2006-07 Magners League

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The 2006-07 Magners League was the sixth Celtic League season and the first with Magners as title sponsor. The season commenced on September 1 and was completed on May 12.

The teams competing remained the same as the previous season with four Irish provinces; Munster, Leinster, Connacht and 2005-06 champions Ulster, three Scottish regions; Edinburgh Rugby, Border Reivers and Glasgow Warriors and four Welsh regions; Llanelli Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys and Newport Gwent Dragons.

The league was won for the second time in three seasons by the Ospreys, with a final-day win over the Borders, playing their last ever match, as the Scottish Rugby Union have announced that the Borders will not exist next season [1]

Contents 1 Pre-season 2 Table 3 Results 3.1 Week 1 3.2 Week 2 3.3 Week 3 3.4 Week 4 3.5 Week 5 3.6 Week 6 3.7 Week 7 3.8 Week 8 3.9 Week 9 3.10 Week 10 3.11 Week 11 3.12 Week 12 3.13 Week 13 3.14 Week 14 3.15 Week 15 3.16 Week 16 3.17 Week 17 3.18 Week 18 3.19 Week 19 3.20 Week 20 3.21 Week 21 3.22 Week 22 3.23 Week 23 3.24 Week 24 3.25 Week 25 4 Broadcast rights 5 Footnotes 6 External links

[edit] Pre-season

Ulster began the season as the reigning champions whilst Munster are Heineken Cup champions of the 2005-06 season. Prior to the season commencing it was announced by the Irish Rugby Football Union that some of their internationals were to be rested during part of the season as the Rugby World Cup takes place at the end. This would include the first four matches of the season, to allow for recovery from the June internationals. Those who did not play much during the internationals may return sooner.^[1] Major signings during the off-season include Justin Marshall for the Ospreys^[2] and Stephen Jones for the Scarlets.^[3] The free weekend scheme, where each team that did not compete in a match on a weekend due to the odd number of teams in the league would receive 4 points, was scrapped.^[4]

[edit] Table

2006-07 Magners League Table
Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Bonus points	Points
Ospreys	20	14	0	6	461	374	8	64
Cardiff Blues	20	13	1	6	447	327	9	63
Leinster	20	12	1	7	472	376	11	61
Llanelli Scarlets	20	12	0	8	490	417	9	57
Ulster	20	11	1	8	423	310	9	55
Munster	20	12	0	8	379	294	6	54
Glasgow Warriors	20	11	0	9	434	419	5	49
Edinburgh Rugby	20	8	1	11	335	423	8	42
Newport Gwent Dragons	20	8	0	12	353	362	7	39
Connacht	20	4	2	14	326	474	6	26
Border Reivers	20	2	0	18	201	545	4	12
Correct as of 2007-05-12

[edit] Results

The bonus point system is used in the Magners League. An extra point in the league table is awarded to a team either by scoring 4 or more tries in a game, or by finishing within 7 points of the match winner. If a team does both, two bonus points are awarded. These are indicated by 1BP or 2BP in the results below.

[edit] Week 1

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
September 1	19:10	Cardiff Blues	22-13	Munster	Arms Park	8,687
September 1	19:30	Border Reivers	15-29	Connacht	Netherdale	1,303
September 1	19:30	Glasgow Warriors (1BP)	23-24	Newport Gwent Dragons	Hughenden	1,653
September 2	17:30	Ospreys	17-11	Edinburgh Rugby (1BP)	Liberty Stadium	7,067
September 2	19:30	Ulster	31-16	Llanelli Scarlets	Ravenhill	8,265

Bye
Leinster

[edit] Week 2

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
September 8	18:30	Connacht	15-10	Ospreys (1BP)	Sportsground	1,587
September 8	19:30	Llanelli Scarlets (1BP)	31-17	Glasgow Warriors	Stradey Park	6,366
September 8	19:30	Edinburgh Rugby	20-14	Leinster (1BP)	Murrayfield	2,479
September 9	17:30	Newport Gwent Dragons (1BP)	25-32	Ulster (1BP)	Rodney Parade	5,114
September 9	19:30	Munster	9-8	Border Reivers (1BP)	Thomond Park	6,138

