The News Review:
- Leading quintet return for Munster
- BBC SPRT | Northern Ireland | Season Ticket | Season Ticket
- Rugby Union – Sale In For Sharks And Saracens
- Connacht to show Leinster who’s King of the jungle
Leading quintet return for Munster
RTE.ie – Sep 28, 2006
Ronan ‘Gara Peter Stringer Marcus Horan Donnacha ‘Callaghan and new skipper Paul ‘Connell all return for their first competitive game of the season in a game that coach Declan Kidney views as being extremely important. ‘It is a battle between the Celtic League champions and the Heineken Cup champions and it promises to be a great occasion’ he said. Munster XV v Ulster: 15: C… Ronan ‘Gara Peter Stringer Marcus Horan Donnacha ‘Callaghan and new skipper Paul ‘Connell all return for their first competitive game of the season in a game that coach Declan Kidney views as being extremely important. ‘It is a battle between the Celtic League champions and the Heineken Cup champions and it promises to be a great occasion’ he said. Munster XV v Ulster: 15: C.
BBC SPRT | Northern Ireland | Season Ticket | Season Ticket
BBC News – Sep 28, 2006
Aaron Hughes Steve Davis and Stilian Petrov will give their views on their new manager. Northern Ireland’s manager Lawrie Sanchez will be talking about the turnaround in fortunes of his side and what lies ahead. Ireland rugby star David Humphreys looks ahead to Ulster’s opening Heineken Cup tie against French giants Toulouse on Saturday.
Rugby Union – Sale In For Sharks And Saracens
sportnetwork.net – Sep 28, 2006
Hopefully these guidelines will prove to be profitable once more this season and help us sniff out a little bit of value along the way. However there is still a wealth-warning attached to this competition and punters are heavily advised to keep tabs on team news as it filters through. PL AThis is one of the trickier pools to decipher with both the spreys and Gloucester having a strong chance of progressing not to mention Bath who though only having one home group game are not in the Heineken Cup this season and will target this as a chance to win some silverware. The spreys are favourites due to the fact that they play Gloucester at home this weekend and hence would be strong favourites to top the pool should they win this game.
Connacht to show Leinster who’s King of the jungle
sportnetwork.net – Sep 28, 2006
IR: Do you expect any changes to the side for Friday’s derby game? And how has training gone this week? Could you outline the training schedule you work off?TA: We have had a settled team for the first four games of the season and I expect that to continue for the match against Leinster. The training this week has been good and the squad have a very good work ethic. n the subject of the game itself:IR: This game will surely go a long way to determining how good a season it will be for Connacht – would you agree?TA: It is a huge game no doubt and there is a lot riding on it but our goal is to qualify for the Heineken Cup so the next six games are all massive. We will take it one game at a time. IR: Last week’s attendance of 1065 at the Sportsground must have been a big let down? Is this a concern for you?TA: We have started Friday night rugby and it is taking off as our attendances are up on last season and we have a fantastic core support but it would be great to have more people turn up. The atmosphere for the spreys game earlier this month was the best we have ever had and I am sure that this Friday will be even better. For true Connacht die-hards and early arriving Leinster supporters the weekend of rugby kicks off earlier in the day at Crowley Park in Galway as Connacht ‘A’ look for revenge against a Leinster ‘A’ side who beat them narrowly last Friday by a late try (3pm).