Posts Tagged ‘ Munster ’

Celtic Rugby has announced (Monday, 8 March, 2010) that from next season the Magners League will include two teams from Italy. The 10th season of the tournament will see the Magners League expanded to four nations as Italy joins Ireland, Scotland and Wales in a high profile 12-team cross-border competition designed to considerably enhance...
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The vexed question of which team should Warren Gatland pick to play Italy is a talking point in the Welsh Message Board (WMB). RR poster “Hook”, poses this question and offers Gatland the following advice:  “I think its important we don’t make the same mistake as Gats did last year but I would make...
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Greig Laidlaw will captain a new-look Edinburgh side for the trip to Magners League champions Munster on Friday evening (19 February, kick off 8pm, live on Setanta Ireland) and head coach Rob Moffat believes the scrum-half has the right skill-set to lead the side to a positive result. Laidlaw, 24, signed a new two...
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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 Irish Rugby Football Union today confirmed that Ireland will play the Barbarians for The MasterCard Trophy at Thomond Park, Limerick on Friday 4th June 2010 – Kick off 7.45pm. This match will form part of Ireland’s 2010 Southern Hemisphere tour preparations and the Barbarians’ Summer Tour, with a fixture against England the week...
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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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Northampton Saints today announced that they have signed Andy Long on a short-term deal. Long, a 32-year-old hooker, has joined the club until the end of the 2009/10 season. A graduate of the Bath Academy, Long played for Bath, Munster and Rotherham before joining Newcastle in 2004, for whom he made 123 first team...
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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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There are eight changes to the Ireland team that drew 20-20 with Australia to the side that will take on Fiji this weekend in the second game of the 2009 Guinness Series. The game, which will be the first ever international to take place in the Royal Dublin Society grounds, sees five changes to...
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The Ireland ‘A’ Team to play Tonga in Ravenhill on Friday night has been announced. The team will be captained by Shane Horgan and also includes some experienced internationals in Peter Stringer and Neil Best.
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