2015-2016 British and Irish Cup

The Lost Sheep

Pool draw has been made for this competition.
Pools
Pool 1: Ealing, Moseley, Leinster, Rotherham
Pool 2: Bedford, Scarlets Premiership Select, Bristol, Ulster Ravens
Pool 3: Ospreys Premiership Select, Yorkshire, Munster, London Scottish
Pool 4: Nottingham, Cardiff Blues Premiership Select, London Welsh, Cornish Pirates
Pool 5: Dragons Premiership Select, Connacht, Doncaster, Jersey

Pool games to be played on these dates
Round 1 13-15 Nov
Round 2 20-22 Nov
Round 3 11-13 Dec
Round 4 18-20 Dec
Round 5 15-17 Jan
Round 6 22-24 Jan

wp_rathead

So Pontypridd aren't in it afterall - i understand why Cardiff and Regions feel need to have a B teams but I do have sympathy for the Ponty fans who were alot of fun when over for the Eagles match

The Lost Sheep

Round 1 this weekend

Ulster A team to face Bristol in Ravenhill Friday at 7.30pm
Jonny McPhillips, Roger McBurney, Callum Patterson, Mark Best, Robert Lyttle, Sam Windsor, Paul Rowley; Ruaidhri Murphy, John Andrew, Bronson Ross, Alan O'Connor, Pete Browne, Clive Ross, Willie Faloon (Captain), Stephen Mulholland;
Replacements: Johnny Murphy, Michael Lagan, Jonny Simpson, Alex Thompson, Conor Joyce, Liam Free, Andrew Magrath.

Munster A team to face London Scottish Friday at the Athletic Ground, Richmond
David Johnston; Stephen Fitzgerald, Matt D'Arcy, Cian Bohane, Ronan O'Mahony; Bill Johnston, Duncan Williams; Liam O'Connor, Niall Scannell - capt., Mario Sagario; Sean McCarthy, Billy Holland; Jordan Coghlan, Sean Doyle, Shane Buckley.
Replacements from: Kevin O'Byrne, Rory Burke, Brendan Quinlan, Sean O'Connor, Conor Oliver, Ben Kilkenny, Cathal Sheridan, Darren Sweetnam, Dan Goggin.

Leinster team to play Rotherham Saturday and Connacht team to play Dragons select in the Sportsground Saturday not named yet

leinster blue boys

With the champions cup coming hot on the trail of the world cup,I was wondering if there will be any promising young lads coming through in the A sides in the British and irish cup.I know this competition gives academy an the less established players a chance to impress. I notice ulster are plang Bristol .and the Bristol fly half is callum sheedy. ,isn't that the young lad who played Ireland u 19 7s

irishbucsfan

leinster blue boys wrote: »

With the champions cup coming hot on the trail of the world cup,I was wondering if there will be any promising young lads coming through in the A sides in the British and irish cup.I know this competition gives academy an the less established players a chance to impress. I notice ulster are plang Bristol .and the Bristol fly half is callum sheedy. ,isn't that the young lad who played Ireland u 19 7s

You mean, isn't that the person that every post you've made on this forum has been about? :pac:

wp_rathead

You mentioned before you knows the kids family OP
Is he getting any gametime for Bristol?

leinster blue boys

irishbucsfan wrote: »

You mean, isn't that the person that every post you've made on this forum has been about? :pac:

Why have you always got to be so sarcastic an boring.i have been working in Belfast now for 3years .i do know the family .but not as well as you are suggesting .which is pathetic.i do follow the lad an always look if he is playing or who he is playing for.

leinster blue boys

wp_rathead wrote: »

You mentioned before you knows the kids family OP
Is he getting any gametime for Bristol?

In reply from what I read.with Gavin Henson and Matthew Morgan at bristol.i think he's not getting much first team rugby.so tonight may be an oppurtunity

wp_rathead

According to his Bristol Profile on their website, Sheedy is on loan at Cinderford

Zzippy

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leinster blue boys

wp_rathead wrote: »

According to his Bristol Profile on their website, Sheedy is on loan at Cinderford

Was on loan at cinderford for the month of October ,but is now back at bristol, I take it for Brit and Irish cup games and the aviva A league games which commence soon

bilston

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Round 1 this weekend

Ulster A team to face Bristol in Ravenhill Friday at 7.30pm
Jonny McPhillips, Roger McBurney, Callum Patterson, Mark Best, Robert Lyttle, Sam Windsor, Paul Rowley; Ruaidhri Murphy, John Andrew, Bronson Ross, Alan O'Connor, Pete Browne, Clive Ross, Willie Faloon (Captain), Stephen Mulholland;
Replacements: Johnny Murphy, Michael Lagan, Jonny Simpson, Alex Thompson, Conor Joyce, Liam Free, Andrew Magrath.

