2006–07 Celtic League

The 2006–07 Celtic League (known as the 2006–07 Magners League for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth Celtic League season and the first with Magners as title sponsor. The season commenced on 1 September and was completed on 12 May.

2006–07 Celtic League
A scrum between Cardiff Blues and Munster
Countries	Ireland Scotland Wales
Champions	Ospreys (2nd title)
Runners-up	Cardiff Blues
Matches played	110
Attendance	661,163 (average 6,011 per match)
Tries scored	453 (average 4.1 per match)
Top point scorer	Dan Parks (Glasgow) (197 points)[1]
Top try scorer	Darren Daniel (Llanelli Scarlets) Barry Davies (Llanelli Scarlets) Jamie Heaslip (Leinster) Andrew Trimble (Ulster) (7 tries)[2]
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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, 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 match, as the Scottish Rugby Union had announced that the Borders would not exist in the following season.^[3] Cardiff Blues finished second, making this the only season of the tournament (as of 2021) in which no Irish team made the top two of the United Rugby Championship and predecessor tournaments.^[4]

Teams

Connacht Leinster Munster Ulster Edinburgh Glasgow Warriors Border Reivers Blues Dragons Ospreys Scarlets Location of 2006–07 Celtic League teams in Great Britain and Ireland.

Winners; 2nd–4th place; Other teams.

Team	Stadium	Capacity	City, Area
Border Reivers	Netherdale	6,000	Galashiels, Scotland
Cardiff Blues	Cardiff Arms Park	12,500	Cardiff, Wales
Connacht	Galway Sportsgrounds	5,500	Galway, Republic of Ireland
Edinburgh	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144[a]	Edinburgh, Scotland
Glasgow Warriors	Hughenden Stadium	6,000	Glasgow, Scotland
Leinster	Donnybrook Stadium[b]	6,500	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Llanelli Scarlets	Stradey Park	10,800	Llanelli, Wales
Munster	Thomond Park Musgrave Park	13,200 8,300	Limerick, Republic of Ireland Cork, Republic of Ireland
Newport Gwent Dragons	Rodney Parade	12,000	Newport, Wales
Ospreys	Liberty Stadium	20,500	Swansea, Wales
Ulster	Ravenhill	12,800	Belfast, Northern Ireland

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.^[5] Major signings during the off-season include Justin Marshall for the Ospreys^[6] and Stephen Jones for the Scarlets.^[7] 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.^[8]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts
1	Ospreys	20	14	0	6	461	374	+87	49	32	4	4	64
2	Cardiff Blues	20	13	1	6	447	327	+120	53	33	6	3	63
3	Leinster	20	12	1	7	472	376	+96	54	37	7	4	61
4	Llanelli Scarlets	20	12	0	8	490	417	+73	61	41	9	0	57
5	Ulster	20	11	1	8	423	310	+113	45	31	4	5	55
6	Munster	20	12	0	8	379	294	+85	37	31	3	3	54
7	Glasgow Warriors	20	11	0	9	434	419	+15	42	49	3	2	49
8	Edinburgh	20	8	1	11	335	423	−88	31	45	2	6	42
9	Newport Gwent Dragons	20	8	0	12	353	362	−9	36	43	1	6	39
10	Connacht	20	4	2	14	326	474	−148	30	48	2	4	26
11	Border Reivers	20	2	0	18	201	545	−344	16	64	0	4	12
Under the standard bonus point system, points are awarded as follows: 4 points for a win 2 points for a draw 1 bonus point for scoring 4 tries (or more) (Try bonus) 1 bonus point for losing by 7 points (or fewer) (Losing bonus)
Source: RaboDirect PRO12 Archived 3 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine

Results

Round 1

1 September 2006 19:10

Cardiff Blues	22 – 13	Munster
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 8,687

1 September 2006 19:30

Border Reivers	15 – 29	Connacht
	Report

Netherdale Attendance: 1,303

1 September 2006 19:30

Glasgow Warriors	23 – 24	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Hughenden Attendance: 1,653

2 September 2006 17:30

Ospreys	17 – 11	Edinburgh
	Report

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 7,067

2 September 2006 19:30

Ulster	31 – 16	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Ravenhill Attendance: 8,265

Round 2

8 September 2006 18:30

Connacht	15 – 10	Ospreys
	Report

Sportsground Attendance: 1,587

8 September 2006 19:10

Llanelli Scarlets	31 – 17	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Stradey Park Attendance: 6,366

8 September 2006 19:30

Edinburgh	20 – 14	Leinster
	Report

Murrayfield Attendance: 2,479

9 September 2006 17:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	25 – 32	Ulster
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 5,114

9 September 2006 19:30

Munster	9 – 8	Border Reivers
	Report

Thomond Park Attendance: 6,138

Welsh Round 1

• All-Welsh Round 5 matches played early to allow Welsh teams to play in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.