Bye
Cardiff Blues

[edit] Week 3

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
September 12	19:10	Newport Gwent Dragons (1 BP)	22-23	Llanelli Scarlets	Rodney Parade	5,574
September 13	19:35	Ospreys	18-16	Cardiff Blues (1 BP)	Liberty Stadium	10,020
September 15	18:30	Connacht	15-37	Llanelli Scarlets (1 BP)	Sportsground	1,765
September 15	19:10	Ospreys	30-13	Border Reivers	Liberty Stadium	5,507
September 15	19:30	Edinburgh Rugby	20-15	Ulster (1 BP)	Murrayfield	3,129
September 15	19:30	Glasgow Warriors	24-13	Munster	Hughenden	2,295
September 16	19:10	Leinster	16-9	Cardiff Blues (1 BP)	Donnybrook	5,200

[edit] Week 4

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
September 22	18:30	Connacht	22-22	Edinburgh Rugby	Sportsground	1,065
September 22	18:40	Cardiff Blues	27-9	Glasgow Warriors	Arms Park	6,326
September 22	19:30	Border Reivers	8-20	Newport Gwent Dragons	Netherdale	1,088
September 22	19:30	Ulster (1 BP)	43-7	Ospreys	Ravenhill	10,804
September 23	17:30	Llanelli Scarlets (1 BP)	33-21	Leinster	Stradey Park	6,721

Bye
Munster

[edit] Week 5

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
September 29	18:30	Connacht	16-31	Leinster (1BP)	Sportsground	3,678
September 22	19:30	Edinburgh Rugby	14-9	Glasgow Warriors (1BP)	Murrayfield	4,342
September 30	19:30	Munster	21-13	Ulster	Musgrave Park	8,000

[edit] Week 6

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
October 6	18:30	Connacht (1BP)	17-24	Ulster	Sportsground	1,687
October 6	19:30	Glasgow Warriors	25-0	Border Reivers	Hughenden	1,967
October 6	19:30	Leinster (1BP)	27-20	Munster (1BP)	Lansdowne Road	27,252

[edit] Week 7

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
October 13	18:30	Connacht	16-9	Newport Gwent Dragons (1BP)	Sportsground	1,356
October 13	19:10	Ospreys (1BP)	26-9	Glasgow Warriors	Liberty Stadium	6,288
October 13	19:30	Border Reivers	22-19	Leinster (1BP)	Netherdale	1,661
October 13	19:30	Munster	10-21	Edinburgh Rugby	Thomand Park	8,000
October 14	17:30	Ulster (1BP)	32-12	Cardiff Blues	Ravenhill	9,979

[edit] Week 8

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
November 3	19:10	Edinburgh Rugby	13-23	Cardiff Blues	Murrayfield	3,083
November 3	19:30	Glasgow Warriors (1BP)	39-34	Connacht (2BP)	Hughenden	1,574
November 3	19:30	Ulster (1BP)	32-8	Border Reivers	Ravenhill	10,452
November 4	19:30	Leinster (1BP)	35-13	Newport Gwent Dragons	Donnybrook	4,790
November 5	17:30	Llanelli Scarlets (1BP)	25-12	Munster	Stradey Park	5,563

[edit] Week 9

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
November 10	19:10	Newport Gwent Dragons	17-10	Edinburgh Rugby (1BP)	Rodney Parade	3,846
November 10	19:30	Border Reivers (1BP)	13-19	Llanelli Scarlets	Netherdale	1,103
November 10	19:30	Leinster (1BP)	38-23	Glasgow Warriors	Donnybrook	3,750

[edit] Week 10

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
November 18	17:30	Cardiff Blues	15-13	Connacht (1BP)	Arms Park	4,209

[edit] Week 11

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
November 25	19:30	Munster	25-20	Ospreys (1BP)	Thomond Park	6,254

[edit] Week 12

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
December 1	19:30	Edinburgh Rugby	17-3	Border Reivers	Murrayfield	2,133
December 2	19:30	Ulster	6-6	Leinster	Ravenhill	12,800
December 3	17:00	Munster	13-0	Connacht	Thomand Park	5,300

[edit] Week 13

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
December 22	19:30	Glasgow Warriors	34-27	Edinburgh Rugby (1BP)	Hughenden	2,613
December 23	17:30	Cardiff Blues	30-24	Ospreys (1BP)	Arms Park	11,976

[edit] Week 14

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
December 26	16:10	Ospreys (1BP)	50-24	Llanelli Scarlets	Liberty Stadium	20,520
December 26	17:30	Ulster	20-10	Connacht	Ravenhill	12,143
December 27	15:00	Munster	25-11	Leinster	Thomond Park	13,200
December 27	15:10	Newport Gwent Dragons	14-13	Cardiff Blues (1BP)	Rodney Parade	10,000
December 29	19:30	Border Reivers (1BP)	19-20	Glasgow Warriors	Netherdale	1,542
December 31	14:00	Leinster	20-12	Ulster	Lansdowne Road	48,000
December 31	14:10	Ospreys	12-6	Newport Gwent Dragons (1 BP)	Liberty Stadium	8,304
December 31	16:00	Connacht (1 BP)	8-14	Munster	Sportsground	4,560