Munster A team to face London Scottish Friday at the Athletic Ground, Richmond
David Johnston; Stephen Fitzgerald, Matt D'Arcy, Cian Bohane, Ronan O'Mahony; Bill Johnston, Duncan Williams; Liam O'Connor, Niall Scannell - capt., Mario Sagario; Sean McCarthy, Billy Holland; Jordan Coghlan, Sean Doyle, Shane Buckley.
Replacements from: Kevin O'Byrne, Rory Burke, Brendan Quinlan, Sean O'Connor, Conor Oliver, Ben Kilkenny, Cathal Sheridan, Darren Sweetnam, Dan Goggin.

Leinster team to play Rotherham Saturday and Connacht team to play Dragons select in the Sportsground Saturday not named yet

I'd be expecting a pasting for that Ulster to be honest. I'd be interested to hear how Rob Lyttle gets on though. I believe he is a decent prospect.

The Lost Sheep

Leinster A team to play Rotherham
Billy Dardis, Darragh Fanning, Tom Farrell, Steve Crosbie, Mick McGrath, Ross Byrne, Charlie Rock
Peter Dooley, Bryan Byrne, Royce Burke-Flynn, Tadhg Beirne, Gavin Thornbury, Peadar Timmins, Dan Leavy, Tony Ryan
Sean McNulty, Michael Bent, Ross Molony, Josh Murphy, Joey Carbery, Harrison Brewer, Rory O'Loughlin

Connacht Eagles team to face Dragons Select
Ciarán Gaffney, Adam Leavy, Cormac Brennan, Ed O’Keeffe, Jack Keegan, Conor McKeon, Conor Lowndes
Jacob Walshe, Pat O’Toole, Saba Meunargia, Cian Romaine, Ben Marshall, Marc Kelly, Rory Moloney, Stephen McVeigh
Jack Dinneen, Matthew Burke, Peter Claffey, Cillian Gallagher, Stephen Kerins, Aidan Moynihan, Simon Keller,

irishbucsfan

leinster blue boys wrote: »

Was on loan at cinderford for the month of October ,but is now back at bristol, I take it for Brit and Irish cup games and the aviva A league games which commence soon

He'll be starting for Bristol against Ulster, Ulster have been particularly poor of late so he may have a good day out ahead of him.

irishbucsfan

irishbucsfan wrote: »

He'll be starting for Bristol against Ulster, Ulster have been particularly poor of late so he may have a good day out ahead of him.

Well Ulster certainly showed me!

A resounding victory over Bristol, 30-5 win over Bristol.

bilston

irishbucsfan wrote: »

Well Ulster certainly showed me!

A resounding victory over Bristol, 30-5 win over Bristol.

Flip, didn't see that coming!

Great stuff.

Korat

This B&I Cup team would have won the 2nd Division in England,

the perfect ten

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Many of the Championship teams use the B and I Cup to rotate their squads, rest players etc.

The Lost Sheep

the perfect ten wrote: »

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Many of the Championship teams use the B and I Cup to rotate their squads, rest players etc.

Depends on the team. Need for season etc

Korat wrote: »

This B&I Cup team would have won the 2nd Division in England

They wouldn't. Very much a second string side...