12 September 2006 19:10

Newport Gwent Dragons	22 – 23	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 5,574

13 September 2006 19:35

Ospreys	18 – 16	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 10,020

Round 3

15 September 2006 18:30

Connacht	15 – 37	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Sportsground Attendance: 1,765

15 September 2006 19:10

Ospreys	30 – 13	Border Reivers
	Report

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 5,507

15 September 2006 19:30

Edinburgh	20 – 15	Ulster
	Report

Murrayfield Attendance: 3,129

15 September 2006 19:30

Glasgow Warriors	24 – 13	Munster
	Report

Hughenden Attendance: 2,295

16 September 2006 19:30

Leinster	16 – 9	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Donnybrook Attendance: 5,200

Round 4

22 September 2006 18:30

Connacht	22 – 22	Edinburgh
	Report

Sportsground Attendance: 1,065

22 September 2006 18:40

Cardiff Blues	27 – 9	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 6,326

22 September 2006 19:30

Border Reivers	8 – 20	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Netherdale Attendance: 1,088

22 September 2006 19:30

Ulster	43 – 7	Ospreys
	Report

Ravenhill Attendance: 10,804

23 September 2006 17:30

Llanelli Scarlets	33 – 21	Leinster
	Report

Stradey Park Attendance: 6,721

Round 5

29 September 2006 18:30

Connacht	16 – 31	Leinster
	Report

Sportsground Attendance: 3,678

29 September 2006 19:30

Edinburgh	14 – 9	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Murrayfield Attendance: 4,342

30 September 2006 19:30

Munster	21 – 13	Ulster
	Report

Musgrave Park Attendance: 8,000

Round 6

6 October 2006 18:30

Connacht	17 – 24	Ulster
	Report

Sportsground Attendance: 1,687

6 October 2006 19:30

Glasgow Warriors	25 – 0	Border Reivers
	Report

Hughenden Attendance: 1,967

6 October 2006 19:30

Leinster	27 – 20	Munster
	Report

Lansdowne Road Attendance: 27,252

Round 7

13 October 2006 18:30

Connacht	16 – 9	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Sportsground Attendance: 1,356

13 October 2006 19:10

Ospreys	26 – 9	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 6,288

13 October 2006 19:30

Border Reivers	22 – 19	Leinster
	Report

Netherdale Attendance: 1,661

13 October 2006 19:30

Munster	10 – 21	Edinburgh
	Report

Thomond Park Attendance: 8,000

14 October 2006 17:30

Ulster	32 – 12	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Ravenhill Attendance: 9,979

Round 8

3 November 2006 19:10

Edinburgh	13 – 23	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Murrayfield Attendance: 3,083

3 November 2006 19:30

Glasgow Warriors	39 – 34	Connacht
	Report

Hughenden Attendance: 1,574

3 November 2006 19:30

Ulster	32 – 8	Border Reivers
	Report

Ravenhill Attendance: 10,452

4 November 2006 19:30

Leinster	35 – 13	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Donnybrook Attendance: 4,790

5 November 2006 17:30

Llanelli Scarlets	25 – 12	Munster
	Report

Stradey Park Attendance: 5,563

Round 9

10 November 2006 19:10

Newport Gwent Dragons	17 – 10	Edinburgh
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,846

10 November 2006 19:30

Border Reivers	13 – 19	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Netherdale Attendance: 1,103

10 November 2006 19:30

Leinster	38 – 23	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Donnybrook Attendance: 3,750

18 November 2006 17:30

Cardiff Blues	15 – 13	Connacht
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 4,309

25 November 2006 19:30

Munster	25 – 20	Ospreys
	Report

Thomond Park Attendance: 6,254

Round 10

1 December 2006 19:30

Edinburgh	17 – 3	Border Reivers
	Report

Murrayfield Attendance: 2,133

2 December 2006 19:30

Ulster	6 – 6	Leinster
	Report

Ravenhill Attendance: 12,800

3 December 2006 17:00

Munster	13 – 0	Connacht
	Report

Thomond Park Attendance: 5,300

Round 11

22 December 2006 19:30

Glasgow Warriors	34 – 27	Edinburgh
	Report

Hughenden Attendance: 2,613

23 December 2006 17:30

Cardiff Blues	30 – 24	Ospreys
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 11,976

• This match was postponed from Round 6 to allow Welsh teams to play in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.

