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2010–11 Munster Rugby season

Field	Value
teamname	2010–11 Munster Rugby season
ground	Thomond Park
Musgrave Park
capacity	26,500
8,500
ceo	Ireland Garrett Fitzgerald
coach	Tony McGahan (Director of Rugby)
captain	Paul O'Connell
league	Celtic League
season	2010–11
position	1st, Champions
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prevseason	2009–10
nextseason	2011–12

Musgrave Park 8,500

The 2010–11 Munster Rugby season was Munster's tenth season competing in the Celtic League alongside which they also competed in the Heineken Cup for the sixteenth time. They also competed in the European Challenge Cup for the first time after elimination from the Heineken Cup. It was Tony McGahans third season as director of rugby.

Summary

Munster were drawn in Pool 3 of the Heineken Cup alongside the Ospreys, London Irish and RC Toulon. Munster lost 23–17 away to London Irish, before defeating RC Toulon 45–18 at Thomond Park on 16 October 2010. Munster defeated Ospreys 22–16, but lost the reverse fixture at Liberty Stadium 19–15. In round 5 Munster went to RC Toulon, losing 32–16. As a result of this defeat, Munster failed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup for the first time in 13 years. As one of the top three runners up in the Heineken cup pool stage, Munster entered the quarter-final stage of the Challenge Cup where they defeated Brive 42–37 in France before losing at home 12–20 to Harlequins.

In the Magners league Munster finished top of the table with nineteen wins and three defeats after twenty two matches to qualify for the semi-final playoffs where they defeated Ospreys 18–11. They then played in the 2011 Celtic League Grand Final where they defeated Leinster by 19 points to 9 to claim their third league title.

2010-11 Playing Squad

Coaching and Management team

Position	Name	Nationality
Director of Rugby	Tony McGahan	AUS
Team Manager	Shaun Payne	RSA
Forwards Coach	Laurie Fisher	AUS
Backs Coach	Jason Holland	NZL
Technical Advisor	Anthony Foley	Ireland
Head of Strength & Conditioning	Paul Darbyshire
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Tom Comyns	Ireland
Strength and Conditioning Coach	Aidan O'Connell	Ireland
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Joe Gallanagh	Ireland
Medical Co-ordinator & Head of Physiotherapy	Anthony Coole	Ireland
Physiotherapist	Neil Tucker	Ireland

Players in

Johne Murphy: from Leicester
Corey Hircock: from Bedford
Sam Tuitupou from Worcester Warriors
Wian du Preez from Free State Cheetahs
Peter Borlase from Crusaders

Players out

Jean de Villiers to Western Province and Stormers
Jeremy Manning to Newcastle Falcons
Julien Brugnaut to Racing 92
Ciarán O'Boyle returned to club
Nick Williams to Aironi
Eoghan Grace to Exeter Chiefs

2010–11 Celtic League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Try bonus	Losing bonus	Pts
1	IRE Munster	22	19	0	3	496	327	+169	44	22	5	2
2	IRE Leinster	22	15	1	6	495	336	+159	50	25	5	3
3	IRE Ulster	22	15	1	6	480	418	+62	44	35	3	2
4	WAL Ospreys	22	12	1	9	553	418	+135	56	29	6	7
5	WAL Scarlets	22	12	1	9	503	453	+50	49	43	5	7
6	WAL Cardiff Blues	22	13	1	8	479	392	+87	37	33	3	3
7	WAL Newport Gwent Dragons	22	10	1	11	444	462	−18	47	49	3	4
8	SCO Edinburgh	22	9	0	13	421	460	−39	39	44	2	5
9	IRE Connacht	22	7	1	14	394	459	−65	32	44	3	6
10	ITA Benetton Treviso	22	9	0	13	374	502	−128	29	58	0	2
11	SCO Glasgow Warriors	22	6	1	15	401	543	−142	33	48	1	6
12	ITA Aironi	22	1	0	21	247	517	−270	21	52	0	8
Correct as of 7 May 2011

Playoffs

Semi-final

Grand Final

Main article: 2011 Magners League Grand Final

Earls 66' m Penalty try 79' c

2010-11 Heineken Cup

Pool 3

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
FRA Toulon (6)	6	4	2	13	13	0	143	134	+9	1	0	17
IRE Munster [7]	6	3	3	17	9	+8	143	122	+21	2	2	16
WAL Ospreys	6	3	3	7	11	−4	117	113	+4	0	2	14
ENG London Irish	6	2	4	9	13	−4	107	141	−34	0	1	9

D. Armitage (1/2) 73'

Buckley 20' c Howlett (2) 36' c, 62' c O'Driscoll 59' c Coughlan 79' c van Niekerk 75' m Wilkinson (0/1)

Wallace 58' c Murphy 63' c

Earls 58' m

Sackey 37' c

Ronan 70' c Earls 73' c Hurley 79' c Tagicakibau 67' c Lamb (1/1)

2010-11 Amlin Challenge Cup

Quarter-final

Estebanez 20' c Palisson 70' c Perry 80' c Earls (2) 4' c, 46' c Stringer 50' c

Semi-final

Howlett 78' m Care 34' c Care (1/1)

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