‘Wishing you a lifetime of happiness' – Munster congratulate two of their players after getting married
The heartwarming image of
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The joy of their teammates literally jumps off the screen
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Chloe after being proposed to by her partner and teammate Clodagh at Musgrave Park
Fast-forward over two years on and their big day arrived on Friday with the Reds' social media team marking the milestone moment in their lives together.
Resharing that Musgrave Park pic, the caption read: "Congratulations to Clodagh O'Halloran and Chloe Pearse on your wedding today!
"Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness."
The post was warmly received by players and fans alike.
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Gill Owens hailed: "Congratulations to them both!" Similarly, Claire added: "Congrats ladies (love heart emoji).
As for matters on the pitch, both Munster's men's and women's sides have wrapped their 2024/25 seasons.
The men's campaign came to a halt in Durban when they were
Meanwhile the high-point for the women's side
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From an Irish rugby point of view all eyes will be on Croke Park this weekend as Leinster's men aim to end a relative trophy drought.
If the province do not
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Despite that though, Leo Cullen has insisted that Leinster
During that time, they have lost three finals and one semi-final in the Champions Cup and three semi-finals in the URC, twice when they had finished top of the standings in the regular season.
They topped the pile again this time around and Cullen does not believe his charges deserve to be automatically dismissed if they cannot get over the line again.
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He said: 'They're all individual games. Every play-off game is a final as such. We have played in lots, whether they come in a quarter-final, semi-final or final.
'The group is learning all the time, young players come through, you are adding layers of experience.
'I think the way some of the questions are leading me, it's like, 'Whoever loses is a failure'. In this game there are two good teams going at it. If you lose in a final, are you classified as a failure?
'You can play your best game in the final. So both of these teams could play their best games of the season but unfortunately one of the teams has to lose.
'So one of the teams, who has just played their best game, they are classified as losers because they have lost but are they failures?
"You are guaranteed nothing. So you have to prepare the best you can with the time you have to put in your best performance. I hope the group goes out and does itself justice. It's on the day.'
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