be leaving the province at the end of the 2021–22 season to join English club Bath. In addition to this, senior coach Stephen Larkham also left the province to return home to Australia to become head coach of the Brumbies, and defence coach JP Ferreira followed van Graan to join Bath. However, forwards coach Graham Rowntree extended his stay with the province by a further two years, and the province confirmed in April 2022 that Rowntree would be promoted to head coach from the 2022–23 season. Mike Prendergast, a former scrum-half for the province, joined Rowntree's coaching setup as the attack coach on a three-year contract, having most recently fulfilled a similar role for French club Racing 92. Andi Kyriacou, who had joined the province in April 2021 as an elite player development officer with the academy, was promoted to forwards coach with the senior squad on a two-year contract, and former Munster player Denis Leamy returned to the province as defence coach on a three-year contract. Previous season summaries {|class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;" |- ! colspan="1" | ! colspan="4" | Domestic League ! colspan="2" | European Cup ! colspan="2" | Domestic / 'A' Cup |- ! style="text-align:center; width:8%;"|Season ! style="text-align:center; width:20%;"|Competition ! style="text-align:center; width:7%;"|Final Position (Pool) ! style="text-align:center; width:7%;"|Points ! style="text-align:center; width:10%;"| Play-Offs ! style="text-align:center; width:14%;"|Competition ! style="text-align:center; width:9%;"|Performance ! style="text-align:center; width:15%;"|Competition ! style="text-align:center; width:9%;"|Performance |- | 1995–96 | style="text-align:center" colspan=4| No competition | Heineken Cup | 2nd in pool | Interprovincial Championship | 3rd |- | 1996–97 | style="text-align:center" colspan=4| No competition | Heineken Cup | 4th in pool | style="background: gold"|Interprovincial Championship | style="background: gold"|Champions |- | 1997–98 | style="text-align:center" colspan=4| No competition | Heineken Cup | 4th in pool | style="background: silver"|Interprovincial Championship | style="background: silver"|2nd |- | 1998–99 | style="text-align:center" colspan=4| No competition | Heineken Cup | Quarter-final | style="background: gold"|Interprovincial Championship | style="background: gold"|Champions |- | 1999–2000 | style="text-align:center" colspan=4| No competition | style="background: silver"|Heineken Cup | style="background: silver"|Runner-up | style="background: gold"|Interprovincial Championship | style="background: gold"|Champions |- | 2000–01 | style="text-align:center" colspan=4| No competition | Heineken Cup | Semi-final | style="background: gold"|Interprovincial Championship | style="background: gold"|Champions |- | 2001–02 | style="background: silver"|Celtic League | style="background: silver"|1st (B) | style="background: silver"|15 | style="background: silver"|Runner-up | style="background: silver"|Heineken Cup | style="background: silver"|Runner-up | Interprovincial Championship | 3rd |- | 2002–03 | style="background: gold"|Celtic League | style="background: gold"|1st (A) | style="background: gold"|28 | style="background: gold"|Champions | Heineken Cup