Munster announce huge coaching update as new frontrunner emerges for top job

11/26/2024 10:46 AM

Extension.

Munster Rugby and the IRFU have announced a two-year contract extension for Attack Coach Mike Prendergast.

Now in his third season at Munster, Prendergast returned to the province in 2022 after a hugely successful 10-year spell in France, coaching Racing 92, Stade Francais, Oyonnax, and Grenoble.

A former Munster, Bourgoin, and Gloucester scrum-half, Prendergast held Head Coach and Director of Rugby roles with Young Munster RFC on completion of his playing career.

The Limerick man has been the frontrunner for the head coach job in recent weeks but this announcement may hint that he will not be the man to take over from Graham Rowntree.

French media are reporting that former England and Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster, who is currently in charge of Racing 92, is top of Munster’s shortlist. Felix Jones has also been linked with a return.

It was announced earlier today that Defence Coach Denis Leamy has also signed a two-year extension with the province.

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