2020–21 Munster Rugby season

The 2020–21 Munster Rugby season is Munster's twentieth season competing in the Pro14, alongside which they also compete in the European Rugby Champions Cup. It is Johann van Graan's fourth season as head coach.[2]

2020–21 Munster Rugby season

Ground(s)	Thomond Park (Capacity: 25,600)[1] Musgrave Park (Capacity: 8,008)
Chairman	Gerry O'Shea
CEO	Ian Flanagan
President	Seán McCullough
Coach(es)	Johann van Graan
Captain(s)	Peter O'Mahony
League(s)	Pro14
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Events

As in the 2019–20 Pro14 season, Munster will spend the 2020–21 Pro14 season in Conference B, alongside Benetton, Cardiff Blues, Connacht, Edinburgh and Scarlets[3] South African side the Southern Kings were scheduled to participate in the conference, but they declared their withdrawal from rugby for the remainder of 2020 due to financial difficulties and travel restrictions enforced by the South African government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,[4] before the South African Rugby Union board placed the club into voluntary liquidation in September 2020.[5]

Due to the mid-season break during the 2019–20 season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season started later than usual.[6] The EPCR agreed a new format for the 2020–21 European Rugby Champions Cup in response to COVID-19: the top eight eligible teams from the Pro14, the Gallagher Premiership and Top 14 will compete in a 24-team tournament divided into two pools of twelve teams, with each team playing four games in the pool stage - two at home and two away. The top four teams from each pool will qualify for the knockout stage, which will consist of home-and-away quarter-finals decided on aggregate score, before one-off semi-finals and the one-off final.[7]

For the purposes of drawing the pool stage, the 24 teams were separated into four tiers, with the number one and number two ranked teams from each league entering tier one, the number two and number three ranked teams entering tier two and so on. Clubs from the same league in the same tier could not be drawn in the same pool. As stated above, the top fours teams at the end of the pool stage will progress to the knockout stage, but those teams that finish 5th–8th will drop down into the Challenge Cup. In the quarter-finals, the top ranked team in pool A will play the fourth-placed team in pool B and vice-versa, with the second-ranked team in pool A playing the third-placed team in pool B and vice-versa. The teams ranked first and second in their pools will have the advantage of playing the second legs of their quarter-finals at home. The new format is scheduled to begin on the weekend of 11/12/13 December 2020.[7]

Ahead of the season, there were no changes to Munster's coaching stuff, though CEO Ian Flanagan told journalists that, while it isn't a priority, the search for a fifth coach to join the team remains active.[8] Head of athletic performance Denis Logan returned home to the United States with his family at the end of October 2020,[9] with Ged McNamara, previously the lead athletic development coach for Munster's academy, promoted to replace Logan.[10] Elite player development manager Peter Malone left his academy role with the province in early 2021.[11]

The big news in terms of player movements was the arrival of two of South Africa's 2019 Rugby World Cup-winning squad - centre Damian de Allende and lock RG Snyman. Irish-qualified fullback Matt Gallagher arrived from English club Saracens, while Hawaii-born prop Roman Salanoa made the move south from Leinster. Five academy players also graduated to the senior squad: prop Keynan Knox, hooker Diarmuid Barron, back-rower Jack O'Sullivan, centre Alex McHenry and winger Liam Coombes.[12]

Two players - fly-half Tyler Bleyendaal and prop Brian Scott - were forced to retire from rugby due to injury during the 2019–20 mid-season break, whilst prop Ciaran Parker, locks Darren O'Shea and Seán O'Connor, back-rowers Arno Botha and Conor Oliver and centre Sammy Arnold departed the province for new clubs.[13] Winger Alex Wootton also left the province on loan to Connacht for the 2020–21 season.[14]

On the academy front, three players joined year one of the programme: hooker Scott Buckley, back-rower Alex Kendellen and fly-half Jack Crowley. Jack Stafford and Alan Tynan completed their three years in the academy and were released by the province. It is possible that more players will join the academy over the course of the season.[15]

