Munster in European rugby

Last updated February 23, 2025

Munster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Munster competed in its first European rugby competition in the first ever Heineken Cup in 1995-96. They have won the competition on two occasions in 2006 and 2008.^[1]^[2]

Heineken Cup / European Rugby Champions Cup

Season	Pool/Round	Pos	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Bonus	Points
1995–96	Pool 4	2	2	1	0	1	–	2
1996–97	Pool 4	4	4	2	0	2	–	4
1997–98	Pool 4	4	6	2	0	4	–	4
1998–99	Pool 2	2	6	4	1	1	–	9
1998–99	Quarter-final	Colomiers 23 – 9 Munster
1999–00	Pool 4	1	6	5	0	1	–	10
	Quarter-final	Munster 27 – 10 Stade Français
	Semi-final	Toulouse 25 – 31 Munster
	Final	Northampton 9 – 8 Munster
2000–01	Pool 4	1	6	5	0	1	–	10
	Quarter-final	Munster 38 – 29 Biarritz
	Semi-final	Stade Français 16 – 15 Munster
2001–02	Pool 4	2	6	5	0	1	–	10
	Quarter-final	Stade Français 14 – 16 Munster
	Semi-final	Castres 17 – 25 Munster
	Final	Leicester 15 – 9 Munster
2002–03	Pool 2	2	6	4	0	2	–	8
	Quarter-final	Leicester 7 – 20 Munster
	Semi-final	Toulouse 13 – 12 Munster
2003–04	Pool 5	1	6	5	0	1	4	24
	Quarter-final	Munster 37 – 32 Stade Français
	Semi-final	Munster 32 – 37 Wasps
2004–05	Pool 4	1	6	5	0	1	2	22
2004–05	Quarter-final	Biarritz 19 – 10 Munster
2005–06	Pool 1	1	6	5	0	1	3	23
	Quarter-final	Munster 19 – 10 Perpignan
	Semi-final	Leinster 6 – 30 Munster
	Final	Biarritz 19 – 23 Munster
2006–07	Pool 4	2	6	5	0	1	3	23
2006–07	Quarter-final	Scarlets 24 – 15 Munster
2007–08	Pool 5	1	6	4	0	2	3	19
	Quarter-final	Gloucester 3 – 16 Munster
	Semi-final	Saracens 16 – 18 Munster
	Final	Toulouse 13 – 16 Munster
2008–09	Pool 1	1	6	5	0	1	3	23
	Quarter-final	Munster 43 – 9 Ospreys
	Semi-final	Munster 6 – 25 Leinster
2009–10	Pool 1	1	6	5	0	1	4	24
	Quarter-final	Munster 33 – 19 Northampton
	Semi-final	Biarritz 18 – 7 Munster
2010–11	Pool 3	2	6	3	0	3	4	16
2011–12	Pool 1	1	6	6	0	0	1	25
2011–12	Quarter-final	Munster 16 – 22 Ulster
2012–13	Pool 1	2	6	4	0	2	4	20
	Quarter-final	Harlequins 12 – 18 Munster
	Semi-final	Clermont 16 – 10 Munster
2013–14	Pool 6	1	6	5	0	1	3	23
	Quarter-final	Munster 47 – 23 Toulouse
	Semi-final	Toulon 24 – 16 Munster
2014–15	Pool 1	3	6	3	0	3	3	15
2015–16	Pool 4	3	6	3	0	3	3	15
2016–17	Pool 1	1	6	5	0	1	4	24
	Quarter-final	Munster 41 – 16 Toulouse
	Semi-final	Munster 10 – 26 Saracens
2017–18	Pool 4	1	6	4	1	1	3	21
	Quarter-final	Munster 20 – 19 Toulon
	Semi-final	Racing 92 27 – 22 Munster
2018–19	Pool 2	1	6	4	1	1	3	21
	Quarter-final	Edinburgh 13 – 17 Munster
	Semi-final	Saracens 32 – 16 Munster
2019–20	Pool 4	3	6	3	1	2	2	16
2020–21	Pool B	4	2	2	0	0	0	8^{[n 1]}
2020–21	Last 16	Munster 33 – 40 Toulouse
2021–22	Pool B	3	4	4	0	0	2	18
	Last 16 (1st leg)	Exeter Chiefs 13 – 8 Munster
	Last 16 (2nd leg)	Munster 26 – 10 Exeter Chiefs^{[n 2]}
	Quarter-final	Munster 24 – 24 Toulouse (A.E.T.)^{[n 3]}
2022–23	Pool B	6	4	2	0	2	2	10
2022–23	Last 16	Sharks 50 – 35 Munster
2023–24	Pool C	4	6	1	1	2	3	9
2023–24	Last 16	Northampton Saints 24 – 14 Munster
↑ Final two pools games of revised 2020–21 tournament cancelled due to French government decision to prevent their teams from travelling abroad for fixtures due to COVID-19. ↑ Munster won 34–23 on aggregate. ↑ Toulouse won 4–2 on penalties.

