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Munster sign Irish qualified Worcester centre and Wasps prop

Oli Morris of Worcester Warriors is tackled by Niyi Adeolokun of Bristol Bears during the Premiership Rugby Cup match between Worcester Warriors and Bristol Bears at Sixways Stadium on November 20, 2021 in Worcester, England. (Photo by Tony Marshall/Getty Images)

Munster have confirmed the signing of Irish-qualified former Worcester Warriors centre Oli Morris until the end of the current season.

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They have also re-signed John Ryan, who left the province for Wasps at the end of last season.

Both Ryan and Morris were effectively left clubless after the collapse of Gallagher Premiership sides Wasps and Worcester Warriors in recent weeks.

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Ryan comes in as injury cover for Stephen Archer, who will undergo surgery this Monday having suffered an ankle injury against Bulls last week.

A statement reads: “With Stephen Archer sidelined with an ankle injury John Ryan returns to the province to provide cover on a three-month contract. Ryan’s contract with Wasps ended last week when the Premiership side was placed into administration.

“Worcester Warriors centre Oli Morris found himself in a similar position when the club entered into administration at the end of September. The 23-year-old was identified by Irish Rugby’s IQ programme and was involved with the Ireland U20s in 2019. He will link up with the squad this week.”

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The province also confirmed contract extensions for up-and-coming talents Tom Ahern, Calvin Nash and Fineen Wycherley.

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Munster had a bruising encounter with arch-rivals Leinster over the weekend in the URC.

Jack O’Sullivan, Liam Coombes and Tom Ahern will all go for MRI scans this week with O’Sullivan “expected to be unavailable for the medium term”.

Hulking lock Jean Kleyn will go for a scan on a rib injury and his “availability will be determined later in the week”.

Munster’s new second-row prospect, 6’5, 122kg Edwin Edogbo, suffered a calf injury but he is “progressing with his rehab and his availability will be determined later in the week.”

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UNAVAILABLE: RG Snyman (knee), Jack Daly (knee), Alex Kendellen (head), Paddy Kelly (head), Keith Earls (thigh), Andrew Conway (knee), Fineen Wycherley (shoulder), Antoine Frisch (calf).

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RedWarrior 42 minutes ago
Could Jacques Nienaber be linked with Ireland job after exerting Bok influence on Leinster?

The disjointed Ireland AI matches are as a result of the imbalance between Leinsters style and Ireland's style in my opinion. Ireland probably should get Felix Jones in to work defence. With Nienaber in Leinster and Jones in Ireland, the International team would become incredibly difficult for anyone to beat. That situation is Ireland's problem now not Leinsters.

A fully loaded Toulouse team last year were saved by the width of a post from Frawleys drop and a decision not to take a scrum (Leinster were smashing Toulouse) probbaly gaining a penalty or minumim a drop attempt.

Leinster are concedeing 8 points less than last year and that is including 2 outlier matches (Edinburgh and Ulster) where high points were conceded in controlled wins.

Toulouse will have to be better than last year to beat Leinster.

I am amazed at your assessment that they are not favourites for the URC. They have a lot of clear ground leading the league. They will finish in first place and have home matches all the way. They lost last year away in Pretoria to an impressive Bulls performance. If a URC team wants to win the URC they will have to beat Leinster in the Aviva. Maybe, but Leinster are favourites surely?

Lastly you will see how the depth of Leinster is maturing. Last year the second team shipped points in SA. Its Bulls and Sharks for them this year. Lets see what happens there.

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