Munster opened their 2020–21 Pro14 season with a 30–27 away win against Scarlets on 3 October 2020. Despite nine penalties from Scarlets fullback Leigh Halfpenny and a red card for captain Peter O'Mahony, tries from Jack O'Donoghue and Chris Farrell kept Munster within touching distance of the hosts, and a try from replacement hooker Kevin O'Byrne, converted by Ben Healy, levelled the score going into the final minutes of the game, before academy fly-half Healy scored a 50-metre penalty in the 81st minute to earn what had previously looked like an unlikely win for the province.[16]

The draw for the 2020–21 European Rugby Champions Cup was made on 28 October 2020, with Munster being drawn in pool B. The province will face English side Harlequins, where former Munster player and coach Jerry Flannery is a coach, and French side Clermont, who are, to date, the only French side to have ever won a Champions Cup game in Thomond Park. Munster will play both teams home and away over December 2020-January 2021.[17]

Munster's Champions Cup campaign commenced with a 21–7 home win against Harlequins on 13 December 2020, in which Gavin Coombes, Damian de Allende and Josh Wycherley made their tournament debuts. Coombes scored one try, with the other being a penalty try, with JJ Hanrahan and Ben Healy adding nine points of the kicking tee between them.[18] Munster travelled away to Clermont for round two on 19 December 2020 and, despite trailing 28–9 to the home side at one point, fought back to earn a stunning 39–31 win at the Stade Marcel-Michelin. The tries for Munster came from Mike Haley, star-of-the-match CJ Stander and Kevin O'Byrne, with JJ Hanrahan scoring a perfect nine from nine off the kicking tee for the other 24 points.[19]

It was announced in December 2020 that the 2020–21 Pro14 season would conclude after 16 rounds, with the winners of each conference advancing straight to the final on 27 March 2021. Four South African Super Rugby teams - the Bulls, Lions, Sharks and Stormers - will then be introduced in the Rainbow Cup, which will consists of two pools of eight team made up from two Irish, two South African, two Welsh, one Italian and one Scottish club. Each team will play their pool opponents once before the pool winners advance to the final on 19 June 2021.[20]

Coaching and management staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Johann van Graan	South Africa
Senior coach	Stephen Larkham	Australia
Defence coach	JP Ferreira	South Africa
Forwards coach	Graham Rowntree	England
Team manager	Niall O'Donovan	Ireland
Head of athletic performance	Denis Logan (Until October 2020)[9]	United States
Head of athletic performance	Ged McNamara (Since November 2020)	Ireland
Strength and conditioning coach	Damien O'Donoghue	Ireland
Strength and conditioning coach	Adam Sheehan	Ireland
Performance analyst	George Murray	Ireland

Players

Senior squad

Munster Rugby senior squad[lower-alpha 1]
Props Stephen Archer James Cronin Dave Kilcoyne Keynan Knox* Jeremy Loughman Liam O'Connor Callum Reid ^L John Ryan Roman Salanoa* Hookers Diarmuid Barron Rhys Marshall* Kevin O'Byrne Niall Scannell Locks Tadhg Beirne Billy Holland Jean Kleyn RG Snyman Fineen Wycherley	Back row Chris Cloete* Gavin Coombes Tommy O'Donnell Jack O'Donoghue Peter O'Mahony (c) Jack O'Sullivan CJ Stander Scrum-halves Craig Casey Neil Cronin Nick McCarthy Ben Murphy ^L Conor Murray Paddy Patterson ^ST Fly-halves Joey Carbery JJ Hanrahan	Centres Damian de Allende Chris Farrell Dan Goggin Alex McHenry Rory Scannell Back three Andrew Conway Liam Coombes Shane Daly Keith Earls Matt Gallagher* Mike Haley Calvin Nash Darren Sweetnam
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. ^* denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality. ^ST denotes a short-term signing. ^L denotes a player on loan at the club. Players and their allocated positions from the Munster Rugby website.[21] Alex Wootton is contracted to Munster for the 2020–21 season, but is on a season-long loan at Connacht. Ulster academy prop Callum Reid joined Munster on a six-week loan as injury cover ahead of round 4 of the 2020–21 Pro14. Leinster sub-academy scrum-half Ben Murphy joined on a seven-week deal as cover ahead of round 5. Leinster academy scrum-half Paddy Patterson joined on a short-term contract at the end of January 2021.

