame Leinster, in front of the Munster faithful. At half-time, the visitors led 14-12 but second-half Munster tries claimed a second bonus-point win.

Munster made it three wins from three after recording a hard-fought bonus-point 29-24 win over Connacht at Dexcom Stadium. The visitors were up 22-0 at half-time, with Connacht managing to get some points on the board in the second 40. Alana McInerney crossed for her fifth try of the Championship.

For the second season in succession, Munster fell at the final hurdle to Leinster  were crowned Interpro champions after a 27-7 win in Belfast.

Vodafone Players of the Match: Claire Bennett, Enya Breen and Muirne Wall.

Try-scorers: Alana McInerney (x7), Chisom Ugwueru (x3), Beth Buttimer (x2), Claire Bennett (x1), Chloe Pearse (x2).

Debuts: Emma Dunican, Michelle O’Driscoll, Ciara McLoughlin, Annakate Cournane, Ciara O’Dwyer, Caitríona Finn, Aoibheann McGrath and Lucia Linn.

Eimear Considine announced her retirement from rugby in November after an amazing career in red and green.

Munster Men

Munster reached the quarter-finals of both the Champions Cup and the URC.

An away defeat to eventual champions Bordeaux ended the province’s European challenge in April after a thrilling win over La Rochelle the previous weekend.

Munster finished sixth in the URC after bonus-point wins over Ulster and Benetton in the final two weeks of the regular season clinched a place in the play-offs and ensured Champions Cup qualification for next season.

The quarter-final in Durban ended in a 24-24 draw against Sharks after 100 minutes of action with the hosts prevailing 6-4 on penalties.

49 players were involved in competitive matchday squads over the season, including eight Academy players.

Attack & Defence

Munster scored 618 points and 90 tries in 25 games, averaging 25 points per game and 3.6 tries.

Munster conceded 522 points and 79 tries – conceding an average score of 21 points per game and 3.1 tries.

Debuts

There have been debuts for 10 senior players this season and one from the Academy.

The full list of debutants includes: Thaakir Abrahams, Tom Farrell, Billy Burns, Bryan Fitzgerald, Dian Bleuler, Ronan Foxe, Danny Sheahan, Andrew Smith, Lee Barron and Michael Milne.

There have also been Champions Cup debuts for Brian Gleeson, Dian Blueler and Andrew Smith.

Points & Appearances

Jack Crowley was the top points scorer with 112 points (64 URC & 48 Champions Cup).

Tom Farrell was the top try-scorer with 9 in 26 appearances, playing every competitive game as well as the All Blacks XV fixture.

Niall Scannell made 24 appearances including 14 starts, Fineen Wycherley made 23 appearances with 16 starts, and Gavin Coombes and John Hodnett both finished the season with 22 appearances for the province.

Awards & Landmarks

Craig Casey (2), Gavin Coombes (2), Jack Crowley (2), Tom Farrell (2), Thaakir Abrahams, Tadhg Beirne, Alex Nankivell and Jack O’Donoghue were Munster’s Player of the Match winners in both the URC and Champions Cup.

Several Munster players were nominated at the Rugby Players Ireland Awards including Tadhg Beirne and Tom Farrell as the Men’s XVs Players’ Player of the Year. Amee-Leigh Costigan was nominated for two awards, including the Women’s Players’ Player of the Year and Women’s XV Try of the Year as well as Dorothy Wall for Women’s XV Players’ Player of the Year. Tadhg Beirne went on to win, and Eimear Considine was presented with the Contribution to Irish Society Award.

Tom Farrell won the URC Playmaker award. This was an inaugural award based on adaptability, creativity and composure under pressure. He was also named among the URC Elite XV, along with Tadhg Beirne and Craig Casey.

Stephen Archer made a record 300 appearances, becoming the first Munster player ever to do so. Conor Murray and Rory Scannell became the 15th and 16th players to reach 200 appearances for Munster.

Gavin Coombes, Shane Daly and Craig Casey all reached 100 caps for Munster.

