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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)
Top try scorer	Darren Daniel (Llanelli Scarlets) Barry Davies (Llanelli Scarlets) Jamie Heaslip (Leinster) Andrew Trimble (Ulster) (7 tries)
Official website
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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.

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. 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.

Teams

ConnachtLeinsterMunsterUlsterEdinburghGlasgow WarriorsBorder ReiversBluesDragonsOspreysScarletsclass=notpageimage| 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	Edinburgh, Scotland
Glasgow Warriors	Hughenden Stadium	6,000	Glasgow, Scotland
Leinster	Donnybrook Stadium	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. Major signings during the off-season include Justin Marshall for the Ospreys and Stephen Jones for the Scarlets. 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.

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

Cardiff Blues	22 – 13	Munster
	Report

Border Reivers	15 – 29	Connacht
	Report

Glasgow Warriors	23 – 24	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Ospreys	17 – 11	Edinburgh
	Report

Ulster	31 – 16	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Round 2

Connacht	15 – 10	Ospreys
	Report

Llanelli Scarlets	31 – 17	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Edinburgh	20 – 14	Leinster
	Report

Newport Gwent Dragons	25 – 32	Ulster
	Report

Munster	9 – 8	Border Reivers
	Report

Welsh Round 1

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

Newport Gwent Dragons	22 – 23	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Ospreys	18 – 16	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Round 3

Connacht	15 – 37	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Ospreys	30 – 13	Border Reivers
	Report

Edinburgh	20 – 15	Ulster
	Report

Glasgow Warriors	24 – 13	Munster
	Report

Leinster	16 – 9	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Round 4

Connacht	22 – 22	Edinburgh
	Report

Cardiff Blues	27 – 9	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Border Reivers	8 – 20	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Ulster	43 – 7	Ospreys
	Report

Llanelli Scarlets	33 – 21	Leinster
	Report

Round 5

Connacht	16 – 31	Leinster
	Report

Edinburgh	14 – 9	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Munster	21 – 13	Ulster
	Report

Round 6

Connacht	17 – 24	Ulster
	Report

Glasgow Warriors	25 – 0	Border Reivers
	Report

Leinster	27 – 20	Munster
	Report

Round 7

Connacht	16 – 9	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Ospreys	26 – 9	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Border Reivers	22 – 19	Leinster
	Report

Munster	10 – 21	Edinburgh
	Report

Ulster	32 – 12	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Round 8

Edinburgh	13 – 23	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Glasgow Warriors	39 – 34	Connacht
	Report

Ulster	32 – 8	Border Reivers
	Report

Leinster	35 – 13	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Llanelli Scarlets	25 – 12	Munster
	Report

Round 9

Newport Gwent Dragons	17 – 10	Edinburgh
	Report

Border Reivers	13 – 19	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Leinster	38 – 23	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Cardiff Blues	15 – 13	Connacht
	Report

Munster	25 – 20	Ospreys
	Report

Round 10

Edinburgh	17 – 3	Border Reivers
	Report

Ulster	6 – 6	Leinster
	Report

Munster	13 – 0	Connacht
	Report

Round 11

Glasgow Warriors	34 – 27	Edinburgh
	Report

Cardiff Blues	30 – 24	Ospreys
	Report

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

Ospreys	50 – 24	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Ulster	20 – 10	Connacht
	Report

Munster	25 – 11	Leinster
	Report

Newport Gwent Dragons	14 – 13	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Round 12

Border Reivers	19 – 20	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Leinster	20 – 12	Ulster
	Report

Ospreys	12 – 6	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Connacht	8 – 14	Munster
	Report

Cardiff Blues	29 – 10	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Round 13

Newport Gwent Dragons	19 – 12	Munster
	Report

Edinburgh	24 – 14	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Cardiff Blues	36 – 15	Border Reivers
	Report

Glasgow Warriors	8 – 19	Ulster
	Report

Leinster	45 – 22	Ospreys
	Report

Round 14

Edinburgh	49 – 31	Connacht
	Report

Glasgow Warriors	22 – 3	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Newport Gwent Dragons	48 – 0	Border Reivers
	Report

Leinster	44 – 34	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Ospreys	29 – 22	Ulster
	Report

Round 15

Ulster	14 – 7	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Border Reivers	0 – 36	Munster
	Report

Glasgow Warriors	30 – 14	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Leinster	13 – 6	Edinburgh
	Report

Ospreys	31 – 10	Connacht
	Report

Round 16

Connacht	20 – 17	Border Reivers
	Report

Edinburgh	12 – 30	Ospreys
	Report

Newport Gwent Dragons	13 – 3	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Munster	12 – 19	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Llanelli Scarlets	17 – 11	Ulster
	Report

Round 17

Llanelli Scarlets	35 – 11	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Border Reivers	10 – 3	Edinburgh
	Report

Ulster	21 – 24	Munster
	Report

Leinster	30 – 21	Connacht
	Report

Round 18

Llanelli Scarlets	53 – 11	Border Reivers
	Report

Edinburgh	30 – 20	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Glasgow Warriors	26 – 20	Leinster
	Report

Ospreys	20 – 12	Munster
	Report

Connacht	16 – 16	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Round 19

Connacht	23 – 40	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Newport Gwent Dragons	22 – 23	Leinster
	Report

Border Reivers	9 – 33	Ulster
	Report

Cardiff Blues	48 – 0	Edinburgh
	Report

Munster	20 – 0	Llanelli Scarlets
	Report

Rescheduled matches

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

Cardiff Blues	20 – 17	Ulster
	Report

Llanelli Scarlets	6 – 19	Ospreys
	Report

Round 20

Ospreys	19 – 17	Leinster
	Report

Border Reivers	14 – 41	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Ulster	10 – 24	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

Munster	15 – 7	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Llanelli Scarlets	42 – 17	Edinburgh
	Report

Rescheduled Match

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

Cardiff Blues	31 – 20	Newport Gwent Dragons
	Report

Round 21

Newport Gwent Dragons	23 – 0	Connacht
	Report

Edinburgh	9 – 35	Munster
	Report

Glasgow Warriors	29 – 26	Ospreys
	Report

Llanelli Scarlets	38 – 10	Cardiff Blues
	Report

Leinster	31 – 0	Border Reivers
	Report

Rescheduled Match

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

Newport Gwent Dragons	13 – 27	Ospreys
	Report

Round 22

Cardiff Blues	27 – 11	Leinster
	Report

Llanelli Scarlets	19 – 10	Connacht
	Report

Ulster	16 – 10	Edinburgh
	Report

Border Reivers	16 – 24	Ospreys
	Report

Munster	38 – 20	Glasgow Warriors
	Report

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 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 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.

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

References

1. ^ "Leading Points-Scorers". RaboDirect PRO12. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
2. ^ "Leading Try-Scorers". RaboDirect PRO12. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
3. "Scottish union axes Borders team". 27 March 2007 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
4. Team, The42 (20 June 2020). "Quiz: How much do you remember about Celtic League finals?". The42.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
5. "Irish stars could be back sooner". BBC. 28 August 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
6. "Marshall completes Ospreys switch". BBC. 25 April 2006. Archived from the original on 21 September 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
7. "Jones secures return to Scarlets". BBC. 25 April 2006. Archived from the original on 21 September 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
8. "Points changes for Magners League". BBC. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2006.
9. "Welsh rugby contract". BBC. 30 August 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2006.

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