Academy squad

Munster Rugby academy squad
Props James French (3) Josh Wycherley (3) Hookers Scott Buckley (1) Eoghan Clarke (3) Locks Thomas Ahern (3) Paddy Kelly (2) Eoin O'Connor (2)	Back row Jack Daly (3) John Hodnett (2) Alex Kendellen (1) Scrum-halves None Fly-halves Jack Crowley (1) Jake Flannery (2) Ben Healy (3)	Centres None Back three Jonathan Wren (3) Universal backs Seán French (3)
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players, number in brackets indicates players stage in the three-year academy cycle. ^* denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality. Players and their allocated positions from the Munster Rugby website.[22]

Player movements

The 2020–21 season was unusual in that many of the players scheduled to join their new clubs during the summer pre-season ahead of the commencement of the new season were instead able to join during the mid-season break in the 2019–20 season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Below are the player movements originally scheduled for the 2020–21 season that instead took place in that mid-season break. Italics indicates players that transferred during the 2020–21 season.

Senior squad

Players in Keynan Knox promoted from Academy[23] Liam Coombes promoted from Academy[24] Alex McHenry promoted from Academy[24] Jack O'Sullivan promoted from Academy[24] Damian de Allende from Panasonic Wild Knights[25] Matt Gallagher from Saracens[25] RG Snyman from Honda Heat[25] Roman Salanoa from Leinster[26] Diarmuid Barron promoted from Academy[27] Callum Reid from Ulster (6-week loan)[28] Ben Murphy from Leinster sub-academy (7-week deal)[29] Paddy Patterson from Leinster academy (short-term deal)[30]

Players out Arno Botha to Bulls[31] Sammy Arnold to Connacht[32] Conor Oliver to Connacht[32] Seán O'Connor to Jersey Reds[33] Ciaran Parker to Jersey Reds[33] Alex Wootton to Connacht (season-long loan)[14] Darren O'Shea to Vannes[34]

Academy squad

Players in Scott Buckley[22] Jack Crowley[22] Alex Kendellen[22]

Players out Alan Tynan[22] Jack Stafford to Harlequins[35]

2020–21 Pro14

2020–21 Pro14 Table
Conference A
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	PTS
1	Leinster	11	10	0	1	396	161	+235	56	19	10	0	50
2	Ulster	11	10	0	1	335	180	+155	45	24	6	0	46
3	Ospreys	11	6	0	5	215	217	-2	24	25	1	2	27
4	Glasgow Warriors	10	3	0	7	177	222	-45	21	27	0	3	15
5	Dragons	10	3	0	7	168	253	-85	19	32	1	1	14
6	Zebre	11	3	0	8	157	355	-198	15	48	0	1	13
Conference B
	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	PTS
1	Munster	11	9	0	2	292	185	+107	34	18	4	2	42
2	Connacht	11	6	0	5	278	243	+35	37	32	5	3	32
3	Cardiff Blues	12	6	0	6	174	203	-29	19	22	1	1	26
4	Scarlets	12	5	0	7	200	227	-27	20	24	1	4	25
5	Edinburgh	10	4	0	6	165	223	-58	18	28	1	2	19
6	Benetton	10	0	0	10	161	249	-88	21	30	0	5	5
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order -[36] number of matches won the difference between points for and points against the number of tries scored the most points scored the difference between tries for and tries against the fewest red cards received the fewest yellow cards received
Green background indicates teams that will compete in the Pro14 Final, and also earn a place in the 2021–22 European Champions Cup Blue background indicates teams outside the play-off places that earn a place in the 2021–22 European Champions Cup Yellow background indicates the fourth-ranked eligible teams in each conference that play-off against each other for the seventh place in the 2021–22 European Champions Cup Plain background indicates teams that earn a place in the 2021–22 European Rugby Challenge Cup. (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (PO) Champions Cup play-off winners.