This season’s Munster Rugby Award winners will be announced at the end of the summer.

Tadhg Beirne was named as the Munster Captain.

Rugby Players Ireland announced that Lynne Cantwell, Marcus Horan and Donncha O’Callaghan would be inducted into their Hall of Fame. First presented in 2003, the illustrious group includes an array of Irish Rugby legends.

Internationals

Munster players have been on international duty this season for Ireland, playing in the Emerging Ireland Tour, WXV1, Ireland A and Six Nations (Men’s, Women’s & U20s).

Nine Munster players were included in Simon Easterby’s Emerging Ireland squad in October 2024, including Mark Donnelly, Seán O’Brien, Ben O’Connor, Ronan Foxe, Evan O’Connell, Ethan Coughlan, Seán Edogbo, George Hadden and Alex Kendellen as captain.

Craig Casey, Jack Crowley, Conor Murray, Calvin Nash, Tadhg Beirne and Peter O’Mahony were the Munster contingent for the 2024 Autumn Nations Series. Alex Kendellen was among the training panellists. Craig Casey scored his first try for Ireland in their win over Fiji. Jean Kleyn was selected for the South African Squad, who won all their fixtures against Scotland, England and Wales.

Beirne, O’Mahony, Crowley, Murray and Nash were also all selected for the Six Nations squad, with Gavin Coombes and John Hodnett later joining. The Ireland match against Italy in Rome was O’Mahony and Murray’s last game for Ireland as they retired from international rugby.

In the U20s Six Nations, Eoghan Smyth, Michael Foy, Oisín Minogue, Dylan Hicks, Tom Wood, Conor Kennelly and Gene O’Leary Kareem all represented Ireland. The U20s Squad for this summer’s World Ruby U20s World Championship was named last week, with all these players selected as well as Luke Murphy who missed the 6 Nations due to injury.

Ireland A faced England A in a one-off fixture at Ashton Gate in Bristol, with Six Munster players chosen, including Shane Daly, Diarmuid Barron, Evan O’Connell, Alex Kendellen, Oli Jager and Brian Gleeson.

The Ireland squad for the Men’s Summer Series will be led by Craig Casey as captain, with Tom Ahern, Gavin Coombes, Alex Kendellen, Michael Milne, Jack Crowley and Calvin Nash among the names selected. Denis Leamy and Mike Prendergast have been appointed as Assistant Coaches for the two Tests against Georgia and Portugal in July.

Tadhg Beirne has also been chosen to represent the British and Irish Lions in their tour of Australia this Summer and tours with the side for the second time.

Eight Munster players were involved in the Ireland Women’s Squad who competed in WXV1. They won 29-27 against World Champions the Black Ferns in their tournament opener. Enya Breen was also named captain.

10 Munster Players were selected in the extended Ireland Women’s squad for the Six Nations, including Beth Buttimer, Deirbhile Nic a Bháird, Dorothy Wall, Jane Clohessy, Siobhán McCarthy, Amee-Leigh Costigan, Caitríona Finn, Emily Lane, Enya Breen and Aoife Corey. Jane Clohessy and Aoife Corey won their first caps for Ireland against Scotland in Edinburgh.

Attendances

In November, Munster faced the All Blacks XV in an historic fixture at Thomond Park in front of a sold-out crowd.

25,600 were in attendance at Thomond Park as Munster took on Leinster on December 27th.

Over 8,000 fans watched the three fixtures held at Virgin Media Park in Cork; Edinburgh, Ospreys and Benetton, with two sell-outs.

7,754 supporters attended the Ireland Women’s clash against England at Virgin Media Park, a record for a standalone women’s fixture in Ireland.

Both Ireland U20s games in Cork against France and England were 8,800 sell-outs.

Departing Players

Our thanks to Stephen Archer, Conor Murray, Peter O’Mahony, Rory Scannell, Scott Buckley, Billy Burns, Patrick Campbell, Liam Coombes, Jack Daly, Cian Hurley and Jack Oliver as they have completed their time at the province.

See videos of the departing players below with more to come in the following weeks.