reaparat wrote: On the team announcement for the Glasgow game, his Connacht caps were at 296. So that would have been 297, meaning Zebre is 298. Looking like Leinster at home will be 300 for him. That's assuming those teamsheets have the right number to begin with.

Right, but if you look back at the original post from Salmson it looks like they aren't counting 2 caps vs South Africa & Samoa that they possibly should have been.

On the team announcement for the Glasgow game, his Connacht caps were at 296. So that would have been 297, meaning Zebre is 298. Looking like Leinster at home will be 300 for him. That's assuming those teamsheets have the right number to begin with.

So did we decide if this weekend would be his 300th?

FACECUTTR wrote: He played for the Barbarians too but I'm not sure that counts as a cap.

Not for his Connacht total it doesn't, anyway!

He played for the Barbarians too but I'm not sure that counts as a cap.

Been querying this for a while and nobody can give me a definitive answer, so putting up a topic for it.

The big question is... on what game will Mul's 300th cap fall?

By my count he has 297 already (possibly 298, see below), not the 295 the branch are counting.

Pro12 - 228 caps (203 starts + 25 as sub)
EPCR - 67 caps (65 + 2)
Minor tests* - 2

Total - 297.

Assuming that Mul comes on tomorrow night and plays vs. Glasgow, his 300th cap would be... Zebre away.

*Connacht have played 4 games vs. international XVs in Mul's career.
2007 - South Africa. Connacht caps awarded, Mul played.
2008 - Portugal. Connacht caps awarded, Mul did not play.
2010 - Samoa. Connacht caps awarded, Mul played.
2011 - Ireland Select XV. Friendly/WC warmup, no Connacht caps awarded, Mul played.

Can anyone help me out with confirmation/correction? I'm pretty sure the 07, 08, 10 games were capped - they were counted in Brett Wilkinson's caps totals when he retired, they were during the November test windows, and reports of the 2010 game referred to "competitive debuts" for some Connacht players. Conversely, the 2011 game was arranged at short notice in the pre-season timeframe, we were playing an Ireland XV, not Ireland, so I don't think it was capped on the Connacht side (obviously none of these games are capped by the international side).