Posts Tagged ‘ Leinster ’

London Irish have announced the signing of Irishman Brian Blaney from Leinster Rugby. The 28-year-old hooker will join the club for the start of 2010/11 season and brings a wealth of playing experience to Sunbury after seven seasons in Dublin. Blaney was educated at the famous rugby school of Terenure College, whose distinguished alumni...
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Greig Laidlaw says he is looking forward to challenging Mike Blair for Edinburgh’s number nine jersey after agreeing a new two year contract with the club. The 24-year-old has enjoyed a productive season so far and has recorded 11 starts including a man-of-the-match display against Stade Francais in the Heineken Cup. Now Laidlaw says...
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The Leinster squad to face the Scarlets in Saturday’s Magners League clash at the RDS (KO: 6.30pm) has been named. Leinster welcome back Kevin McLaughlin, Sean O’Brien, Eoin Reddan and Jonathan Sexton from Ireland duty for Leinster’s fourth fixture against the Scarlets this season. With the likes of Girvan Dempsey, Shane Horgan and Shane...
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Ireland Coach Declan Kidney has named the team to play France in the second game of the RBS 6 Nations Championship in Paris on Saturday. Keith Earls has been selected on the left wing in place of Andrew Trimble.  Donncha O’Callaghan has not recovered from the injury that ruled him out of the opening game....
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The Leinster squad to face the Dragons in Sunday’s Magners League clash at Rodney Parade (KO: 5pm) has been named. The panel features a number of players who have impressed in recent weeks in the British & Irish Cup such as Shaun Berne, Michael Keating, Niall Morris and Dominic Ryan as well as the...
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Leinster clinched their second successive victory in the inaugural British & Irish Cup with a 12-10 win over the Cornish Pirates in Donnybrook on Friday evening. Shaun Berne continued his excellent run of form with 12 points as Leinster battled back from a deficit to seal the win with a late effort. A good...
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The Leinster squad to face the Cornish Pirates in Friday’s British & Irish Cup clash in Donnybrook (KO: 4pm) has been named. Girvan Dempsey has been added to the panel that defeated Plymouth Albion 16-13 last weekend and the Ireland international joins the likes of Shaun Berne, Trevor Hogan, Niall Morris and Michael Keating,...
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Scotland have made three changes and one further positional switch in their team for Saturday’s Murrayfield meeting with Argentina. Following the 9-8 victory over Australia last weekend, head coach Andy Robinson describes the changes as “subtle”. They see 24-year-old Edinburgh flanker Alan MacDonald introduced for his first cap, alongside the return of Ben Cairns...
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BRITISH & IRISH CUP SET FOR ROUND 2 The newly created British & Irish Cup, involving teams from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, kicked-off last next weekend. In this, the second of a series of regular Media Updates that will be issued to keep everyone up to date on the tournament, you can hear...
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The Leinster team to face Plymouth Albion in the opening round of the British & Irish Cup on Saturday in Brickfields Recreation Grounds, Plymouth (KO: 4.30pm) has been named. Paul O’Donohoe captains an exciting looking team for the trip to Plymouth and he partners Ian McKinley in a backline which includes youth – in...
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