26 December 2006 16:10

Ospreys	50 – 24	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 20,520

26 December 2006 17:30

Ulster	20 – 10	Connacht
	Report

Ravenhill Attendance: 12,143

27 December 2006 15:00

Munster	25 – 11	Leinster
	Report

Thomond Park Attendance: 13,200

27 December 2006 15:10

Newport Gwent Dragons	14 – 13	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 10,000

Round 12

29 December 2006 19:30

Border Reivers	19 – 20	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Netherdale Attendance: 1,542

31 December 2006 14:00

Leinster	20 – 12	Ulster
	Report

Lansdowne Road Attendance: 48,000

31 December 2006 14:10

Ospreys	12 – 6	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 8,304

31 December 2006 16:00

Connacht	8 – 14	Munster
	Report

Sportsground Attendance: 4,560

1 January 2007 16:10

Cardiff Blues	29 – 10	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 10,480

Round 13

5 January 2007 19:10

Newport Gwent Dragons	19 – 12	Munster
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 5,352

5 January 2007 19:30

Edinburgh	24 – 14	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Murrayfield Attendance: 2,137

6 January 2007 17:30

Cardiff Blues	36 – 15	Border Reivers
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 5,169

6 January 2007 17:30

Glasgow Warriors	8 – 19	Ulster
	Report

Hughenden Attendance: 2,799

6 January 2007 19:30

Leinster	45 – 22	Ospreys
	Report

Donnybrook Attendance: 6,000

Round 14

26 January 2007 19:30

Edinburgh	49 – 31	Connacht
	Report

Murrayfield Attendance: 1,824

26 January 2007 19:30

Glasgow Warriors	22 – 3	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Hughenden Attendance: 1,562

26 January 2007 19:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	48 – 0	Border Reivers
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,986

26 January 2007 19:40

Leinster	44 – 34	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Donnybrook Attendance: 5,890

27 January 2007 17:30

Ospreys	29 – 22	Ulster
	Report

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 6,077

Round 15

16 February 2007 19:10

Ulster	14 – 7	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Ravenhill Attendance: 9,237

16 February 2007 19:30

Border Reivers	0 – 36	Munster
	Report

Netherdale Attendance: 1,485

16 February 2007 19:30

Glasgow Warriors	30 – 14	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Hughenden Attendance: 1,825

16 February 2007 19:30

Leinster	13 – 6	Edinburgh
	Report

Donnybrook Attendance: 5,340

17 February 2007 17:30

Ospreys	31 – 10	Connacht
	Report

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 6,499

Round 16

2 March 2007 18:30

Connacht	20 – 17	Border Reivers
	Report

Sportsground Attendance: 1,240

2 March 2007 19:30

Edinburgh	12 – 30	Ospreys
	Report

Murrayfield Attendance: 2,335

2 March 2007 19:30

Newport Gwent Dragons	13 – 3	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,656

2 March 2007 19:40

Munster	12 – 19	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Musgrave Park Attendance: 8,000

3 March 2007 17:30

Llanelli Scarlets	17 – 11	Ulster
	Report

Stradey Park Attendance: 5,641

Round 17

23 March 2007 19:10

Llanelli Scarlets	35 – 11	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Stradey Park Attendance: 6,320

23 March 2007 19:30

Border Reivers	10 – 3	Edinburgh
	Report

Netherdale Attendance: 1,444

23 March 2007 19:30

Ulster	21 – 24	Munster
	Report

Ravenhill Attendance: 12,900

24 March 2007 17:15

Leinster	30 – 21	Connacht
	Report

Donnybrook Attendance: 6,500

Round 18

6 April 2007 19:10

Llanelli Scarlets	53 – 11	Border Reivers
	Report

Stradey Park Attendance: 5,437

6 April 2007 19:30

Edinburgh	30 – 20	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Murrayfield Attendance: 2,261

