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South Africa have confirmed Chiliboy Ralepelle as captain for their outgoing tour opener against Leicester at Welford Road this coming Friday. The starting line-up includes five uncapped players and nine players who were involved in the team's 2009 Tri-Nations campaign. Hooker Ralepelle last captain...

Gloucester 5-36 Australia A shadow Australia side warmed up for Saturday's Test against England with a comfortable win over Gloucester. Quade Cooper kicked the tourists ahead with an early penalty before converting a fine Ryan Cross try. Freddie Burns replied for Gloucester, only for Tyrone Smith's ...

The Fiji Rugby Union today released the names of 30 players to represent the Flying Fijians on next month’s tour to Europe. The squad includes 14 members of the 2007 Rugby World Cup team that performed so admirably in France by beating Wales to reach the quarter finals, where the team gave eventual ...

Also the issue sometimes with RTE where they block the signal for certain sport events like Heineken Cup coverage etc to those not living in the South

From Sun. Business Post, apparently the print version says RTÉ & TG4 have got the rights. New broadcast homes for Magners League 18 October 2009 It is understood that the stations will take over the broadcast contract which has been held by Setanta for the last four years. They will broadcast Ma...

Ulster Team: (1-8) Bryan Young, Andi Kyriacou, Brendon Botha, Dan Tuohy, Ed O’Donoghue, Chris Henry, Willie Faloon, Robbie Diack (15-9) Clinton Schifcofske, Timoci Nagusa, Darren Cave, Ian Whitten, Simon Danielli, Ian Humphreys, Isaac Boss Replacements: (16-22) Nigel Brady, Declan Fitzpatrick, Tamai...

Hi all, Going to be down on the weekend of the Connacht game in a couple of weeks in the Galway area. I see that the tickets are now available on ticketmaster. Is any need to buy them in advance or can you just buy on the night at the ground? Never been to the Sportsground, what area of the ground d...

Hi all,

Watching the rugby club last night on sky, noticed that they are bringing in the new rule re the 23rd man for uncontested scrums in the Guinness premiership. Also saw on the ERC website that they are doing the same for the Heineken and Challenge Cups. Is the Magners League doing the same?

4 out of 9 tries converted, not great - were they easy kicks or touchline??

Due out today, nothing on magners site yet.

According to munster site, away to Munster at end of October/start of November and home on weekend around New Years Day.

Blues v Scarlets-Blues
Warriors v Connacht-Warriors
Munster v Ospreys-Munster
Dragons v Leinster-Dragons
Scarlets v Ulster-Scarlets
Blues v Edinburgh-Blues

Blues v Dragons - Cardiff
Connacht v Ulster - Ulster
Leinster v Scarlets - Leinster
Edinburgh v Dragons - Edinburgh
Osprey v Warriors - Ospreys
Cardiff v Munster - Cardiff

Munster v Leinster - Munster
Cardiff v Leicester - Cardiff
Ospreys v Dragons - Ospreys

Ulster v Blues - Ulster
Munster v Scarlets - Munster
Ospreys v Edinburgh - Ospreys
Leinster v Glasgow - Leinster
Dragons v connacht - Connacht

Cardiff Team 15 James Loxton 14 Richard Mustoe 13 Jamie Robinson 12 Gareth Thomas 11 Chris Czekaj 10 Ceri Sweeney 9 Richie Rees 8 Andy Powell 7 Robin Sowden Tayor (c) 6 Sam Warburton 5 Scott Morgan 4 Deiniol Jones 3 John Yapp 2 T Rhys Thomas 1 Rhys Gill 16 Scott Andrews 17 Ross Jonhson 18 James Down...