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Laulala Replaces Injured Earls For Munster
14 December 2012, 12:42 pm
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Casey Laulala replaces the injured Keith Earls as Munster name their team for the round 4 trip to Saracens
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Munster have made just one change for the return game against Saracens at Vicarage Road on Sunday with Casey Laulala coming into the side in place of the injured Keith Earls.
On Tuesday at the pre-match press conference, Munster head coach Rob Penney had expressed concern over several players, including the versatile Earls.
But there was no further cause for concern after the likes of Simon Zebo, BJ Botha and recent Heineken Cup debutant David O'Callaghan all came through training this morning in Cork.
Luke O'Dea has been withdrawn from the province's 'A' squad for tonight's British & Irish Cup match against Rotherham Titans at Musgrave Park (kick-off 6.30pm).
Instead, the Shannon clubman will travel to London on Saturday having won a spot on the senior squad's bench. The round 4 tie marks back rower James Coughlan's 100th competitive appearance for Munster.
The 32-year-old Coughlan made his debut back in 2006 having been brought into the squad as a development-contracted player by then head coach Declan Kidney.
He again showed his huge worth to Munster with a man-of-the-match display in last Saturday's round 3 win over Saracens at Thomond Park.
His ball-carrying ability and gobbling up of Sarries' restarts, allied to his energy and work-rate at the breakdown, left an impression on Penney who beamed afterwards: "I think he was just terrific for us.
"I know there are some great loosies hanging around in Ireland at the moment, but James? We know what his strengths are and he plays to them so well. Jeepers, he would wear the green jersey very, very well."
MUNSTER (v Saracens): Felix Jones; Doug Howlett (capt), Casey Laulala, James Downey, Simon Zebo; Ronan O'Gara, Conor Murray; David Kilcoyne, Mike Sherry, BJ Botha, Donncha O'Callaghan, Donnacha Ryan, David O'Callaghan, Peter O'Mahony, James Coughlan.
Replacements: Damien Varley, Wian du Preez, Stephen Archer, Billy Holland, Paddy Butler, Duncan Williams, Ian Keatley, Luke O'Dea.
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24 May
John Afoa will start at tighthead prop in the only change to the Ulster team for Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Leinster at the RDS (kick-off 4.45pm).
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24 May
The Leinster team to face Ulster in Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final at the RDS (kick-off 4.45pm) has been named.
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24 May
Academy Manager Peter Malone today confirmed that nine players will join the Munster Rugby Academy for the 2013/14 season.
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23 May
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22 May
After 22 rounds and two play-off games, the 2012/13 RaboDirect PRO12 season wraps up on Saturday with the final at the RDS appropriately between respective first and second seeds and provincial rivals, Ulster and Leinster.
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22 May
Previewing Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Leinster with Cóilín Duffy, Ulster winger Andrew Trimble said: "We really motivated for this game. People are talking about us being the best Ulster side in a few years, we had that record of 13 wins in a row at the start of the year. We want to win trophies, and there's no point having those records unless we back them up."
22 May
Ulster hooker Rory Best spoke to IrishRugby.ie's Cóilín Duffy ahead of Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final against Leinster at the RDS, discussing the match itself and how he is looking forward to captaining Ireland during next month's summer tour to North America.
22 May
With support from Department for Social Development, IRFU (Ulster Branch), the Irish FA and Ulster GAA are joining forces and using the power of sport to promote positive cross-community relations.
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21 May
Connacht Rugby hosted an information evening for parents of the province's Sub-Academy players who are coming into this summer's training camp.
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20 May
Ulster has signed tighthead prop Bronson Ross from Coventry RFC on a one-year development contract.
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