MUNSTER HOOKER SCOTT Buckley has joined famous Australian club side Randwick on a seven-week loan deal to secure game-time during the southern province’s off-season.
Buckley, 24, hasn’t featured for Munster since scoring a try against Crusaders in February’s friendly at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, finishing out his season with UCC in AIL Division 1B.
The Kinsale native will join Randwick for the conclusion of their Shute Shield campaign before returning to Munster in early September ahead of the new season.
‘The Galloping Greens’, who have produced 93 Wallabies including George Gregan, Rocky Elsom and David Campese, currently sit third in the table and are well placed to seal a play-off spot upon the conclusion of the regular season on 10 August.
Randwick recently boasted among their ranks former Clontarf and Ireland U20 lock Cormac Daly, who earned a Super Rugby contract with the Reds for the 2024 season after impressing during last year’s Shute Shield.
Buckley, however, is contracted to Munster until the end of the season and remains a part of the province’s plans as they seek to regain the URC title.
Buckley appeared in eight of Munster’s first nine URC games of the season as well as their Champions Cup opener at home to Bayonne but struggled for game-time upon the return to fitness of Niall Scannell and, later, Diarmuid Barron.
The previous season, Buckley made nine appearances off the bench during Munster’s URC title-winning campaign.
The hooker captained Christian Brothers College to the Munster Schools Senior Cup title in 2019 and made his Munster debut — a try-scoring, man-of-the-match performance — away to Wasps in the Champions Cup in December 2021.
Wow the FA actually showing a bit of backbone and rescinding a red card! If there’s any justice Costa will get a ban and Mike Dean get a warning for a shocking performance, playing up to the big game as usual
Costa did get a ban.
My comment was before the ban was announced. Delighted for the tramp
Give Costa the 3 match ban instead! Filthy animal
Costa got a 3 match ban
Just saw that now. Justice!!
costa nearly as bad as philly mc mahon
Nearly….. But , nice boys get nice girls nice boys don’t win all Ireland’s
any chance you could show a clip of the incident? never saw it
Youtube.
I never commented that
I got fraped lads
https://youtu.be/o68jQjPCDtU
Should they not remove the charge for failing to leave the pitch seeing as they justified that hos argument at the time was correct?
Feck all this lads! Eva Carneiro just left Chelsea and is looking for a new job
I’d give her a job.
Or would it be roles reversed if ya get my meaning….
in fairness though he did commit two yellow card offenses. Costa was a disgrace but Gabriel chose to get involved in the first place
It’s all a bit late Chelsea get the win and Wenger blames everyone else for Arsenal choking in another big game.
Mourinho’s next press conference should be interesting.
Why did they charge him them ?
premier league now full of pussies. thought central defenders were meant to e big hard men, not going crying to the media or the fa coz a striker bullied them
The very striker you’re referring to went crying and whinging to the referee at every opportunity
that’s why I’m saying they’re all pussies
also to be fair, I haven’t heard Koscielny or Gabriel say anything to the media. The referee is the one that referred it to the FA.
Mourinho’s gonna need a doctor. Oh…
Fareplay
I can see the potential for a lengthy ban for Costa here. they could total up every incident as a separate red card offense
Even though he’s a p rick I wouldn’t agree with that. They’d have to do it to everyone else if that was the case.
Oh I definitely don’t think it would be fair bit there was a lot that the ref didn’t see and that’s their specific role
Do you even think about half the bulls hit that comes out your mouth??
to be clear I was referring to the Koscielny incident, the Gabriel incident and the Chambers incident. All of which were not seen properly by the ref. That’s the exact requirement for the FA to look into it. I didn’t say I wanted it to be done that way or that it would be fair. Can’t quite see how that got you so riled up.
“Brazilian striker” haha nice dig.
to be fair, he’s not Spanish
Mourinho tomorrow…….conspiracy against Chelsea, they are all out to get him………blah blah