6 April 2007 19:30

Glasgow Warriors	26 – 20	Leinster
	Report

Hughenden Attendance: 2,121

7 April 2007 17:30

Ospreys	20 – 12	Munster
	Report

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 9,295

7 April 2007 18:30

Connacht	16 – 16	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Sportsground Attendance: 1,536

Round 19

13 April 2007 18:30

Connacht	23 – 40	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Sportsground Attendance: 1,331

13 April 2007 19:10

Newport Gwent Dragons	22 – 23	Leinster
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 5,442

13 April 2007 19:30

Border Reivers	9 – 33	Ulster
	Report

Netherdale Attendance: 3,252

14 April 2007 16:10

Cardiff Blues	48 – 0	Edinburgh
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 4,527

14 April 2007 19:30

Munster	20 – 0	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Musgrave Park Attendance: 6,500

Rescheduled matches

• These match were rescheduled to allow Cardiff and Ospreys to play in the Anglo-Welsh Cup semi-finals.

20 April 2007 19:10

Cardiff Blues	20 – 17	Ulster
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 6,354

24 April 2007 19:35

Llanelli Scarlets	6 – 19	Ospreys
	Report

Stradey Park Attendance: 10,102

Round 20

27 April 2007 19:10

Ospreys	19 – 17	Leinster
	Report

Liberty Stadium Attendance: 10,702

27 April 2007 19:30

Border Reivers	14 – 41	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Netherdale Attendance: 1,238

27 April 2007 19:30

Ulster	10 – 24	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Ravenhill Attendance: 8,056

28 April 2007 17:00

Munster	15 – 7	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Musgrave Park Attendance: 4,517

29 April 2007 16:10

Llanelli Scarlets	42 – 17	Edinburgh
	Report

Stradey Park Attendance: 5,108

Rescheduled Match

• All-Welsh match rescheduled to allow Welsh teams to play in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.

1 May 2007 19:10

Cardiff Blues	31 – 20	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 9,326

Round 21

4 May 2007 19:10

Newport Gwent Dragons	23 – 0	Connacht
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,322

4 May 2007 19:30

Edinburgh	9 – 35	Munster
	Report

Murrayfield Attendance: 3,129

4 May 2007 19:30

Glasgow Warriors	29 – 26	Ospreys
	Report

Hughenden Attendance: 2,486

5 May 2007 17:30

Llanelli Scarlets	38 – 10	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Stradey Park Attendance: 7,506

5 May 2007 19:30

Leinster	31 – 0	Border Reivers
	Report

Donnybrook Attendance: 6,200

Rescheduled Match

• All-Welsh match rescheduled to allow Welsh teams to play in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.

8 May 2007 19:35

Newport Gwent Dragons	13 – 27	Ospreys
	Report

Rodney Parade Attendance: 6,438

Round 22

11 May 2007 19:10

Cardiff Blues	27 – 11	Leinster
	Report

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 10,320

11 May 2007 19:10

Llanelli Scarlets	19 – 10	Connacht
	Report

Stradey Park Attendance: 5,204

11 May 2007 19:30

Ulster	16 – 10	Edinburgh
	Report

Ravenhill Attendance: 7,429

12 May 2007 17:30

Border Reivers	16 – 24	Ospreys
	Report

Netherdale Attendance: 1,837

12 May 2007 17:30

Munster	38 – 20	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Musgrave Park Attendance: 3,311

Leading scorers

Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-IRB nationalities.

Top points scorers Rank Player Club Points[1] 1 Dan Parks Glasgow Warriors 197 2 Felipe Contepomi Leinster 187 3 Ben Blair Cardiff Blues 160 4 David Humphreys Ulster 148 5 Ceri Sweeney Newport Gwent Dragons 137

Top try scorers Rank Player Club Tries[2] 1 Darren Daniel Llanelli Scarlets 7 Barry Davies Llanelli Scarlets Jamie Heaslip Leinster Andrew Trimble Ulster 5 Denis Hickie Leinster 6

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 Celtic League until the end of the 2009/10 season.^[9]

Notes

1. Although Murrayfield's full capacity is 67,144, only the lower section of the West Stand, with a capacity of 12,464, is generally opened for Edinburgh fixtures.
2. Leinster played two of their games at Lansdowne Road, those against Munster and Ulster. The latter was billed as The Last Stand and was the final match played in Lansdowne Road before its demolition and replacement by the Aviva Stadium.

External links

• 2006–07 Celtic League at BBC