Magners League kicks off with Munster match on Setanta

Live coverage of the new Magners League starts on Setanta Sports tomorrow, Friday, September 4th, with Munster’s trip to the Firhill Arena to face the Glasgow Warriors with an 8pm kick-off on Setanta Ireland.
The same channel will broadcast live coverage of Leinster and Ulster’s first games this weekend. Scarlets v Leinster kicks off at 6.30pm on Saturday and Dragons v Ulster gets underway at 2.05pm on Sunday.
Daire O’Brien will again be the anchor and he will be joined in studio by a team of analysts which includes Ciaran FitzGerald, Donal Lenihan, Liam Toland, Emmet Byrne, Peter McKenna and Reggie Corrigan.
Connor Morris, John Forrest and Fred Cogley form the commentary team. Among the big games lined up include the Leinster v Munster tie at the RDS on Saturday, October 3rd on Setanta 1.
Setanta Sports sales and marketing executive John Devlin said a package for a 30-second spot for all 60 games broadcast between now and next May will cost €18,750.
Coinciding the Magners League kick-off, Chorus NTL announced a promotion offering existing customers who sign up for extra services or any new customer points for their favourite rugby club.
When a club accumulates 100 points, Chorus NTL will hand over a training kit with bag, ladders, hurdles, cones and rugby balls. For every ten kits given away, an extra one will be donated to SOS/IRB Kit Aid to young players in emerging rugby countries.