text: Person: Niall O'Donovan
  With another new coaching ticket in place for next season, patience has become a common theme of conversation amongst Munster fans- whether it's showing it or running out of it. We look at the terrace temperature of two well-versed followers.
  Just four months into his first job as a head coach, Johann van Graan is still adapting to a vastly different life in a different climate with a different attitude to rugby. But he has made a swift mark on the province as he creates a Munster for people who get up early in the morning.
  Peter Acheson: I'm sure the lads will be fine without me
  In 2014, Peter Creedon convinced him otherwise and earlier this year it was Liam Kearns. But this time, Peter Acheson's not for turning. The next few days are about goodbyes as he and his girlfriend Róisín prepare for a new life in Dubai.
  Ronan O'Gara on way back to Thomond Park to plot downfall of Munster
  Days after his Racing 92 side became champions of France, former Munster hero O'Gara has been handed a return to Thomond Park before Christmas, where he will plot the downfall of the team he led to a two Heineken Cup triumphs.
  Ronan O'Gara: Munster is no easy fix but they've one chance now to get it right
  Go back 10 to 15 years ago, and there wasn't a team like Munster in the world, writes Ronan O'Gara
  Noel Mannion hopes to get home from Thomond derby before Sunday... this time
  The Connacht team bus will leave the Sportsground shortly after noon today for The Strand Hotel in Limerick where the players and management will have a light meal, run through their plans for the match and then head for Thomond Park. 
  Kerry seaside holiday home scheme guiding at €1.2m
  A Kerry seaside holiday home scheme with 11, large well-built homes with stone facades is for sale for a receiver, guiding €1.2 million, while local reports also suggest the imminent sale of a local hotel or two, to US-based buyers.
  Earls and Ryan set to return to fire Munster's Euro climax
  Munster are keeping their fingers crossed that two experienced Irish Internationals, Keith Earls and Donnacha Ryan, will be available for their European Champions Cup games against Saracens and Sale Sharks next month.
  'You want me to name the guys we're after?'
  WHILE professionalism is now well entrenched in rugby, John Kelly's role for Munster Rugby has progressed from a decade as a paid player until the Ireland wing's retirement in 2007 to that of a volunteer, albeit one a chair of a PGC responsible for the recruitment and retention of players as well as the hiring of the coaching staff.
  Players' ability to implement gameplan crucial
  The Joe Schmidt era continued on its upward curve Saturday when Ireland convincingly put away the second ranked team in the world at a raucous Aviva Stadium.
  Timing is just right for Foley
  The appointment of Anthony Foley as Munster's next head coach was great, the timing was right, and I think there is so much more to come from him that we haven't yet seen.
  Fitzgerald says Reds will not rush coach decision
  Munster chief executive Garrett Fitzgerald admits it is "common sense" to install Anthony Foley as a leading contender to succeed Rob Penney as head coach but that the search for the New Zealander's replacement goes beyond one man.
  O'Gara's rush of blood proves costly as one-week ban rules Munster star out of vital cup clash
  There will be no Heineken Cup miracle match for Ronan O'Gara this weekend after the veteran fly-half picked up a one-week ban that rules him out of Sunday's must-win final pool game with Racing Metro.
  Spa bid to learn from late collapse
  Spa bid to ensure there is no repeat of their dreadful finish to the drawn Kerry IFC final when they face Finuge in tomorrow's replay (Austin Stack Park, 2.30pm)
  Stars line out as Bull launches book in Limerick
  Mick Galwey, his old sparring partner with Shannon, Munster and Ireland, last night launched John Hayes's autobiography "The Bull" in the Sin Bin, the Limerick bar owned by another former team mate and rugby legend, Peter Clohessy, who couldn't be present because of the death earlier in the day of his father, Noel.
  Penney has no date for O'Connell's return
  The date of Paul O'Connell's return to competitive rugby is still unknown after Munster head coach Rob Penney admitted he did not know when the Ireland and Lions lock would be ready.
  Ravenhill return lined up for O'Connell
  Paul O'Connell and the bulk of Munster's Irish international contingent are "on schedule" to make their seasonal debuts in 16 days' time at Ravenhill.
  Niall slams Euro begrudgers
  English and French clubs should learn from Ireland's Heineken Cup success and not use it as a pretext for opting out of the competition, according to Munster team manager, Niall O'Donovan.
  Penney hits the ground running with Reds
  If first impressions count, then new Munster rugby coach Rob Penney got off to a flyer yesterday at his official unveiling, apologising to the assembled hacks for arriving a few minutes late.
  Munster coach Rob Penney has yet to reveal his vision for the future but the line-out and development of a new high quality back row will be high up on his agenda.
  Munster bosses to live in Cork
  Munster coaches Rob Penney and Simon Mannix, who this week jetted in to meet the players, will both be based in Cork, according to the Evening Echo.
  O'Donovan named Munster manager
  Niall O'Donovan was yesterday welcomed back into the Munster fold as team manager on a two-year contract.
  Reds relief on Paulie
  Munster are in no doubt captain Paul O'Connell will be ready for pre-season training later this month, despite failing to pass fit for Ireland's summer tour to New Zealand.
  New regime is taking shape
  Munster intend to have Rob Penney's management staff appointed by the time the new head coach arrives in Ireland this summer.
  O'Donovan lauds young locks
  MUNSTER'S latest second row prodigies Ian Nagle and Dave Foley are poised for a breakthrough, but they're still hampered by the presence of an international "group of four" that will force them to wait their turn in the queue, according to respected analyst and rugby coach Niall O'Donovan.
  Belgooly Show crowds bask in the sunshine on glorious day
  IF it's Belgooly Show day, the sun will shine.
  Kiss role shows what makes Kidney great
  YOU can see the question coming a mile away …what makes Declan Kidney such a successful rugby coach?
  Jaguares no match for Ireland's 'A' game
  FROM the fifth minute onward when Ireland chose a scrum rather than a more predictable option after being awarded a free kick and dismantled the Argentine Jaguares at what they are renowned for doing best, there could have been only one outcome to last night's A international at the splendid new stadium in Tallaght.
  Sheahan calls time on 'great adventure'
  FRANKIE SHEAHAN yesterday described his time with Munster and Ireland as a "great adventure" after deciding to call time on a successful 14-year professional career.