2006–07 Celtic League

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2006–07 Celtic League
A scrum between Cardiff Blues and Munster
Countries	Ireland Ireland  Scotland  Wales
Champions	Wales Ospreys (2nd title)
Runners-up	Wales 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]
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.^[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]

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

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]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TBP	LBP	Pts
1	Wales Ospreys	20	14	0	6	461	374	+87	49	32	4	4	64
2	Wales Cardiff Blues	20	13	1	6	447	327	+120	53	33	6	3	63
3	Ireland Leinster	20	12	1	7	472	376	+96	54	37	7	4	61
4	Wales Llanelli Scarlets	20	12	0	8	490	417	+73	61	41	9	0	57
5	Ireland Ulster	20	11	1	8	423	310	+113	45	31	4	5	55
6	Ireland Munster	20	12	0	8	379	294	+85	37	31	3	3	54
7	Scotland Glasgow Warriors	20	11	0	9	434	419	+15	42	49	3	2	49
8	Scotland Edinburgh	20	8	1	11	335	423	−88	31	45	2	6	42
9	Wales Newport Gwent Dragons	20	8	0	12	353	362	−9	36	43	1	6	39
10	Ireland Connacht	20	4	2	14	326	474	−148	30	48	2	4	26
11	Scotland 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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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]

• 2006–07 Celtic League at BBC

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