Results from today
Eagles lost 34-10, Leinster won 12-9, Ravens won 30-5, Munster lost 27-25

The Lost Sheep

May as well throw the other results up from this weekend
Pool 1
Rotherham 9 Leinster A 12
Moseley 37 Ealing Trailfinders 31
Leinster home to Moseley next weekend

Pool 2
Ulster Ravens 30 Bristol 5
Scarlets Premiership Select 6 Bedford Blues 35
Ulster travel to Bedford next weekend

Pool 3
London Scottish 27 Munster A 25
Yorkshire Carnegie 32 Ospreys Premiership Select 10
Munster host Yorkshire next weekend

Pool 4
Cardiff Blues Premiership Select 20 Nottingham Rugby 20
Cornish Pirates 28 London Welsh 21

Pool 5
Connacht Eagles 10 Dragons Premiership Select 34
Jersey 22 Doncaster 22
Connacht travel to Doncaster next weekend

The Lost Sheep

Round 2 results
Pool 1
Leinster A 55 Moseley 12
Ealing 12 Rotherham Titans 48
Pool 2
Bedford Blues 27 Ulster Ravens 18
Bristol 62 Scarlets Premiership Select 16
Pool 3
Ospreys Premiership Select 16 London Scottish 23
Munster A 14 Yorkshire Carnegie 9
Pool 4
London Welsh 33 Cardiff Blues Premiership Select 29
Nottingham Rugby 7 Cornish Pirates 19
Pool 5
Doncaster Knights 22 Connacht Eagles 5
Newport Dragons Premiership Select 30 Jersey 27

The Lost Sheep

Leinster host Ealing in Donnybrook tomorrow
Ravens travel to Parc y Scarlets to play the Scarlets Premiership Select Saturday
Munster host the Ospreys Premiership Select in Old Crescent tomorrow
Connacht host Jersey in the Sportsground Saturday

ArmchairQB

Leinster 'A':

15. Cian Kelleher
14. Darragh Fanning
13. Colm O'Shea
12. Steve Crosbie
11. Mick McGrath
10. Cathal Marsh
9. Charlie Rock
1. Peter Dooley
2. Bryan Byrne
3. Michael Bent
4. Gavin Thornbury
5. Tadhg Beirne
6. Josh Murphy
7. Dan Leavy
8. Peadar Timmins CAPTAIN

Replacements
16. Sean McNulty
17. Royce Burke-Flynn
18. David O'Connor
19. Tony Ryan
20. Matthew D'Arcy
21. Harrison Brewer
22. Ian Fitzpatrick

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Munster A: David Johnston; Gerhard van den Heever, Matt D'Arcy, Cian Bohane, Darren Sweetnam; Bill Johnston, Duncan Williams; Liam O'Connor, Kevin O'Byrne, Mario Sagario; Sean McCarthy, Billy Holland - capt.; Jordan Coghlan, Sean Doyle, Shane Buckley.

Replacements: TBC, Rory Burke, Sean O'Connor, Conor Oliver, Cathal Sheridan, Dan Goggin, Stephen Fitzgerald.

I imagine Ravens/Eagles squads to be announced tomorrow

The Lost Sheep

Ulster A squad to play a Scarlets Premiership Select, British & Irish Cup, Parc y Scarlets, Saturday 12th December, 3.00pm:
(15-9): J McPhillips; A Cairns, C Patterson, M Best, R Lyttle; S Windsor, D Shanhan; (1-8): C Black, J Andrew, J Simpson, L Stevenson, M Rea, S Mulholland, W Faloon (captain), S Reidy;
Replacements (16-22): J Murphy, R Murphy, R Kane, J Donnan, C Joyce, P Rowley, A Magrath.

Connacht Eagles team to face Jersey RFC
Ciarán Gaffney, Adam Leavy, Cormac Brennan, Api Pewhairangi, Ed O’Keeffe, Conor McKeon, Conor Lowndes
Jacob Walshe, Jack Dinneen, Saba Meunargia, Peter Claffey, Cillian Gallagher, Marc Kelly, Rory Moloney, Stephen McVeigh
REPLACEMENTS
Juan Anaya Lazaro, Conor Kenny, Cian Romaine, Matthew Cosgrove, Stephen Kerins, Aidan Moynihan, Jack Keegan

The Lost Sheep

Interesting to see a Spanish International on the bench for Eagles.
He has 20 caps for Spain
Very inexperienced team for the eagles.... nearly all under the age of 23/24

wp_rathead

Good to see Api back playing
What's the story with Dave McSharry? He is available but in neither squad?

b.gud

wp_rathead wrote: »

Good to see Api back playing
What's the story with Dave McSharry? He is available but in neither squad?

My guess is 24th man for tonight, but it's surprising alright

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Interesting to see a Spanish International on the bench for Eagles.
He has 20 caps for Spain
Very inexperienced team for the eagles.... nearly all under the age of 23/24

I had no idea he was involved with Connacht and tbh had never even heard of him before today, do you know anything else about him?

