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. ^{[1] [2]}

Heineken Cup / European Rugby Champions Cup

European Rugby Challenge Cup

Heineken Cup Record

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

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

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

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

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)

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