Rugby Daily | Should Ireland tamp down "revenge" talk pre-France? Ulster's injury nightmare
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You're very welcome along to Wednesday's Rugby Daily. I'm Cameron Hill. Now coming up for you today, Ulster have a hugely depleted squad ahead of their URC Interpro trip to Munster this weekend. Should Ireland rein in their talk of a revenge mission against France on Saturday in the Women's Six Nations? And we check in with the captains ahead of the Women's Final in the Energia All-Ireland League on Sunday. First up, Munster have posted a positive injury update ahead of their URC Interpro Derby at home to Ulster on Saturday night. Olly Yeager, Calvin Nash, Dermot Barron, John Klain and Brian Gleeson all came through last weekend's win over Benetton Unscathed, having returned from injury in that game.
Mike Haley and JJ Hanrahan are also back training this week. The news is less positive from an Ulster point of view. Their 29-21 defeat at home to Leinster on Friday also came at a considerable cost personnel-wise. The province confirmed... that Angus Bell, Scott Wilson, Tom O'Toole, James Hume, Jude Postlethwaite and Bryn Ward are new additions to their injury list. They join Nick Timoney, James McNabney, Rob Herring, Rob Ballachoon, Stuart Moore and Rory Maguire among the absentees. Is there a silver lining at all? Well, Michael Lowry is back training, but does remain a doubt for Saturday's trip to Thoman Park. Now, outgoing Munster attack coach Mike Prendergast was up before the media this week.
The former Scrum half is leaving the province after four seasons to take up the attacking brief at Johan van Graan's Bath. And Prendergast explained why he felt now was the right time to move.
Munster's my home club. It's a club that, you know, obviously I grew up and played here and Fortunately, I had the opportunity to play here first of all and then to come back and to coach and thoroughly enjoyed my years here. I suppose, look, an opportunity has come up and I just feel that the time is right and that's the right decision for me and my family and something that wasn't taken lightly. Obviously, I had to think about it for a while, but at the end of the day, you've got to make a decision as a player and a coach in a professional sport and it's something that I've taken for going forward from from next season, but it has been. There's no point saying. There's been, I suppose, challenging in terms of on the pitch this year as well with results over the last number of months, but if you're asking me, I think from last week, the Bulls game over the last number of weeks, you can see performance is starting to come back a small bit.
It's something we did probably three years ago. We got it right.
What challenges is Ulster facing ahead of their match against Munster?
We ended up winning a league, not getting that far down to it, but or far into it I should say but that does give you confidence and I think that's a big thing that we've probably been looking for over the last number of weeks is to get that confidence and as I said to try and leave the club in the best position in the league that I can because it's a club that is very close to my heart.
Munster have confirmed you'll undoubtedly be aware at this stage that Roger Randall will succeed Prendergast in the role. The 51-year-old worked for five seasons at the Chiefs under the province's current head coach Clayton McMillan. Now, Randall was charged with rape in South Africa in 1997, with the case dropped after the complainant withdrew from the process. He's always denied the allegations. Multiple outlets are reporting this week that voluntary members of their commercial advisory group have resigned as a result of the appointment, and former Munster front-rower Fiona Hayes joined Alan Quinlan and Rory O'Hagan on this week's edition of The Red 78.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:02
2
What challenges is Ulster facing ahead of their match against Munster?
3:02–4:01
3
Should Ireland focus on revenge against France in the Women's Six Nations?
4:01–5:18
4
What injury updates are available for Munster and Ulster players?
5:18–11:03
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What is the significance of Mike Prendergast's departure from Munster?
11:03–13:21
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