MUNSTER HAVE ADDED Ireland U20 internationals Max Clein and Ronan Foxe to their academy.
Hooker Clein and tighthead prop Foxe both featured for Richie Murphy’s Ireland 20s on their run to the World Championship final over the summer, with Foxe starting both the semi-final and final and Clein coming off the bench in the decider against France.
Limerick man Clein came through at Garryowen and won a Munster Schools Senior Cup with Crescent College Comprehensive in 2022, starring at blindside alongside current Munster back row Ruadhán Quinn.
Clein, 20, featured for Munster A and a Munster Development side before lining out for the Ireland over the summer, and made 10 appearances for Garryowen in the AIL last season.
Foxe, also 20, hails from Rahugh in Westmeath. He played his club rugby with Midland Warriors and Tullamore and has represented Leinster at age-grade level.
Foxe made 13 appearances for Old Belvedere last season and will line out for Garryowen this campaign.
His and Clein’s sign-ups takes Munster’s academy stock to 18, six of whom were involved in Saturday’s bonus-point URC win over South Africa’s Sharks at Thomond Park.