European Rugby Challenge Cup

Season	Round	Result
2010–11	Quarter-final	Brive 37 – 42 Munster
2010–11	Semi-final	Munster 12 – 20 Harlequins

Heineken Cup Record

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts	Status
Swansea	2	1	1	3	3	35	27	8	2	Advanced to the semi-finals
Munster	2	1	1	2	2	29	32	−3	2	Eliminates
Castres	2	1	1	2	2	29	34	−5	2	Eliminates

1 November 1995
14:30

Munster	17–13	Swansea
Try: Pat Murray Richard Wallace Con: Ken Smith Pen: Ken Smith	Report	Try: Alan Harris Con: Aled Williams Pen: Aled Williams

Thomond Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ed Morrison

8 November 1995
20:00

Castres	19–12	Munster
Try: Nicolas Combes Con: Laurent Labit Pen: Laurent Labit (4)	Report	Pen: Ken Smith (4)

Stade Antoine Beguere
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: David Davies

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Toulouse	4	3	1	21	13	8	157	142	15	6
Cardiff	4	3	1	16	7	9	135	97	38	6
London Wasps	4	2	2	17	14	3	156	115	41	4
Munster	4	2	2	11	22	–11	109	135	–26	4
Milan	4	0	4	6	15	–9	73	141	–68	0

12 October 1996
15:00

Munster	23–5	Milan
	Report

Musgrave Park
Attendance: 1,500

16 October 1996
19:15

Cardiff	48–18	Munster
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 4,000

19 October 1996
15:30

Munster	49–22	London Wasps
	Report

Thomond Park
Attendance: 6,000

2 November 1996
16:00

Toulouse	60–19	Munster
	Report

Les Sept Deniers
Attendance: 14,000

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Harlequins	6	4	2	21	12	9	198	141	57	8
Cardiff	6	4	2	17	15	2	184	146	38	8
Munster	6	2	4	14	21	−7	141	180	−39	4
Bourgoin	6	2	4	7	11	−4	93	149	−56	4

7 September 1997
14:00

Harlequins	48 – 40	Munster

Twickenham Stoop
Attendance: 3,682

13 September 1997
14:30

Cardiff	43 – 23	Munster

Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 4,500

20 September 1997
15:00

Munster	17 – 15	Bourgoin

Thomond Park
Attendance: 6,000

27 September 1997
15:00

Munster	32 – 37	Cardiff

Musgrave Park
Attendance: 5,000

4 October 1997
15:00

Bourgoin	21 – 6	Munster

Stade Pierre Rajon
Attendance: 6,000

12 October 1997
14:30

Munster	23 – 16	Harlequins

Thomond Park
Attendance: 10,000

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Perpignan	6	5	0	1	35	13	22	238	108	130	10
Munster	6	4	1	1	17	13	4	144	108	36	9
Neath	6	1	1	4	14	27	−13	118	194	−76	3
Safilo Petraca Rugby Padova	6	1	0	5	8	21	−13	79	169	−90	2

19 September 1998
14:30

Munster	20 – 13	Petrarca

Musgrave Park
Attendance: 2,000

26 September 1998
14:30

Munster	34 – 10	Neath

Musgrave Park
Attendance: 1,500

10 October 1998
15:15

Perpignan	41 – 24	Munster

Stade Gilbert Brutus
Attendance: 5,000

17 October 1998
14:30

Neath	18 – 18	Munster

The Gnoll
Attendance: 1,200

31 October 1998
14:30

Munster	13 – 5	Perpignan

Musgrave Park
Attendance: 4,000

8 November 1998
16:00

Petrarca	21 – 35	Munster

Stadio Plebiscito
Attendance: 500

Quarter-final

13 December 1998
15:00

Colomiers	23 – 9	Munster

Stade Selery
Attendance: 8,000

European Challenge Cup Record

Munster entered the competition as one of the top 3 2010-11 Heineken Cup pool runners-up who failed to qualify for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals.

9 April 2011, Quarter-final
14.00

Brive	37 - 42	Munster
Try: Uys 17' c Estebanez 20' c Palisson 70' c Perry 80' c Con: Belie (4/4) 17',20',80',70' Pen: Belie 10',36',45'	Report	Try: Howlett (2) 1' c, 22' c Earls (2) 4' c, 46' c Stringer 50' c Con: O'Gara (4/5) Pen: O'Gara (3/3) 53', 66', 68'

Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

30 April 2011, Semi-final
13:00

Munster	12 – 20	Harlequins
Try: Jones 40' c Howlett 78' m Con: O'Gara (1/2)	Report	Try: Robson 9' c Care 34' c Con: Evans (1/1) Care (1/1) Pen: Clegg (2/2) 49', 59'

Thomond Park, Limerick
Attendance: 24,907
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

References

↑ "Munster Rugby European Record". EPC Rugby. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
↑ "Munster Results Archive". Munster Rugby. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

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[Covid-3] Final two pools games of revised 2020–21 tournament cancelled due to French government decision to prevent their teams from travelling abroad for fixtures due to COVID-19.

[Last_16-4] Munster won 34–23 on aggregate.

[Penalties-5] Toulouse won 4–2 on penalties.

[1] "Munster Rugby European Record". EPC Rugby. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

[2] "Munster Results Archive". Munster Rugby. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.

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