The 2013–14 Munster Rugby season was Munster's thirteenth season competing in the Pro12 alongside which they also competed in the Heineken Cup for the nineteenth time. It was Rob Penney's second and final season as head coach.
Coaching & management staff 2013–14 The Munster Coaching and Management staff for the 2013–14 season. Position Name Nationality Head coach Rob Penney Team manager Niall O'Donovan Forwards Coach Anthony Foley Backs Coach Simon Mannix Skills Coach Ian Costello Head of Fitness Adam Trypas Strength & conditioning coach Aidan O'Connell Conditioning Assistant Will Douglas Strength & Rehab Coach Aled Walters Head of physiotherapy Anthony Coole Physiotherapist Colm Fuller Rehab physiotherapist Colm Oakley Performance analyst George Murray Asst. Performance Analyst Elliot Corcoran Kit Manager Jack Kiely Operations manager Bryan Murphy
Senior playing squad 2013–14 The Munster Senior Squad for the 2013–2014 season.
Internationally capped players in bold. Players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality. *
Senior players in (season 2013/14) Niall Scannell promoted from Academy Duncan Casey promoted from Academy James Cronin promoted from Academy Gerry Hurley Cian Bohane promoted from Academy Andrew Conway from Leinster Ronan O'Mahony promoted from Academy Gerhard van den Heever from Western Province/Stormers
Senior players out (season 2013/14) Seán Henry to Connacht Marcus Horan Retiring Wian du Preez to Free State Cheetahs Christy Condon to released Peter Stringer to Bath Scott Deasy to released Ronan O'Gara Retiring Danny Barnes to Newcastle Falcons Doug Howlett Retiring due to injury Seán Scanlon to Rotherham
2013–14 Pro12 Munster reached the semi-finals of the Pro 12 and faced the Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium on 16 May. Glasgow won the match 16–15 to reach the final against Leinster who defeated Ulster 13-9 the day after.
2013–14 Heineken Cup On 19 January, Munster secured a home quarter-final in the knock-out stages of the 2013–14 Heineken Cup after a 38–6 win against Edinburgh at Thomond Park. They faced Toulouse in the quarter-finals on 5 April. Munster scored six tries to beat Toulouse 43-23 and reach the semi-finals. A Keith Earls's try put Munster into a 10-point lead before two Luke McAlister penalties made it 13–9 at half time. Tries from Dave Kilcoyne and CJ Stander looked to have sealed the victory before Toulouse relied with a try from Hosea Gear. Further tries from Casey Laulala, Simon Zebo and Paul O'Connell made it a comfortable win in the end for Munster. CJ Stander, who replaced the injured Peter O'Mahony in the first half was named Man of the Match.
On 27 April in the semi-final against Toulon at the Stade Vélodrome, Munster lost 24–16. Munster came from 18–9 down at half-time to score the game's only try through Simon Zebo who went over in the corner. Jonny Wilkinson scored 21 points for Toulon.
TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts Munster (4) 6 5 0 1 161 77 +84 19 6 2 1 23 Gloucester (7C) 6 3 0 3 113 114 −1 13 10 1 1 14 Edinburgh 6 3 0 3 104 141 −37 10 17 0 0 12 Perpignan 6 1 0 5 112 158 −46 10 19 1 2 7 Source : www.ercrugby.comPoints breakdown:*4 points for a win*2 points for a draw*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Related 2013–14 Connacht Rugby season
References
External links 2013–14 Munster Rugby season at official site 2013-14 Pro 12 Fixtures and Results at rabodirectpro12 2013-14 Heineken Cup Fixtures and Results at ercrugby