Munster don the colours of 3 Tipperary clubs and schools as they defeat the Maori All-Blacks

Published: Tue 15 Nov 2016, 12:52 PM

Last updated: Tue 15 Nov 2016, 12:53 PM

To mark the historic meeting of the two sides, Munster Rugby, along with exclusive retail partner Life Style Sports and official kit supplier adidas, gave fans from across the province the opportunity to show their support by entering the #MunsterRising socks competition, which saw the colours of a number of Munster clubs and schools represented on the field as Munster ran out 27-14 winners.

Paired up with three respective members of Munster’s twenty-three man squad were Thurles RFC, Nenagh Ormond and Rockwell all of whom saw their own team socks worn on the night.

Representatives from each chosen school and club, along with a guest, were treated to the very special one-off experience of joining the team in the home dressing room before kick-off, meeting members of the Munster squad to wish them luck and also present players with their nominated club or school socks for the evening before cheering their heroes on under lights.

Winning clubs and schools from Tipperary were paired up as follows:


<strong><em>Number</em></strong>	<strong><em>Player</em></strong>	<strong><em>Club/School Sock</em></strong>	<strong><em>Represented by</em></strong>
<em>6</em>	<em>Tommy O’Donnell ©</em>	<em>Thurles RFC</em>	<em>Lesley O’Sullivan</em>
<em>17</em>	<em>Peter McCabe</em>	<em>Nenagh Ormond RFC</em>	<em>Michael Quinn</em>
<em>19</em>	<em>Sean O’Connor</em>	<em>Rockwell College</em>	<em>Kate Nash</em>