The 2006–07 Leinster Rugby season was Leinster's sixth competing in the Celtic League alongside which they competed in the 2006–07 Heineken Cup. The season ended without silverware as the team finished third in the Celtic League and were eliminated at the quarter-final stage of the Heineken Cup. The 2006–07 season was the last in which home Celtic League games were played in Donnybrook (future ties have been played at the larger RDS Arena).
Player transfers
Players in Michael Berne Matt D’Arcy Andrew Dunne from Bath Rugby Owen Finegan from Newcastle Falcons"Leinster sign former Wallaby Finegan", Irish Rugby, 7 July 2006 Luke Fitzgerald Cian Healy Trevor Hogan from Munster"Hogan Confirmed As Leinster Signing", Irish Rugby, 27 April 2006 Stephen Keogh from Munster Richie Leyden Ross McCarron Kevin McLaughlin Fosi Pala'amo Harry Vermaas from Blue Bulls"Leinster sign South African Vermaas", RTE Sport, 14 June 2006 Chris Whitaker from New South Wales Waratahs"Leinster sign Wallaby Whitaker", BBC Sport, 15 February 2006 Cillian Willis Stan Wright from Blues"Leinster snap up prop Wright", ESPN, 6 December 2006
Players out David Blaney to Bristol Bears Emmet Byrne (retired) Simon Crawford Des Dillon Ben Gissing to Edinburgh Brendan Burke Stephen Grissing Jonny Hepworth to Leeds Tykes John Lyne Eric Miller (retired) Eoghan Hickey to Munster Brian O'Meara to Munster"O’Meara Back With Munster", Munster Rugby, 13 September 2006 Brian O'Riordan to Bristol Bears Bryce Williams to Bourgoin James Norton
Squad
Leinster Rugby squadLeinster squad, 2006-07, Guinness Pro12, retrieved 29 August 2026Props Reggie Corrigan Will Green Cian Healy Ronan McCormack Fosi Pala'amo Harry Vermaas Johnny Wickham Stan Wright
Hookers Brian Blaney Bernard Jackman
Locks Adam Byrnes Trevor Hogan Cameron Jowitt Richie Leyden Malcolm O'Kelly Devin TonerBack row Owen Finegan Keith Gleeson Jamie Heaslip Stephen Keogh Kevin McLaughlin Ciarán Potts Niall Ronan
Scrum-halves Matt D’Arcy Guy Easterby Chris Whitaker Cillian Willis
Fly-halves Felipe Contepomi Andrew Dunne Johnny Sexton Christian WarnerCentres Michael Berne Gordon D'Arcy Shane Horgan Kieran Lewis Brian O'Driscoll
Wings Gary Brown Luke Fitzgerald Denis Hickie
Fullbacks Girvan Dempsey Rob Kearney Ross McCarron (c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. * denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality.
Match attendance Leinster average Celtic League attendance was 12,796 (boosted heavily by two games held at Lansdowne Road).
Leinster's tie against Ulster Rugby set a Celtic League record with a sell out attendance of 48,000 at the last ever game at Lansdowne Road.
Celtic League
Table PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDTFTATBPLBPPts1 Ospreys201406461374 +87 49 32 4 4 642 Cardiff Blues201316447327 +120 53 33 6 3 633 Leinster201217472376 +96 54 37 7 4 614 Llanelli Scarlets201208490417 +73 61 41 9 0 575 Ulster201118423310 +113 45 31 4 5 556 Munster201208379294 +85 37 31 3 3 547 Glasgow Warriors201109434419 +15 42 49 3 2 498 Edinburgh208111335423 −88 31 45 2 6429 Newport Gwent Dragons208012353362 −9 36 43 1 6 3910 Connacht204214326474 −148 30 48 2 4 2611 Border Reivers202018201545 −344 16 64 0 4 12Source: RaboDirect PRO12
Results
Heineken Cup
Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPts Leinster (6)640221101117497773221 Agen64021214−211911901017 Gloucester63031916315214482115 Edinburgh61051022−1295180−85015
Quarter-final
End-of-season awards The Leinster Rugby Awards lunch was held in Dublin on 17 May 2007. Winners were:"D'Arcy The Big Winner At Leinster Awards Lunch", Irish Rugby, 17 May 2007
Player of the year: Gordon D'Arcy Hall of Fame: Philip Orr Newcomer of the year: Luke Fitzgerald Special merit award: Reggie Corrigan Leinster League player of the year: Felix Jones Ladies' player of the year: Sinead Ryan, Navan R.F.C. School of the year: St Michael's College, Dublin
References