CELTIC LEAGUE TEAM NEWS

Saturday 24 September
CONNACHT v BORDER REIVERS
At Sportsground, 2.30pm
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
Touch Judges: George Clancy (IRFU), David Keane (IRFU)

CONNACHT
15 Matt Mostyn, 14 Conor McPhillips, 13 Darren Yapp, 12 James Downey, 11 Keith Matthews,  10 Paul Warwick, 9 Tom Tierney; 1 Dan McFarland, 2 John Fogarty, 3 Stephen Knoop, 4 Christian Short, 5 Andrew Farley (Capt),  6 Michael Swift,  7 Matt Lacey,  8 Colm Rigney Replacements: 16 Chris Venter, 17 Ray Hogan, 18 John Muldoon, 19 Brendan O’Connor, 20 Chris Keane, 21 David Slemen, 22 Ted Robinson

REIVERS
15 Calum MacRae, 14 Nikki Walker, 13 Ben MacDougall, 12 Garry Law, 11 Simon Danielli, 10 Charlie Hore, 9 Chris Cusiter, 1 Paul Thomson (capt), 2 Steve Scott, 3 Tom McGee, 4 Opeta Palepoi, 5 Mark Blair, 6 John Dalziel, 8 Semo Sititi 7 Andy Miller Replacements: 16 Ross Ford 17 Geoff Cross 18 Colin Stewart 19 Wayne McEntee 20 Kelly Brown 21 Brendan McKerchar 22 Lee Kibble

Saturday 24 September
NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS v ULSTER
At Rodney Parade, 5.30pm live on S4C & Setanta (Ireland)
Referee: Malcolm Changleng (SRU)
Touch Judges: Gareth Simmonds (WRU), Lynn Davies (WRU)

DRAGONS
15 Kevin Morgan, 14 Gareth Wyatt, 13 Hal Luscombe, 12 Jon Bryant, 11 Leigh Hinton, 10 Craig Warlow, 9 Gareth Baber, 1 Adam Black, 2 Steve Jones, 3 Rhys Thomas, 4 Ian Gough, 5 Luke Charteris, 6 Jamie Ringer, 7 Jason Forster (c), 8 Richard Bryan Replacements: 16 Andrew Brown, 17 David Maddocks, 18 Andrew Hall, 19 Rhys Oakley, 20 Sione Tuipulotu, 21 Aled Thomas, 22 James Ireland

ULSTER
15. Paddy Wallace, 14. Tommy Bowe, 13. Andrew Trimble, 12. Kevin Maggs, 11. James Topping, 10. David Humphreys, 9.  Kieran Campbell,1. Justin Fitzpatrick, 2. Rory Best, 3. Simon Best (Captain), 4. Justin Harrison, 5. Matt McCullough, 6. Neil Best, 7. Neil McMillan,8. Roger Wilson Replacements: 16. Paul Shields, 17. Bryan Young, 18. Rowan Frost, 19. Campbell Feather, 20. Reece Spee, 21. Shane Stewart, 22. Tyrone Howe

Saturday 24 September
GLASGOW WARRIORS v CARDIFF BLUES
At Hughenden, 7.30pm
Referee: Donal Courtney (IRFU)
Touch Judges: Graeme Hannah (SRU), John Ferns (SRU)

GLASGOW
15 Calvin Howarth, 14 Rory Lamont, 13 Andy Craig, 12 Scott Barrow, 11 Mike Roberts, 10 Dan Parks CAPTAIN, 9 Sam Pinder, 1 Kevin Tkachuk, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Lee Harrison, 4 Tim Barker, 5 Craig Hamilton, 6 Steve Swindall, 7 John Barclay, 8 Paul Dearlove Replacements: 16 Fergus Thomson17 Stuart Corsar 18 Dan Turner 19 Gregor Hayter 20 Graeme Beveridge 21 Graeme Morrison 22 Hefin O’Hare

CARDIFF BLUES
15 Nick Macleod, 14 Chris Czekaj, 13  Rhys Williams (C), 12  Lee Thomas, 11 Craig Morgan, 10 Nicky Robinson, 9 Ryan Powell, 7  Robin Sowden-Taylor, 8  Andy Powell, 6 Maama Molitika, 5  Robert Sidoli, 4  Deiniol Jones, 3 Ben Evans, 2 Gareth Williams, 1 John Yapp Replacements: 16  Nathan Llewellyn, 17  T. Rhys Thomas, 18 Craig Quinell , 19  Mark Lewis,  20 Mike Phillips, 21 Mathew Nuthall, 22 Jamie Roberts

Sunday 25 September
EDINBURGH GUNNERS v OSPREYS
At Murrayfield, 3pm
Referee: Alain Rolland (IRFU)
Touch Judges: David Changleng (SRU), Pete Carruthers (SRU)

EDINBURGH
15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Chris Paterson CAPTAIN, 13 Marcus Di Rollo, 12 Rob Dewey, 11 Simon Webster, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Mike Blair, 1 Allan Jacobsen, 2 Dougie Hall, 3 Alasdair Dickinson, 4 Alastair Kellock, 5 Scott Murray, 6 Matt Mustchin, 8 Simon Taylor, 7 Allister Hogg Replacements: 16 Andrew Kelly 17 Craig Smith 18 Fergus Pringle 19 Simon Cross 20 Rory Lawson 21 Duncan Hodge 22 Francisco Leonelli

OSPREYS SQUAD
Backs: Stefan Terblanche, Richard Mustoe, Sonny Parker, Andrew Bishop, Aled Brew, Jonathan Vaughton, Shaun Connor, Matthew Jones, Jason Spice, Rhodri Wells, Forwards: Duncan Jones, Paul James, Barry Williams, Huw Bennett, Andrew Millward, Brent Cockbain, Andrew Newman, Lyndon Bateman, Ian Evans, Lee Beach, Jonathan Thomas, Steve Tandy