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Fogarty back in squad

Connacht have announced their squad to play Harlequins in the opening game of the European Challenge Cup at the Sportsground …

Thu Oct 19 2006 - 01:00

Connacht have announced their squad to play Harlequins in the opening game of the European Challenge Cup at the Sportsground on Friday (kick-off 7pm).

Captain John Fogarty has recovered from the shoulder injury which forced him to miss the 16-9 win over Newport Gwent Dragons at the weekend and is included in an otherwise unchanged squad. The starting line-up will be named today.

CONNACHT (squad v Harlequins): A Farley, A Flavin, J Fogarty, D Gannon, R Hogan, C Keane, K Matthews, M McHugh, M Mostyn, J Muldoon, B O'Connor, R Ofisa, C Rigney, D Riordan, T Robinson, B Sturgess, M Swift, T Tierney, P Warwick, B Wilkinson, G Williams, D Yapp.

Leinster tie all-ticket affair

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Saturday's European Cup tie between Leinster and Gloucester at Lansdowne Road will be an all-ticket affair - over 17,500 have been issued. No cash will be taken at the turnstiles. Those wishing to purchase tickets can do so from the following Dublin outlets: Spar (Donnybrook, Ballsbridge, Bath Avenue, Santry), Leinster Rugby Store (Donnybrook), Elvery's (Suffolk Street, Dawson Street), Centra (Cornelscourt), Active Sports (Blackrock) and online at www.leinsterrugby.ie.

There will be four booths selling tickets open from 2.0-5.30pm around the ground on match day: Spar (Bath Avenue), Spar (Ballsbridge), Dodder Bridge (opposite Marian College) and on Northumberland Road. These tickets are priced: Stand (€30), Terrace (€20) and Schoolboy/girl (€10).

Ulster are dismantled

Leinster under-19 schools 22, Ulster under-19 0: Leinster Schools methodically dismantled Ulster with an attractive mix of powerhouse forward play and silky running in the Interprovincial Championship on the main pitch at Donnybrook yesterday.

Leinster started brightly, with right wing John Verling almost making the breakthrough twice. It was left to outhalf Darragh Fitzpatrick to open the scoring from a simple 12th minute penalty.

The home side were the more creative in attack, but, they came up against a resilient Ulster defence until hooker Jason Harris-Wright crashed over from a forward surge near the half-hour mark. Fitzpatrick added the extras for a 10-0 interval advantage.

The visitors were caught cold minutes into the new period when Conor Cleary sliced though their midfield and left his centre partner, Shane Rogers, with a clear run to the line. Fitzpatrick kicked the conversion.

The multiple replacements did nothing for the flow of the match. One of them, Leslie Copeland, took advantage of diminishing numbers out wide to finish an injury-time try.

LEINSTER U19 SCHOOLS: J-S Byrne (Blackrock); J Verling (Roscrea), S Rogers (Blackrock), C Cleary (St Michaels - capt), P Brophy (St Michaels); D Fitzpatrick (Blackrock), C Crowley (Blackrock); I Leonard (St Michaels), J Harris-Wright (Blackrock), J Molloy (Templeogue), W Carter (Kilkenny), E Sheriff (Blackrock), P Mallon (St Michaels), R Reilly (St Michaels), J Slattery (Belvedere).Replacements: J Downey (Pres Bray) for Slattery (45 mins); A Buckeridge (Terenure) for Molloy (50 mins); C O'Shaughnessy (Belvedere) for Cawley, C McGlade (St Marys) for Rogers, N Copeland (Kilkenny) for Byrne, K McArdle (Kilkenny) for Molloy (all 68 mins).

ULSTER U19 SCHOOLS: T Seymour (Down HS); N Patterson (RS Dungannon), A Moore (Ballymena), B Kennedy (RS Dungannon), S Stewart (BRA); A McGlaughlin (Rainey), R Connor (Carrickfergus GS); C Nash (BRA), C Heaney (Rainey), G Beattie RS Portadown), C Smyth (Ballymena), A Birch (RS Armagh), J Clegg (Bangor GS), P Smyth (Ballymena - capt), R McCullagh (Campbell). Replacements: N Koch (Grosvenor GS) for Smyth (34 mins); R Garrett (Larne GS) for Connor (55 mins); A Aigokhae (Portadown) for Heaney, M Vance (Regent House) for McGlaughlin, C Browne (Ballymena) for Beattie (all 67 mins).

Referee: D Moloney (IRFU).

Madigan is sure-footed

Under-18 Schools: Leinster 19, Ulster 10: The sure goal-kicking of outhalf Ian Madigan guaranteed Leinster Under-18 Schools victory over their Ulster counterparts on the back pitch at Donnybrook yesterday. Leinster absorbed pressure and hit back with two penalties and a converted try from left wing Ray Crotty to take a 13-3 lead into the break.

Two further penalties from Madigan took the game beyond Ulster, whose openside Mark Jones got through for a try in injury-time.

SCORERS: Leinster Schools: R Crotty try; I Madigan 4 pens, con. Ulster Schools: M Jones try; M O'Connor pen, con.