The Lost Sheep

b.gud wrote: »

I had no idea he was involved with Connacht and tbh had never even heard of him before today, do you know anything else about him?

I wouldn't exactly say he's involved with Connacht and imagine he could be just there as cover/looking for contract

Leinster A won 45-13 against Ealing and Munster beat Ospreys 28-8 last night while Ulster A beat Scarlets 27-19 and Eagles lost 40-10 to Jersey

The Lost Sheep

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Interesting to see a Spanish International on the bench for Eagles.
He has 20 caps for Spain
Very inexperienced team for the eagles.... nearly all under the age of 23/24

Plays with Galwegians. Came on in 2nd half today. Connacht as you'd expect with so many out were bullied up front. Jersey maul did untold damage.

The Lost Sheep

Munster A: D Johnston; O’Mahony, D’Arcy, Bohane, Sweetnam; B Johnston, Sheridan;
O’Connor, O’Byrne, Burke; McCarthy, Holland, Coghlan, Oliver, Buckley
Replacements: Quinlan, Betts, Kilkenny, Doyle, Williams, Goggin, Fitzgerald.
Munster A away to @ospreys Premiership Select Sunday ko 3pm.

Connacht Eagles team to face Jersey RFC
Ciarán Gaffney, Adam Leavy, Api Pewhairangi, Cormac Brennan, Ed O’Keeffe, Conor McKeon, Stephen Kerins,
Jacob Walshe, Pat O’Toole, Conor Kenny, Peter Claffey, Cillian Gallagher, Marc Kelly, Rory Moloney, Stephen McVeigh
Replacements: Juan Anaya Lazaro, Matthew Burke, Cian Romaine, Matthew Cosgrove, Ryan Feehily, Aidan Moynihan, Jack Keegan

Leinster 'A' to face Ealing Saturday
Cian Kelleher, Adam Byrne, Collie O'Shea, Tom Daly, Mick McGrath, Cathal Marsh, Charlie Rock
Peter Dooley, Bryan Byrne, Oisin Heffernan, Tadhg Beirne, Ross Molony, Josh Murphy, Dan Leavy, Peadar Timmins
Replacements: Aaron Dundon, Jeremy Loughman, David O'Connor, Tony Ryan, Matthew D'Arcy, Steve Crosbie, Ian Fitzpatrick

Ulster A squad to play Scarlets Premiership Select, Ballymena RFC, Saturday:
R Lyttle; C Young, C Patterson, M Best, A Liddell; S Windsor, P Rowley;
C Black, J Andrew, J Simpson, J Donnan, P Browne, C Joyce, W Faloon, S Mulholland;
Replacements: J Murphy, R Murphy, R Kane, N Timoney, L Dow, J Pentland, A Magrath

The Lost Sheep

And results:
Jersey 52 Connacht Eagles 12
Ealing 10 Leinster A 36
Ulster A 7 Scarlets 23

The Lost Sheep

Munster A playing live on S4C at the moment.
Munster Leading 27-14 ....

The Lost Sheep

32-19 now...

Hagz

Impressive handling from the Munster pack. Sean McCarthy had a strong game.

Had to laugh at the S4C commentators lauding young Duncan Williams and discussing his potential.

The Lost Sheep

Connachts round 6 game away to the Dragons Premiership Select on Saturday 23 January in Ebbw Vale will be shown live on S4C

phog

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Connachts round 6 game away to the Dragons Premiership Select on Saturday 23 January in Ebbw Vale will be shown live on S4C

Munster's last game v Ospreys was also on S4C. It's a pity one of the 3 stations here don't make an effort to cover the home games of the four Irish provinces, a decent highlights package would be a start.

The Lost Sheep

phog wrote: »

Munster's last game v Ospreys was also on S4C. It's a pity one of the 3 stations here don't make an effort to cover the home games of the four Irish provinces, a decent highlights package would be a start.

