Topic: Leinster Rugby
Ospreys hung on to win the Celtic League title here on Saturday, the Welsh region beating Irish province Leinster 17-12 in a nail-biting game. First-half tries from Tommy Bowe and man-of-the-match Lee Byrne did the damage as the Welsh deservedly ended the ...
Ireland coach Declan Kidney insists Paul O'Connell is too important to be omitted from Ireland's squad for their tour to New Zealand and Australia even though the Munster star is struggling with a groin injury. Lions captain O'Connell was included in Kidney's ...
Three-time champions Toulouse defeated reigning champions Leinster 26-16 on Saturday to reach their sixth European Cup final. The winners in 1996, 2003 and 2005 will take on either fellow French side Biarritz or Irish province Munster, who play their semi-final on Sunday, ...
The European Cup nears its climax with two mouth-watering semi-finals this weekend, French powerhouses Toulouse and Biarritz lining up against Irish provinces Leinster and Munster respectively. Three-time champions Toulouse host reigning champions Leinster, who will be looking to match English side Leicester ...
Defending champions Leinster reached the European Cup semi-finals on Friday with a 29-28 epic win over Clermont as the French side's Australian fly-half Brock James suffered a kicking horror-show. Leinster will face either Toulouse or Stade Francais for a place in the ...
Defending champions Leinster reached the European Cup semi-finals on Friday with a 29-28 win over Clermont as the French side's Australian fly-half Brock James suffered a kicking horror-show. Leinster will face either Toulouse or Stade Francais for a place in the final, ...
Reigning champions Leinster take part in their seventh European Cup quarter-final in nine years on Friday and expect the biggest challenge of their season against attractive French outfit Clermont. In other ties, Basque giants Biarritz take on Welsh region Ospreys in northern ...
French side Clermont and last season's semi-finalists Cardiff stayed in the hunt for places in the last eight of the European Cup on Saturday with deserved victories. Clermont outclassed previous Pool Three leaders Ospreys 27-7 in France to put them second behind ...
Irish province Munster's Celtic League match against Welsh region the Scarlets was called off on Saturday, a day before Sunday's kick-off, due to the freezing weather sweeping Britain and Ireland. The pitch at Leinster's Musgrave Park ground in Cork had been covered ...
Sale threw down the gauntlet to European Cup Pool 5 rivals Toulouse and Cardiff Blues with a 29-19 win on Sunday at Harlequins while French side Biarritz cast aside mediocre league form to batter Newport Dragons to maintain their perfect start. Sale ...
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Rugby Union - Munster v Leinster 2008/09 Heineken European Cup Semi Final
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