Celtic League team news
2 September 2005, 1:15 pm
By Jonathan McConnell
All the latest team news ahead of this weekend’s first round of games
FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
LLANELLI SCARLETS v EDINBURGH GUNNERS
At Stradey Park, 7.10pm live on BBC Wales & Setanta Ireland. Referee: Alan Lewis (IRFU). Touch Judges: Peter Rees & Gary Davies (WRU).

GUNNERS:
15 Francisco Leonelli, 14 Chris Paterson CAPTAIN,  13 Marcus Di Rollo, 12 Peter Jorgensen, 11 Simon Webster, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Mike Blair *, 1 Allan Jacobsen, 2 Dougie Hall, 3 Craig Smith, 4 Alastair Kellock, 5 Scott Murray, 6 Matt Mustchin, 8 Allister Hogg *, 7 Simon Cross, Substitutes, 16 Andrew Kelly *, 17 Alasdair Dickinson *, 18 Fergus Pringle, 19 Alasdair Strokosch *, 20 Rory Lawson *, 21 Duncan Hodge, 22 Hugo Southwell * indicates member of the Scottish Institute of Sport


FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
MUNSTER v BORDER REIVERS
At Thomond Park, 7.10pm (Please note corrected time for kick-off) Referee: Tim Hayes (WRU). Touch Judges: Alan Rogan & Tom Horkan (IRFU).

MUNSTER:
15 Shaun Payne, 14 David Wallace, 13 Trevor Halstead, 12 Rob Henderson, 11 John Kelly, 10 Paul Burke, 9 Peter Stringer, 1 Marcus Horan, 2 Jeremy Flannery, 3 Federico Pucciariello, 4 Trevor Hogan, 5 Mick O'Driscoll , 6 Stephen Keogh, 7 Denis Leamy, 8 Anthony Foley ©. Replacements:16 Frank Roche 17 Frank Sheahan 18 John O'Sullivan 19 Alan Quinlan 20 Frank Murphy 21 Jeremy Manning  22 Barry Murphy

REIVERS: 15 Stuart Moffat, 14 Simon Danielli, 13 Ben MacDougall, 12 Charlie Hore, 11 Garry Law, 10 Gregor Townsend, 9 Chris Cusiter*, 1 Paul Thomson CAPTAIN, 2 Ross Ford*, 3 Bruce Douglas, 4 Opeta Palepoi, 5 Colin Stewart, 6 Wayne McEntee, 8 Kelly Brown*, 7 Scott Gray
Substitutes:  16 Brendan McKerchar, 17 Lee Kibble, 18 John Dalziel, 19 Andy Miller, 20 Andy Rennick, 21 Steve Scott, 22 Tommy McGee


FRIDAY 2 SEPTEMBER
GLASGOW WARRIORS v NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS
At Hughenden, 7.30pm. Referee: George Clancy (IRFU). Touch Judges: David Changleng & Jim Yuille (SRU).

WARRIORS
15 Colin Shaw, 14 Rory Lamont, 13 Andy Craig, 12 Andrew Henderson, 11 Mike Roberts, 10 Dan Parks, 9 Sam Pinder, 1 Kevin Tkachuk, 2 Scott Lawson *, 3 Lee Harrison, 4 Dan Turner, 5 Craig Hamilton, 6 Steve Swindall,  8 Jon Petrie CAPTAIN, 7 Andrew Wilson * Substitutes:16 Fergus Thomson *17 Stuart Corsar 18 Gregor Hayter 19 Paul Dearlove 20 Graeme Beveridge 21 Calvin Howarth 22 Scott Barrow
* indicates member of the Scottish Institute of Sport

DRAGONS SQUAD: Kevin Morgan, Leigh Hinton, Gareth Wyatt, Hal Luscombe, Sione Tuipulotu, Jon Bryant, Richard Fussell, Ceri Sweeney, Craig Warlow, Alex Walker, Gareth Baber, Adam Black, David Maddocks, Kieran Crawford, Gethin Robinson, Rhys Thomas, Ian Gough, Luke Charteris, Peter Sidoli, Andrew Hall, Rhys Oakley, Jason Forster, Jamie Ringer, Richard Bryan.


SATURDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
CONNACHT v CARDIFF BLUES
At the Sportsground, 2.30pm. Referee: Andy Ireland (SRU). Touch Judges: Dermot Moloney & Peter Roche (IRFU).

CONNACHT:
15. David Slemen, 14. Conor McPhillips, 13. Darren Yapp, 12. Keith Matthews, 11. Matt Mostyn, 10. Paul Warwick, 9. Chris Keane; 1. Ray Hogan, 2. John Fogarty, 3. Stpehen Knoop, 4. Christian Short, 5. Andrew Farley, 6.John Muldoon, 7. Matt Lacey, 8. Colm Rigney.
 Replacements: 16. Chris Venter, 17. Dan McFarland, 18. Ronan Loughney, 19. Michael Swift, 20. Brendan O¹Connor, 21. Conor O¹Loughlin, 22. Daniel Riordan.

BLUES:
15 Nick Macleod, 14 Chris Czekaj, 13 Rhys Williams (C), 12 Tristan Davies, 11 Craig Morgan 10 Nicky Robinson, 9 Mike Phillips, 7 Robin Sowden-Taylor, 8 Andy Powell, 6 Maama Molitika, 5 Robert Sidoli, 4 Deiniol Jones, 3 Martyn Jones, 2 Gareth Williams, 1 John Yapp16 Ryan Powell, 17 Lee Thomas, 18 Matthew Nuthall, 19 Ben Evans, 20 T. Rhys Thomas, 21 Craig Quinell, 22 Mark Lewis


SUNDAY 4 SEPTEMBER
OSPREYS v LEINSTER
At Swansea Regional Rugby Stadium, 5.10pm live on S4C & Setanta Ireland. Referee: Rob Dickson (SRU). Touch Judges: Huw F. Lewis & Jon Mason (WRU).

OSPREYS:
Team to be announced

LEINSTER SQUAD:
15: Girvan Dempsey, 14: Brendan Burke, 13: Kieran Lewis, 12: Felipe Contepomi (Captain), 11: Robert Kearney, 10: Christian Warner, 9: Brian O'Meara, 1: Ronan McCormack, 2: Bernard Jackman, 3: Will Green, 4: Des Dillon, 5: Ben Gissing, 6: Ciaran Potts, 7: Keith Gleeson, 8: Eric Miller, 16: Emmett Byrne, 17: David Blaney, 18: Simon Crawford, 19: Jamie Heaslip, 20: Guy Easterby, 21: Eoghan Hickey, 22: Gary Brown


 


 



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