Harlequins may have won the battle but they certainly haven’t won the war and Connacht will have it all to play for in the second leg of their Parker Pen Challenge Cup semi-final in Galway on the 25th of April.
Munster defeated Stade Francais by 37 points to 32 to book their place and a ‘home’ semi-final at Landsdowne Road at the end of the month. The match was a high scoring thrilling encounter with end to end action throughout.
Alan Gaffney has announced his team to take on Stade Francais in the quarter final of the Heineken Cup in Limerick tomorrow. The side includes a place for Shaun Payne, who has been included on the wing in the place of Anthony Horgan. Former All-Black Christian Cullen will make his Heineken Cup debut with Gaffney naming him at full-back.
Connacht Coach Michael Bradley has today announced his team to travel to Harlequins for the Parker Pen Challenge Cup semi-final first leg on Sunday. Bradley was unaffected by injury worries as his team make their attempt to reach the final of the competition.
Munster coach Alan Gaffney has had to begin making tough decisions with the reduction of his side to the required 22 today. Gaffney has yet to name his team to play Stade Francais but today Mossie Lawlor and Eddie Halvey ended up being the players to receive the bad news.
Allen Clarke has been named as Ulster Assistant coach today. Clarke joins newly appointed Head Coach Mark McCall in the Ulster management team for next season.
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The build up for Munster’s crucial Heineken has been continuing today with Ronan O’Gara being declared fit to play against Stade Francais next Saturday. O’Gara had been doubtful due to an ankle injury he picked up during training last weekend.
Ulster tonight remain on top of the Celtic League despite losing to Cardiff today. Ulster went down by 19 points to 15, but their slim margin of defeat means that they still get a point from the game and therefore remain league leaders.
Connacht had the perfect result to build confidence one week ahead of their Parker Pen Challenge Cup semi-final next weekend. Connacht beat the Ospreys by 24 points to 21 to leapfrog the Ospreys and move into fifth in the Celtic League table.