Round 1

3 October 2020 15:00

(1 BP) Scarlets	27–30	Munster
Pen: Halfpenny (9/9) 16', 20', 25', 35', 45', 51', 55', 65', 70'	Report Report	Try: O'Donoghue 28' c Farrell 67' c O'Byrne 77' c Con: Hanrahan (1/1) 28' Healy (2/2) 69', 78' Pen: Hanrahan (1/2) 48' Healy (2/2) 72', 80'+1

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Grove-White (SRU)

Round 2

10 October 2020 19:35

Munster	25–23	Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: Stander 76' c Con: Healy (1/1) 77' Pen: Healy (6/7) 3', 6', 19', 40', 53', 57'	Report Report	Try: Bennett 12' c Nel 29' c Con: Van der Walt (2/2) 13', 30' Pen: Van der Walt (2/2) 49', 73' Bennett (1/1) 66'

Thomond Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

Round 3

26 October 2020 20:15

(1 BP) Munster	38–27	Cardiff Blues
Try: G. Coombes (2) 6' c, 26' c O'Byrne 51' c O'Donoghue 58' c Hanrahan 67' c Con: Healy (4/4) 7', 27', 52', 59' Hanrahan (1/1) 68' Pen: Healy (1/2) 40'	Report Report	Try: Lee-Lo 1' c Summerhill 54' c Halaholo 62' c Con: J. Evans (3/3) 2', 55', 63' Pen: J. Evans (2/2) 16', 29'

Thomond Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)

Round 4

1 November 2020 14:00

Dragons	16–28	Munster
Try: S. Davies 31' m Screech 79' m Pen: S. Davies (2/3) 2', 46'	Report Report	Try: Gallagher (2) 13' m, 71' c Nash 24' c Con: Hanrahan (2/3) 25', 72' Pen: Hanrahan (3/3) 7', 22', 51'

Rodney Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Blain (SRU)

Round 5

7 November 2020 14:00

Benetton	P–P	Munster

Stadio Monigo

• Fixture postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19 cases amongst the Benetton squad.[37]

Round 6

15 November 2020 14:45

(1 BP) Munster	38–22	Ospreys
Try: G. Coombes (3) 13' c, 43' c, 53' c Haley 18' c O'Byrne 37' Con: Hanrahan (1/1) 14' R. Scannell (1/1) 19' Healy (3/3) 38', 44', 54' Pen: Healy (1/1) 23'	Report Report	Try: L. Morgan 5' c Lake 64' m Penalty try 76' Con: Myler (1/2) 7' Pen: Myler (1/1) 33'

Thomond Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)

Round 7

23 November 2020 20:15

Glasgow Warriors	13–27	Munster (1 BP)
Try: Bryce 13' m Stewart 63' m Pen: Thomson (1/1) 18'	Report Report	Try: Holland 10' c F. Wycherley 31' m G. Coombes 68' c Kleyn 77' m Con: Healy (2/3) 12', 70' Pen: Healy (1/3) 46'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Adam Jones (WRU)

Round 8

30 November 2020 20:15

(1 BP) Munster	52–3	Zebre
Try: Goggin 7' c De Allende 26' c Penalty try 36' Sweetnam 40' c Hanrahan 43' c S. French 56' c Casey 78' m Ahern 80'+2 m Con: Hanrahan (5/7) 8', 27', 40'+1, 44', 58'	Report Report	Pen: Pescetto (1/1) 13'

Thomond Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

Round 9

26 December 2020 19:35

Munster	P–P	Leinster

Thomond Park

• Fixture postponed until 2021 due to delayed COVID-19 test results from Leinster.[38]

Round 10

2 January 2021 17:15

Ulster	15–10	Munster (1 BP)
Try: Faddes 6' m McIlroy 16' c Con: Cooney (1/2) 17' Pen: Cooney (1/1) 28'	Report Report	Try: Sweetnam 80'+2 c Con: Crowley (1/1) 80'+4 Pen: Healy (1/2) 12'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Round 11

9 January 2021 19:35

(1 BP) Connacht	10–16	Munster
Try: Sullivan 78' c Con: Carty (1/1) 78' Pen: Carty (1/2) 40'+1	Report Report	Try: Farrell 18' c Con: Hanrahan (1/1) 10' Pen: Hanrahan (3/3) 19', 42', 61'

The Sportsground Attendance: 0 Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

Rescheduled round 9

23 January 2021 19:35

(1 BP) Munster	10–13	Leinster
Try: Beirne 11' c Con: Hanrahan (1/1) 11' Pen: Hanrahan (1/3) 5'	Report Report	Try: Larmour 69' c Con: R. Byrne (1/1) 70' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 25', 40'+4