Bye
Edinburgh Rugby

[edit] Week 15

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
January 1	16:10	Cardiff Blues (1BP)	29-10	Llanelli Scarlets	Arms Park	10,480
January 5	19:10	Newport Gwent Dragons	19-12	Munster (1BP)	Rodney Parade	5,352
January 5	19:30	Edinburgh Rugby	24-14	Llanelli Scarlets	Murrayfield	2,137
January 6	17:30	Glasgow Warriors	8-19	Ulster	Hughenden	5,169
January 6	17:30	Cardiff Blues (1BP)	36-15	Border Reivers	Arms Park	2,799
January 6	19:30	Leinster (1BP)	45-22	Ospreys	Donnybrook	6,000

[edit] Week 16

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
January 26	19:30	Newport Gwent Dragons (1BP)	48-0	Border Reivers	Rodney Parade	4,986
January 26	19:30	Edinburgh Rugby (1BP)	49-31	Connacht (1BP)	Murrayfield	1,824
January 26	19:30	Glasgow Warriors	22-3	Cardiff Blues	Hughenden	1,562
January 26	19:30	Leinster (1BP)	44-34	Llanelli Scarlets (1BP)	Donnybrook	5,890
January 27	17:30	Ospreys (1BP)	36-15	Ulster	Liberty Stadium	6,077

[edit] Week 17

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
February 16	19:10	Ulster	14-7	Newport Gwent Dragons (1BP)	Ravenhill	9,237
Febryary 16	19:30	Border Reivers	0-36	Munster (1BP)	Netherdale	1,485
February 16	19:30	Glasgow Warriors (1BP)	30-14	Llanelli Scarlets	Hughenden	1,825
February 16	19:30	Leinster	13-6	Edinburgh Rugby (1BP)	Donnybrook	5,340
February 17	17:30	Ospreys (1BP)	31-10	Connacht	Liberty Stadium	6,499

[edit] Week 18

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
March 2	18:30	Connacht	20-17	Border Reivers (1BP)	Sportsground	1,240
March 2	19:30	Newport Gwent Dragons	13-3	Glasgow Warriors	Rodney Parade	4,656
March 2	19:30	Edinburgh Rugby	12-30	Ospreys (1 BP)	Murrayfield	2,335
March 2	19:40	Munster (1 BP)	12-19	Cardiff Blues	Musgrave Park	8,000
March 3	17:30	Llanelli Scarlets	17-11	Ulster (1 BP)	Stradey Park	5,641

[edit] Week 19

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
March 23	19:10	Llanelli Scarlets	35-11	Newport Gwent Dragons	Stradey Park	6,320
March 23	19:30	Border Reivers	10-3	Edinburgh Rugby (1 BP)	Netherdale	1,444
March 23	19:30	Ulster (1 BP)	21-24	Munster	Murrayfield	12,900
March 24	17:15	Leinster	30-21	Connacht	Donnybrook	6,500

[edit] Week 20

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
April 6	19:10	Llanelli Scarlets	53-11	Border Reivers	Stradey Park	5,437
April 6	19:30	Edinburgh Rugby (1 BP)	30-20	Newport Gwent Dragons	Murrayfield	2,261
April 6	19:30	Glasgow Warriors	26-20	Leinster (1 BP)	Hughenden	2,121
April 7	17:30	Ospreys	20-12	Munster	Liberty Stadium	9,295
April 7	18:30	Connacht	16-16	Cardiff Blues	Sportsground	1,536

[edit] Week 21

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
April 13	18:30	Connacht	23-40	Glasgow Warriors (1BP)	Sportsground	1,331
April 13	19:10	Newport Gwent Dragons (1 BP)	22-23	Leinster	Rodney Parade	5,442
April 13	19:30	Border Reivers	9-33	Ulster	Netherdale	3,252
April 14	16:10	Cardiff Blues (1 BP)	48-0	Edinburgh Rugby	Arms Park	4,527
April 14	19:30	Munster	20-0	Llanelli Scarlets	Musgrave Park	6,500

[edit] Week 22

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
April 20	19:10	Cardiff Blues	20-17	Ulster (1 BP)	Arms Park	6,354