IRFU have to show the interest to look to get a television station involved. RTE didnt want pro12 so cant see them wanting A games.
Even periscope or having full game up on provinces websites in day after game would be interesting but it wont happen

The Lost Sheep

Ulster A team & replacements to face Bedford Blues, British & Irish Cup, Deramore Park, Belfast, Friday 15th January (7.30pm kick off):

R McBurney, R Lyttle, M Best, S Windsor, J Stockdale, J McPhillips, D Shanahan, A Warwick, J Andrew, B Ross, J Donnan, P Browne, C Joyce, N Timoney, L Dow;
Replacements: J Murphy, R Murphy, J Simpson, A Thompson, C Young, P Rowley, A Magrath.

Connacht Eagles team to face Doncaster in Sportsground Saturday at 1pm will be named on Friday after 12 noon.
Munster A travel to Huddersfield in taking on Yorkshire Carnegie on Sunday at 3pm. Team named tomorrow
Leinster A travel to Moseley for a 3pm kickoff Saturday. Team named tomorrow

The Lost Sheep

Munster A travel to Yorkshire Carnegie Sunday. Game in Lockwood Park 3pm.
David Johnston, Stephen Fitzgerald, Dan Goggin, Cian Bohane, Gerhard van den Heever; Johnny Holland, Duncan Williams; Brendan Quinlan, Eddie Rossiter, Peter McCabe; Lee Nicholas, Sean McCarthy, Jordan Coghlan, Sean Doyle, Shane Buckley - capt.
Replacements:
Shane Fenton, Brian Scott, Ben Kilkenny, Conor Oliver, Ryan Foley, Ned Hodson, Darren Sweetnam.

Leinster A face Moseley in Billesley Common tomorrow at 3pm
Billy Dardis, Adam Byrne, Tom Daly, Steve Crosbie, Darragh Fanning, Cathal Marsh, Nick McCarthy, Jeremy Loughman, Bryan Byrne, Oisin Heffernan, David O'Connor, Tadhg Beirne, Josh Murphy, Dan Leavy, Peadar Timmins - capt
Replacements
Aaron Dundon, Andrew Porter, James Ryan, Tony Ryan, Charlie Rock, Ross Byrne, Cian Kelleher

The Lost Sheep

Connacht Eagles team to face Doncaster Knights, the Sportsground, Saturday January 16th, 1pm

15 Darragh Leader
14 Fionn Carr
13 Cormac Brennan
12 Api Pewhairangi
11 Ciarán Gaffney
10 Shane O’Leary
9 Conor Lowndes
1 Conan O’Donnell
2 Shane Delahunt (captain)
3 Conor Kenny
4 Cillian Gallagher
5 Danny Qualter
6 Cian Romaine
7 Rory Moloney
8 Eoin McKeon
16 Dave Heffernan
17 Jacob Walshe
8 Marc Kelly
19 Matthew Cosgrove
20 Stephen Kerins
21 Conor McKeon
22 Ed O’Keeffe

The Lost Sheep

Eagles lost 40-0 and were lucky to get 0!!!. poor performance.
Leinster A won 49-24
Ulster A lost 22-17 last night

wp_rathead

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

Eagles lost 40-0 and were lucky to get 0!!!. poor performance.
Leinster A won 49-24
Ulster A lost 22-17 last night

Aye we were awful

The Lost Sheep

wp_rathead wrote: »

Aye we were awful

Bigger and better side won but the decision maklng at times was very poor. Fionn played well and Leader was good on comeback. Connacht didn't help themselves with passes behind back/too high or mistimed kicks etc just let them down

phog

Munster A lost to Yorkshire Carneige today.

Munster managed a try BP.

Tables here

The Lost Sheep

British & Irish Cup knock-out stages draw
Following a meeting between the competition Organising Committee on Monday, 1st February, the draw for the British & Irish Cup knock-out stages is as follows:

Quarter-Finals, 11-12 March
Game 1: LEINSTER 'A' v London Welsh
Game 2: Yorkshire Carnegie v Moseley
Game 3: Bedford Blues v Jersey RFC
Game 4: Cornish Pirates v Doncaster Knights

Semi-Finals, 18-20 March
Game 5: Winner Game 1 v Winner Game 4
Game 6: Winner Game 2 v Winner Game 3
http://www.leinsterrugby.ie/news/14558.php#.Vq9_8E2zLct

irishbucsfan

Looking forward to the LW game. Have a few friends at the club, I'm so happy for them that they'll be introduced to the one and only true way of rugby.

The Lost Sheep

London Welsh won first of the semis today. Beat Cornish Pirates 36-15
Jersey play Yorkshire tomorrow