Muster have appointed Niall O'Donovan as team manager. It's a classic Munster appointment, in that it's very much in house. I do not approve.

Also, there are some disturbing figures coming out of the province about their finances. Apparently they made a loss of 1 million quid. Ridiculous in the circumstances, but hardly surprising. Looking at their recent imports in comparison to both Ulster and Leinster you would have to imagine that things aren't running all that smoothly down south. And they still owe the IRFU 10 million quid for Thomond Park.