[edit] Week 23

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
April 24	19:35	Llanelli Scarlets	6-19	Ospreys	Stradey Park	10,102
April 27	19:10	Ospreys	19-17	Leinster (1 BP)	Liberty Stadium	10,702
April 27	19:30	Border Reivers	14-41	Cardiff Blues (1 BP)	Netherdale	1,238
April 27	19:30	Ulster	10-24	Glasgow Warriors	Ravenhill	8,056
April 28	17:00	Munster	15-7	Newport Gwent Dragons	Musgrave Park	4,517
April 29	16:10	Llanelli Scarlets (1 BP)	42-17	Edinburgh Rugby	Stradey Park	5,108

[edit] Week 24

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
May 1	19:10	Cardiff Blues (1 BP)	31-20	Newport Gwent Dragons	Arms Park	9,326
May 4	19:10	Newport Gwent Dragons	23-0	Connacht	Rodney Parade	4,322
May 4	19:30	Edinburgh Rugby	9-35	Munster (1 BP)	Murrayfield	3,129
May 4	19:30	Glasgow Warriors	29-26	Ospreys (1 BP)	Hughenden	2,486
May 5	17:30	Llanelli Scarlets (1 BP)	38-10	Cardiff Blues	Stradey Park	7,506
May 5	19:30	Leinster (1 BP)	31-0	Border Reivers	Donnybrook	6,200

[edit] Week 25

Date	Time	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
May 8	19:35	Newport Gwent Dragons	13-27	Ospreys (1 BP)	Rodney Parade	6,438
May 11	19:10	Cardiff Blues (1 BP)	27-11	Leinster	Arms Park	9,309
May 11	19:10	Llanelli Scarlets	19-10	Connacht	Stradey Park	5,204
May 11	19:30	Ulster	16-10	Edinburgh Rugby (1 BP)	Ravenhill	7,429
May 12	17:30	Border Reivers	16-24	Ospreys	Netherdale	1,837
May 12	17:30	Munster (1 BP)	38-20	Glasgow Warriors	Musgrave Park	6,000

[edit] Broadcast rights

Television rights for the league are split between three broadcasters, BBC Wales, S4C and Setanta Sports. At the start of the season it was announced that the BBC Wales and S4C had extended their contract to show Magners League until the end of the 2009/10 season.^[5]

Preceded by 2005-06 Celtic League

Magners League 2006-07

Succeeded by 2007-08 Magners League

v • d • e Magners League Teams Cardiff Blues • Connacht • Edinburgh • Glasgow Warriors • Leinster • Llanelli Scarlets • Munster • Newport Gwent Dragons • Ospreys • Ulster • (Defunct teams: Border Reivers • Celtic Warriors) Grounds Cardiff Arms Park • Galway Sportsgrounds • Murrayfield • Firhill Stadium • RDS Showgrounds • Stradey Park • Thomond Park/Musgrave Park • Rodney Parade • Liberty Stadium • Ravenhill Stadium Seasons 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Magners League on BBC.co.uk
• Magners League on planet-rugby.com

v • d • e Rugby union schedule for 2007
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
H. Cup	Six Nations Championship		Heineken Cup					World Cup		H. Cup
Guinness Premiership								Guinness Premiership
				Mid-Year Test Series			Pre-RWC tests			2007 Autumn internationals
			Under 19 World Championship		Pacific Nations Cup
Magners League								Magners League
Top 14									Top 14
Sevens							Australian Rugby Championship			Sevens
				Churchill Cup		Air New Zealand Cup
					Currie Cup
	Super 14				Tri Nations

v • d • e Rugby union schedule for 2006
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Celtic League					IRL in NZ and AUS			Magners League
H. Cup	Six Nations Championship		Heineken Cup		WAL in ARG				H. Cup	AUS in ITA, IRL, SCO	H. Cup
Guinness Premiership					ENG in AUS			Guinness Premiership
Top 14					FRA in RSA		Top 14
	Super 14				NZ in ARG	Tri Nations				NZ in ENG, FRA, WAL
	World Sevens Series										Sevens
		Powergen Cup		North America 4	SCO in RSA	North America 4				RSA in IRL and ENG
		GFI Hong Kong Tens			U21 World C'ship	Air New Zealand Cup				ARG in ENG, ITA, FRA
		Commonwealth Sevens	Pacific Rugby Cup		Churchill Cup			Australian Provincial C'ship		PI in SCO, WAL, IRL
		European Challenge Cup			Pacific Five Nations		Currie Cup
		2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying