Leinster coach Declan Kidney has decided to rest both Brian O’Driscoll and Denis Hickie ahead of this weekends Celtic League match with the Cardiff Blues. Both O’Driscoll and Hickie were left out of the 25 man squad that was announced today.
Mark McCall today finalised his squad for Ulster’s Celtic League match against Edinburgh on Friday. As expected new signing Gavin Pfister will make his first start for the province.
Following on from their Heineken Cup win over Stade Francais at the weekend Mark McCall has named his Ulster squad for the visit of Edinburgh to Ravenhill.
Munster’s season has been put back on course to win Pool 4 thanks to an emphatic 5 tries to 1 victory over Castres in an ill-tempered match at Thomond Park. Munster’s pack were the dominant factor scoring four of Munster’s tries thanks to an extremely effective rolling maul.
A magnificent late try from Brian O’Driscoll saw Leinster make it four wins from four in the Heineken Cup having seen off the challenge of a Bourgoin side who this weekend wanted to win.
Connacht have progressed to the quarter finals of the European Challenge Cup following their four point defeat to Montpellier yesterday. Although Connacht lost the second leg, their huge margin of victory from the first leg saw them through on aggregate.
Ulster coach Mark McCall has announced his side for the match with Stade Francais at Ravenhill tomorrow afternoon. He has recieved some good news with the announcement that David Humphreys will be able to take a full part in tomorrow’s game despite picking up an injury last weekend.
Alan Gaffney has made a number of changes to the Munster side for tomorrow’s match with Castres at Thomond Park. Denis Leamy and Alan Quinlan both start in the back-row with Jim Williams and David Wallace making way.
Eddie O’Sullivan has been named Philip’s Sports Manager of the Year award based on Ireland’s impressive achievements this year.
Despite Connacht’s massive advantage going into the second leg of their European Challenge Cup clash with Montpellier on Friday night, Connacht have decided to only make one change to the squad.