The News Review:
- Jackman’s Slam delight tinged with envy
- Young Staying Put in Hope of Ending Cardiff’s Blues
- Win! Win! Win!
- Cipriani must screw up courage to win Lions place
Jackman’s Slam delight tinged with envy
Irish Times
” His preoccupation now though is Leinster and the next three matches starting with Sunday’s game against Ulster. He knows how tough it will be but argues there is plenty of experience and quality – even without a handful of Ireland team-mates. He also contends that the Heineken Cup quarter-final against Harlequins won’t distract Leinster from their quest to retain the Magners League title. “The Magners League remains on our wish list. We got great pleasure from winning it last year and we want to repeat that success. “The Heineken Cup is of course a huge goal but we’re in with a shout of winning the Magners as well; there’s no reason why we shouldn’t want to win both competitions and we do. We’ll get these two games (Ulster and Munster) out of the way and then go to ’Quins for the Heineken Cup.
Young Staying Put in Hope of Ending Cardiff’s Blues
Buzzle
“I want to look back on my time with the Blues with pride” said Young. “I am only 41 and have a number of years in the game ahead of me. “We are never going to compete with the likes of Stade Fran?s and Toulouse financially and it is unrealistic to say that we will be in the Heineken Cup final every year but we have built a strong squad and our aim has to be to consistently make the knock-out stages. “We are moving in the right direction but we are nowhere near the finished article yet. I am totally committed to the Blues and I have a good relationship with the chairman and the board. We have been through some tough times and the next couple of years promise to be very exciting. The Wales No8 Andy Powell will not face Northampton because of a thigh injury that may rule him out of the Heineken Cup quarter-final against Toulouse next month while the Wales flanker Martyn Williams will not train this week but is likely to play against the Saints.
Win! Win! Win!
guardian.co.uk
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Cipriani must screw up courage to win Lions place
Irish Times
There is no chance therefore that the surgery will be brought forward. Ian McGeechan Wasps’ director of rugby and the Lions head coach said after Sunday’s 21-19 defeat of Bristol that Cipriani’s substitution had been partly tactical and partly due to his injury adding that he was still in contention for a Lions place “along with 150 other possibles from around the British Isles”. Meanwhile the spreys’ Lee Byrne who limped off in Wales’ Six Nations defeat to Ireland with a foot injury remains a major doubt for the Heineken Cup quarter-final against Munster on April 12th. spreys coach Sean Holley said: “It’s not good news. Lee had a scan which confirmed inflammation of the tendon. “We’re seeking further medical opinion but it’s a hammer blow to lose the best fullback in the world. ” © 2009 Guardian ServiceThis article appears in the print edition of the Irish TimesADVERTISEMENT.
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