Chris Boyd led Northampton Saints to a Premiership title but the Kiwi is now influencing developments at Munster as a consultant and is making his presence felt ahead of the Champions Cup showdown at ...

While there's URC business to attend to first for Munster, Ronan O'Gara and La Rochelle are there in the background.

RONAN O'GARA has been praised for "bringing the Munster culture" to La Rochelle by a former World Rugby Player of the Year. The former Ireland out-half has enjoyed a successful spell since taking ...

Munster v Leinster (19:35 GMT) The teams are finishing off their warmups as Thomond Park begins to fill up. For late December, it's a relatively mild, dry night - ideal conditions for rugby.

For the third time in the space of a year, Munster have fallen to their now familiar Northampton foes. After a pair of defeats last season, including the result which knocked them out of Europe ...

He works in the background ... and Northampton on Munster minds in the last couple of weeks, that input has been valuable. "He's unbelievably up to date with modern rugby and the laws and ...