Thomond Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

Rescheduled round 5

30 January 2021 17:00

(1 BP) Benetton	16–18	Munster
Try: Esposito 25' m Sarto 71' m Pen: Allan (2/2) 33', 40'	Report Report	Try: Sweetnam 2' m N. Scannell 9' c Con: Healy (1/2) 10' Pen: Healy (1/1) 54' Drop: Hanrahan (1/1) 80'+1

Stadio Monigo Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrea Piardi (FIR)

Round 12

20 February 2021 19:35

Edinburgh	v	Munster

Murrayfield Attendance: 0

Round 13

26 February 2021 20:00

Cardiff Blues	v	Munster

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 0

Round 14

5 March 2021 19:35

Munster	v	Connacht

Thomond Park Attendance: 0

Round 15

12 March 2021 20:00

Munster	v	Scarlets

Thomond Park Attendance: 0

Round 16

19 March 2021 18:00

Munster	v	Benetton

Thomond Park Attendance: 0

2020–21 European Rugby Champions Cup

Munster were drawn in pool B for the 2020–21 European Rugby Champions Cup. Due to the changed competition format for the 2020–21 season, Munster will play home-and-away fixtures against French side Clermont, who are the only French team to have ever won a Champions Cup game at Thomond Park to date, and English side Harlequins, where former Munster player and coach Jerry Flannery is currently a coach.[17]

In early January 2021, the EPCR took the decision to temporarily suspend rounds 3 and 4 of the 2020–21 Champions Cup, following a directive from authorities in France that French clubs should not participate in the scheduled matches in response to health risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is anticipated that the tournament will resume later in the season.[39]

Pool B

Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Lyon	2	2	0	0	83	10	+73	12	1	1	0	10
Racing 92	2	2	0	0	75	29	+46	11	4	2	0	10
Toulouse	2	2	0	0	57	22	+35	8	3	2	0	10
Munster	2	2	0	0	60	38	+22	5	5	0	0	8
Clermont	2	1	0	1	82	77	+5	11	8	2	0	6
Bristol Bears	2	1	0	1	65	69	–4	9	9	2	0	6
Exeter Chiefs	2	1	0	1	42	28	+14	6	4	1	0	5
Gloucester	2	1	0	1	48	89	–41	6	12	1	0	5
Ulster	2	0	0	2	56	67	–11	7	9	1	2	3
Connacht	2	0	0	2	40	53	–13	5	8	0	1	1
Harlequins	2	0	0	2	14	70	–56	2	9	0	0	0
Glasgow Warriors	2	0	0	2	0	70	–70	0	10	0	0	0

[40]

Key to colours

	Top 4 of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.
	Teams 5–8 in pool advance to 2020–21 European Rugby Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

Round 1

13 December 2020 17:30

Munster	21–7	Harlequins
Try: Penalty try 49' G. Coombes 69' m Pen: Hanrahan (2/3) 12', 37' Healy (1/1) 62'	Report Report	Try: Murley 55' c Con: Smith (1/1) 56'

Thomond Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)

Round 2

19 December 2020 17:30

(1 BP) Clermont	31–39	Munster
Try: Raka 0' c Penalty try 6' Penaud 14' c Fourcade 23' c Con: Lopez (3/3) 1', 15', 25' Pen: Lopez (1/1) 60'	Report Report	Try: Haley 28' c Stander 69' c O'Byrne 77' c Con: Hanrahan (3/3) 29', 71', 77' Pen: Hanrahan (6/6) 4', 8', 19', 43', 52', 57'

Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)

Round 3

16 January 2021 17:30

Munster	P–P	Clermont

Thomond Park Attendance: 0

Round 4

23 January 2021 18:30

Harlequins	P–P	Munster

The Stoop Attendance: 0

2020–21 Munster A season

Friendlies

19 September 2020 14:00

Connacht Eagles	19–22	Munster A
	Report

The Sportsground Referee: Eoghan Cross (IRFU)

26 September 2020 15:00

Munster A	40–12	Connacht Eagles
	Report

Thomond Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Chris Busby (IRFU)

12 December 2020 16:30

Ulster A	22–10	Munster A
	Report

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 0

18 December 2020 17:00

Munster A	34–25	Leinster A
	Report

Thomond Park Attendance: 0

Interpro Challenge Match

13 February 2021 13:00

Connacht Eagles	v	Munster A

The Sportsground Attendance: 0

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External links

• Official Munster website
• Pro14 Munster
• EPCR Munster