Nacewa wins Leinster Player of the season award

Isa Nacewa has capped of a fine personal year playing for Leinster by claiming the Bank of Ireland Players Player of the year award at the Annual Awards Ball in the Burlington Hotel on Saturday night. This is Nacewa second major award this week after also scooping the IRUPA player of the year award for the 2010/11 season. It marks a remarkable year for the 28 year old who played in all but one of Leinster's games this season.

Rebels Leave Cipriani Behind

Danny Cipriani's turbulent career continues to cause controversy. In his latest fall from grace, Cipriani has been omitted from the Melbourne Rebels squad for their two match tour of South Africa. The young English fly-half's omission comes on the back of a number of breaches of the clubs strict curfew rules which also prevented him for lining out for the Rebels last Friday against Quennland.

Undoubtedly a very talented fly-half with ball in hand Cipriani has struggled in recent months, after a strong start with the Rebels. After lighting up the early rounds of the Super 15 with his running game and his kicking, Cipriani has found himself having to answer more questions regarding his defensive duties which have been found wanting in recent times.

Saints claim final Semi-Final place

Northampton Saints came from behind to defeat a brave Leeds side 31-24. Leeds who started very brightly with tries from  Hendrie Fourie, Rhys Oakley and Peter Wackett at led 24-15 at half time with Saints tries coming via Phil Dawson and a penalty try. A further try from England wing Chris Aston and penalties via the boot of Stephen Myler resulted in a win for the saints. The result secured forth spot for the Saints and kept them in the hunt for the double. The result also meant relegation for Leeds.

Magners League playoff places finalised

Before tonight's round of games only Munster had secured their place in this years Mangers League semi-finals. They had done so by securing top spot  and a home semi-final in the process. For this reason most of tonight's attention focussed on who would secure the second home semi-final place and the remaining play-off places. On a night when the fourth place position changed often it led to a tense night for the supporters of Leinster, Ulster, Cardiff Blues, Scarlets and the Ospreys.


The first team to ease their supporters nerves were the men of Ulster who secured third place in the league by defeating the Dragons on a scoreline 20-13 at Rodney Parade. Centre Nevin Spence went over for two early tries for Ulster, with Pedrie Wannenburg adding a third before half time. Dragons who have been one of the form teams in the league over the last few month's responded with a try from Tom Riley but Ulster held on for the win.

RBS Six Nations

Friday, 15 April 2011

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1	England	5	4	0	1	132	81	8
2	France	5	3	0	2	117	91	6
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	93	81	6
4	Wales	5	3	0	2	95	89	6
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	82	109	2
6	Italy	5	1	0	4	70	138	2

Almin Challenge Cup tables

Pool 1 Table Friday, 15 April 2011 17:03 UK

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Harlequins	6	5	0	1	189	84	4	24
2	Connacht	6	3	0	3	173	99	3	15
3	Bayonne	6	3	0	3	163	116	2	14
4	Cavalieri Prato	6	1	0	5	77	303	0	4

Pool 2 Table 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Brive	6	6	0	0	257	54	3	27
2	Sale	6	4	0	2	279	58	5	21
3	Petrarca	6	1	0	5	88	213	2	6
4	Cetransa El Salvador	6	1	0	5	69	368	0	4

Pool 3 Table 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Montpellier	6	5	0	1	147	101	1	21
2	Exeter	6	3	0	3	154	113	4	16
3	Newcastle	5	2	0	3	66	114	1	9
4	Bourgoin	5	1	0	4	91	130	2	6

Pool 4 Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Stade Francais	6	6	0	0	216	73	5	29
2	Leeds Carnegie	6	4	0	2	171	88	3	19
3	Bucuresti	6	1	0	5	74	148	1	5
4	Rugby Parma	6	1	0	5	70	222	1	5

Pool 5 Table 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	La Rochelle	6	5	0	1	197	91	3	23
2	Gloucester	6	4	0	2	255	77	5	21
3	Agen	6	3	0	3	167	158	3	15
4	Rovigo	6	0	0	6	55	348	0	0

Magners League table

Friday, 6 May 2011

	Team	P	PD	PTS
1	Munster	22	169	83
2	Leinster	22	159	70
3	Ulster	22	62	67
4	Ospreys	22	135	63
5	Scarlets	22	50	62
6	Cardiff Blues	22	87	60
7	Newport-Gwent D'gons	22	-18	49
8	Edinburgh	22	-39	43
9	Connacht	22	-65	39
10	Treviso	22	-128	38
11	Glasgow	22	-142	33
12	Aironi	22	-270	12

Aviva Premiership table

Saturday, 7 May 2011

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Leicester	22	16	1	5	594	403	12	78
2	Saracens	22	18	0	4	484	318	4	76
3	Gloucester	22	14	1	7	528	452	9	67
4	Northampton	22	14	0	8	533	430	9	65
5	Bath	22	13	1	8	427	367	8	62
6	London Irish	22	11	0	11	523	459	10	54
7	Harlequins	22	9	2	11	482	384	12	52
8	Exeter	22	10	0	12	428	460	5	43
9	Wasps	22	9	1	12	425	497	5	43
10	Sale	22	6	1	15	432	618	6	32
11	Newcastle	22	4	1	17	360	553	5	23
12	Leeds Carnegie	22	4	0	18	315	590	7	23

Heineken Cup Tables

Six group winners and the two best runners-up on points go through to the quarter-finals on 8, 9 and 10 April.

Pool 1 Table 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Northampton	6	6	0	0	155	87	1	25
2	Cardiff Blues	6	3	0	3	107	113	2	14
3	Castres	6	2	0	4	105	115	3	11
4	Edinburgh	6	1	0	5	98	150	4	8

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Pool 2 Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Leinster	6	5	0	1	179	104	4	24
2	Clermont Auvergne	6	4	0	2	114	94	3	19
3	Racing Metro 92	6	2	0	4	104	151	1	9
4	Saracens	6	1	0	5	107	155	2	6

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Pool 3 Table 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Toulon	6	4	0	2	143	134	1	17
2	Munster	6	3	0	3	143	122	4	16
3	Ospreys	6	3	0	3	117	113	2	14
4	London Irish	6	2	0	4	107	141	1	9

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Pool 4 Table 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Biarritz	6	4	0	2	140	85	6	22
2	Ulster	6	5	0	1	145	93	2	22
3	Bath	6	2	0	4	147	108	6	14
4	Aironi	6	1	0	5	65	211	0	4

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Pool 5 Table 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Perpignan	6	4	1	1	196	112	4	22
2	Leicester	6	4	1	1	215	118	4	22
3	Scarlets	6	3	0	3	149	191	3	15
4	Treviso	6	0	0	6	109	248	1	1

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Pool 6 Table 

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	BP	PTS
1	Toulouse	6	5	0	1	155	85	2	22
2	Wasps	6	4	0	2	145	106	3	19
3	Glasgow	6	3	0	3	116	141	0	12
4	Newport-Gwent D'gons	6	0	0	6	77	161	2	2