Munster in European rugby

Munster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. Munster first competed in European rugby completions in the first ever Heineken Cup in 1995-96. They have won the competition on two occasions in 2006 and 2008.

Heineken Cup / European Rugby Champions Cup

Season	Pool/Round	Pos	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Bonus	Points
1995–96	Pool 4	2	2	1	0	1	–	2
1996–97	Pool 4	4	4	2	0	2	–	4
1997–98	Pool 4	4	6	2	0	4	–	4
1998–99	Pool 2	2	6	4	1	1	–	9
	Quarter-final	Colomiers 23 – 9 Munster
1999–00	Pool 4	1	6	5	0	1	–	10
	Quarter-final	Munster 27 – 10 Stade Français
	Semi-final	Toulouse 25 – 31 Munster
	Final	Northampton 9 – 8 Munster
2000–01	Pool 4	1	6	5	0	1	–	10
	Quarter-final	Munster 38 – 29 Biarritz
	Semi-final	Stade Français 16 – 15 Munster
2001–02	Pool 4	2	6	5	0	1	–	10
	Quarter-final	Stade Français 14 – 16 Munster
	Semi-final	Castres 17 – 25 Munster
	Final	Leicester 15 – 9 Munster
2002–03	Pool 2	2	6	4	0	2	–	8
	Quarter-final	Leicester 7 – 20 Munster
	Semi-final	Toulouse 13 – 12 Munster
2003–04	Pool 5	1	6	5	0	1	4	24
	Quarter-final	Munster 37 – 32 Stade Français
	Semi-final	Munster 32 – 37 Wasps
2004–05	Pool 4	1	6	5	0	1	2	22
	Quarter-final	Biarritz 19 – 10 Munster
2005–06	Pool 1	1	6	5	0	1	3	23
	Quarter-final	Munster 19 – 10 Perpignan
	Semi-final	Leinster 6 – 30 Munster
	Final	Biarritz 19 – 23 Munster
2006–07	Pool 4	2	6	5	0	1	3	23
	Quarter-final	Scarlets 24 – 15 Munster
2007–08	Pool 5	1	6	4	0	2	3	19
	Quarter-final	Gloucester 3 – 16 Munster
	Semi-final	Saracens 16 – 18 Munster
	Final	Toulouse 13 – 16 Munster
2008–09	Pool 1	1	6	5	0	1	3	23
	Quarter-final	Munster 43 – 9 Ospreys
	Semi-final	Munster 6 – 25 Leinster
2009–10	Pool 1	1	6	5	0	1	4	24
	Quarter-final	Munster 33 – 19 Northampton
	Semi-final	Biarritz 18 – 7 Munster
2010–11	Pool 3	2	6	3	0	3	4	16
2011–12	Pool 1	1	6	6	0	0	1	25
	Quarter-final	Munster 16 – 22 Ulster
2012–13	Pool 1	2	6	4	0	2	4	20
	Quarter-final	Harlequins 12 – 18 Munster
	Semi-final	Clermont 16 – 10 Munster
2013–14	Pool 6	1	6	5	0	1	3	23
	Quarter-final	Munster 47 – 23 Toulouse
	Semi-final	Toulon 24 – 16 Munster
2014–15	Pool 1	3	6	3	0	3	3	15
2015–16	Pool 4	3	6	3	0	3	3	15
2016–17	Pool 1	1	6	5	0	1	4	24
	Quarter-final	Munster 41 – 16 Toulouse
	Semi-final	Munster 10 – 26 Saracens
2017–18	Pool 4	1	6	4	1	1	3	21
	Quarter-final	Munster 20 – 19 Toulon
	Semi-final	Racing 92 27 – 22 Munster
2018–19	Pool 2	1	6	4	1	1	3	21
	Quarter-final	Edinburgh 13 – 17 Munster
	Semi-final	Saracens 32 – 16 Munster
2019–20	Pool 4	3	6	3	1	2	2	16
2020–21	Pool A	4	2	2	0	0	0	8
	Round of 16	Munster 33 – 40 Toulouse

European Rugby Challenge Cup

Season	Round	Result
2010–11	Quarter-final	Brive 37 – 42 Munster
	Semi-final	Munster 12 – 20 Harlequins

Heineken Cup Record

Main article: 1995–96 Heineken Cup

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts	Status
Swansea	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	35	27	8	2	Advanced to the semi-finals
Munster	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	29	32	−3	2	Eliminates
Castres	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	29	34	−5	2

1 November 1995 14:30

Munster	17–13	Swansea
Try: Pat Murray Richard Wallace Con: Ken Smith Pen: Ken Smith	Report	Try: Alan Harris Con: Aled Williams Pen: Aled Williams

Thomond Park Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ed Morrison

8 November 1995 20:00

Castres	19–12	Munster
Try: Nicolas Combes Con: Laurent Labit Pen: Laurent Labit (4)	Report	Pen: Ken Smith (4)

Stade Antoine Beguere Attendance: 6,500 Referee: David Davies

Main article: 1996–97 Heineken Cup

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Toulouse	4	3	0	1	21	13	8	157	142	15	6
Cardiff	4	3	0	1	16	7	9	135	97	38	6
London Wasps	4	2	0	2	17	14	3	156	115	41	4
Munster	4	2	0	2	11	22	–11	109	135	–26	4
Milan	4	0	0	4	6	15	–9	73	141	–68	0

12 October 1996 15:00

Munster	23–5	Milan
	Report

Musgrave Park Attendance: 1,500

16 October 1996 19:15

Cardiff	48–18	Munster
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 4,000

19 October 1996 15:30

Munster	49–22	London Wasps
	Report

Thomond Park Attendance: 6,000

2 November 1996 16:00

Toulouse	60–19	Munster
	Report

Les Sept Deniers Attendance: 14,000

Main article: 1997–98 Heineken Cup

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Harlequins	6	4	0	2	21	12	9	198	141	57	8
Cardiff	6	4	0	2	17	15	2	184	146	38	8
Munster	6	2	0	4	14	21	−7	141	180	−39	4
Bourgoin	6	2	0	4	7	11	−4	93	149	−56	4

7 September 1997 14:00

Harlequins	48 – 40	Munster

Twickenham Stoop Attendance: 3,682

13 September 1997 14:30

Cardiff	43 – 23	Munster

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 4,500

20 September 1997 15:00

Munster	17 – 15	Bourgoin

Thomond Park Attendance: 6,000

27 September 1997 15:00

Munster	32 – 37	Cardiff

Musgrave Park Attendance: 5,000

4 October 1997 15:00

Bourgoin	21 – 6	Munster

Stade Pierre Rajon Attendance: 6,000

12 October 1997 14:30

Munster	23 – 16	Harlequins

Thomond Park Attendance: 10,000

Main article: 1998–99 Heineken Cup

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Pts
Perpignan	6	5	0	1	35	13	22	238	108	130	10
Munster	6	4	1	1	17	13	4	144	108	36	9
Neath	6	1	1	4	14	27	−13	118	194	−76	3
Safilo Petraca Rugby Padova	6	1	0	5	8	21	−13	79	169	−90	2

19 September 1998 14:30

Munster	20 – 13	Petrarca

Musgrave Park Attendance: 2,000

26 September 1998 14:30

Munster	34 – 10	Neath

Musgrave Park Attendance: 1,500

10 October 1998 15:15

Perpignan	41 – 24	Munster

Stade Gilbert Brutus Attendance: 5,000

17 October 1998 14:30

Neath	18 – 18	Munster

The Gnoll Attendance: 1,200

31 October 1998 14:30

Munster	13 – 5	Perpignan

Musgrave Park Attendance: 4,000

8 November 1998 16:00

Petrarca	21 – 35	Munster

Stadio Plebiscito Attendance: 500

Quarter-final

13 December 1998 15:00

Colomiers	23 – 9	Munster

Stade Selery Attendance: 8,000

European Challenge Cup Record

Main article: 2010–11 European Challenge Cup

Munster entered the competition as one of the top 3 2010-11 Heineken Cup pool runners-up who failed to qualify for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals.

9 April 2011, Quarter-final 14.00

Brive	37 - 42	Munster
Try: Uys 17' c Estebanez 20' c Palisson 70' c Perry 80' c Con: Belie (4/4) 17',20',80',70' Pen: Belie 10',36',45'	Report	Try: Howlett (2) 1' c, 22' c Earls (2) 4' c, 46' c Stringer 50' c Con: O'Gara (4/5) Pen: O'Gara (3/3) 53', 66', 68'

Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

30 April 2011, Semi-final 13:00

Munster	12 – 20	Harlequins
Try: Jones 40' c Howlett 78' m Con: O'Gara (1/2)	Report	Try: Robson 9' c Care 34' c Con: Evans (1/1) Care (1/1) Pen: Clegg (2/2) 49', 59'

Thomond Park, Limerick Attendance: 24,907 Referee: Romain Poite (France)