2008-09 Magners League

The 2008-09 Magners League will be the eighth Celtic League season and the third with Magners as title sponsor. The season will begin in September 2008 and end in May 2009. Ten teams will play each other on a home and away basis, with teams earning four points for a win, and a bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match. The losing team may also earn a bonus point if they lose by seven points or less.

The ten teams competing will consist of the four Irish provinces, Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster, two Scottish regions; Edinburgh Rugby, and Glasgow Warriors and four Welsh regions; Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys and Newport Gwent Dragons. At the start of the season, the Llanelli Scarlets were renamed as simply Scarlets to reflect their regional identity. [cite news |title=Scarlets drop Llanelli from name |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/llanelli_scarlets/7610188.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2008-09-11 |accessdate=2008-09-11 ]

Table

Week 2

Week 5

Week 8

tadia

Transfers in

Transfers out

Broadcast rights

Television rights for the league are split between three broadcasters, BBC Wales, S4C and Setanta Sports. BBC Wales and S4C will continue to cover Magners League until the end of the 2009-10 season. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/5298322.stm BBC extends Welsh rugby contract] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.magnersleague.com/ Official Magners League website]
* [http://www.magnersleague.com/live Live Scores from the Magners League website]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/live_scores/4776533.stm Live Scores from the BBC]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/results/4776859.stm Magners League results from the BBC]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/fixtures/4776951.stm Magners League fixtures from the BBC]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/tables/4777185.stm Magners League table from the BBC]