2004–05 Munster Rugby season

The 2004–05 Munster Rugby season was Munster's fourth season competing in the Celtic League, alongside which they also competed in the Heineken Cup. It was Alan Gaffney's second and final season as head coach.

2004–05 Munster Rugby season
Ground(s)Thomond Park (Capacity: 13,200)
Musgrave Park (Capacity: 8,300)
Coach(es)Alan Gaffney
Captain(s)Jim Williams
League(s)Celtic League
2004–052nd
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

2004–05 squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
James Blaney Hooker Ireland
Denis Fogarty Hooker Ireland
Jerry Flannery Hooker Ireland
Frankie Sheahan Hooker Ireland
Ross Callaghan Prop Ireland
John Hayes Prop Ireland
Marcus Horan Prop Ireland
Eugene McGovern Prop Ireland
Gordon McIlwham Prop Ireland
Frank Roche Prop Ireland
Tom Bowman Lock Australia
Tommy Hayes Lock Ireland
Trevor Hogan Lock Ireland
Donncha O'Callaghan Lock Ireland
Paul O'Connell Lock Ireland
Anthony Foley Back row Ireland
Stephen Keogh Back row Ireland
Denis Leamy Back row Ireland
Johnny O'Connor Back row Ireland
David Pusey Back row Australia
Alan Quinlan Back row Ireland
David Wallace Back row Ireland
Jim Williams (c) Back row Australia
Player Position Union
Frank Murphy Scrum-half Ireland
Mike Prendergast Scrum-half Ireland
Eoin Reddan Scrum-half Ireland
Peter Stringer Scrum-half Ireland
Paul Burke Fly-half Ireland
Jeremy Manning Fly-half Ireland
Ronan O'Gara Fly-half Ireland
Paul Devlin Centre Ireland
Rob Henderson Centre Ireland
Jason Holland Centre Ireland
Keith Matthews Centre Ireland
Mike Mullins Centre Ireland
Barry Murphy Centre Ireland
Anthony Horgan Wing Ireland
John Kelly Wing Ireland
Mossy Lawler Wing Ireland
Martin McPhail Wing Ireland
James Storey Wing Ireland
Brian Tuohy Wing Ireland
Christian Cullen Fullback New Zealand
Shaun Payne* Fullback South Africa

Pre-season
17 August 2004
Munster 5–12 London Irish
Report[1]
Thomond Park
Attendance: 5,000
23 August 2004
Munster 11–10 Newcastle Falcons
Report[2]

2004–05 Celtic League
Main article: 2004–05 Celtic League
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Try bonus Losing bonus Pts
1 Neath-Swansea Ospreys201613508267+24153277376
2 Munster201514470331+13954336169
3 Leinster201217455350+10546324357
4 Newport Gwent Dragons201109381436−5539434250
5 Llanelli Scarlets209011402446−4448427346
6 Glasgow Warriors208111465466−140584745
7 Edinburgh209011409407+247404444
8 Ulster209011363387−2437342543
9 Cardiff Blues208111350404−5435412440
10 Connacht207112317407−9032462537
11 Borders203017337556−21931662418

Under the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows:

  • 4 points for a win
  • 2 points for a draw
  • 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries (or more) (Try bonus)
    •
  • 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points (or fewer) (Losing bonus)
Source: RaboDirect PRO12
3 September 2004
19:05
Neath-Swansea Ospreys 34–17 Munster
Report[3]
St. Helen's
Attendance: 4,052
11 September 2004
20:05
Munster 27–27 Connacht
Report[4]
Musgrave Park
Attendance: 4,200
18 September 2004
17:15
Leinster 17–15 Munster
Report[5]
Donnybrook
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Hugh Watkins
3 October 2004
17:15
Munster 19–13 Llanelli Scarlets
Report[6]
Thomond Park
Attendance: 9,000
9 October 2004
19:30
Glasgow 26–28 Munster
Report[7]
Hughenden
Attendance: 2,625
16 October 2004
17:15
Munster 49–18 Cardiff Blues
Report[8]
Thomond Park
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: David Changleng
6 November 2004
Ulster 3–24 Munster
Report[9]
Ravenhill
Attendance: 6,402
13 November 2004
20:05
Munster 25–16 Newport Gwent Dragons
Report[10]
Musgrave Park
Attendance: 3,850
19 November 2004
18:45
Munster 45–8 The Borders
Report[11]
Musgrave Park
Attendance: 4,250
26 November 2004
19:30
Edinburgh 0–11 Munster
Report[12]
Murrayfield
Attendance: 2,496
18 December 2004
20:05
Munster 13–9 Neath-Swansea Ospreys
Report[13]
Musgrave Park
Attendance: 3,500
27 December 2004
19:35
Connacht 0–3 Munster
Report[14]
Galway Sportsgrounds
Attendance: 4,500
1 January 2005
17:30
Munster 19–13 Leinster
Report
Musgrave Park
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Alan Lewis
29 January 2005
17:30
Llanelli Scarlets 32–17 Munster
Report
Stradey Park
Attendance: 7,530
Referee: Andy Ireland
20 February 2005
17:00
Munster 25–19 Glasgow
Report[15]
Thomond Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
5 March 2005
19:30
Cardiff Blues 30–20 Munster
Report[16]
Cardiff Arms Park
Attendance: 3,350
Referee: Mike Hall
18 March 2005
19:00
Munster 21–15 Ulster
Report[17]
Musgrave Park
Attendance: 5,870
Referee: Andy Ireland
25 March 2005
19:05
Newport Gwent Dragons 8–24 Munster
Report[18]
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 5,902
Referee: Rob Dickson
10 April 2005
16:45
Borders 23–38 Munster
Report[19]
Netherdale
Attendance: 1,646
Referee: Phil Fear
16 April 2005
19:30
Munster 30–20 Edinburgh
Report[20]
Thomond Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nigel Williams

2004–05 Celtic Cup
Main article: Celtic Cup (rugby union)

Quarter-final
30 April 2005
19:30
Munster 24–14 Edinburgh
Report[21]
Thomond Park
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nigel Owens

Semi-final
8 May 2005
17:30
Leinster 17–23 Munster
Report[22]
Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse

Final
14 May 2005
17:30
Munster 27–16 Llanelli Scarlets
Report[23]
Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Joël Jutge

2004–05 Heineken Cup
Main article: 2004–05 Heineken Cup

Pool 4
Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Munster (5) 6501124812174471122
Castres 631216133157121362016
Neath-Swansea Ospreys 630311101135115201114
NEC Harlequins 6015719−1281184−103013
23 October 2004
17:15
Munster 15–9 NEC Harlequins
Report[24]
Thomond Park
Attendance: 13,485
Referee: Hugh Watkins
31 October 2004
15:00
Neath-Swansea Ospreys 18–20 Munster
Report[25]
The Gnoll
Attendance: 10,280
Referee: Joël Jutge
3 December 2004
20:30
Castres 19–12 Munster
Report[26]
Stade Pierre-Antoine
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse
11 December 2004
17:15
Munster 36–8 Castres
Report[27]
Thomond Park
Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Roy Maybank
8 January 2005
17:15
Munster 20–10 Neath-Swansea Ospreys
Report[28]
Thomond Park
Attendance: 13,200
Referee: Chris White
15 January 2005
13:00
NEC Harlequins 10–18 Munster
Report[29]
Twickenham
Attendance: 33,383
Referee: Joël Jutge

Quarter-final
3 April 2005
16:00
Biarritz 19–10 Munster
Report[30]
Anoeta Stadium
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Chris White

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