Leinster will travel to one of the Play-Off sides last season, Glasgow Warriors, on the opening weekend of the Magners League season on September 3rd-5th…
The province’s opening home game of the season will be the following weekend against the Cardiff Blues at the RDS in Round 2.
The introduction of the two new Italian franchises will take the number of teams in the Magners League back up to 12 for the first time since the 2003/04 season, when Welsh rugby moved to a regional system.
The increase in numbers means there will be four extra rounds of matches in the league phase of the tournament. In order to accommodate this some games are scheduled to be played during the International windows in November and while the RBS 6 Nations championship is being played.
The 22 round league season kicks-off on the first weekend in September 2010 and runs through until the weekend of 6 May 2011. All games in Round 22 will kick-off simultaneously to ensure that no teams have advantage when vying for Play-Off places or European qualification.
The top four teams in the regular season will once again progress to the Play-Off semi finals, which will be held on the weekend of 13 May. The Magners League Grand Final will be played on the weekend of 27 May, 2011.
At this stage the fixtures are weekend only dates. Specific dates, kick-off times and in some cases, venues, will be released after consultation with the individual teams and the Magners League broadcast partners.
The TV partners for the 2010/11 season will include BBC ALBA (Scotland), BBC Northern Ireland, RTE and TG4 (Ireland), as well as long standing Welsh broadcasters BBC Wales and S4C.
Leinster Fixtures 2010/11…
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 1:
3-5 September: Glasgow Warriors v Leinster (Firhill Stadium)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 2:
10-12 September: Leinster v Cardiff Blues (RDS)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 3:
17-19 September: Benetton Treviso v Leinster (Stadio Monigo)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 4:
24-26 September: Edinburgh v Leinster (Murrayfield)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 5:
1-3 October: Leinster v Munster (RDS tbc)
HEINEKEN CUP ROUND 1:
Saturday, 9th October: Leinster v Racing Metro 92 (1.30pm, RDS, Sky Sports)
HEINEKEN CUP ROUND 2:
Saturday, 16th October: Saracens v Leinster (5.45pm, tbc, Sky Sports)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 6:
22-24 October: Connacht v Leinster (Sportsground)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 7:
29-31 October: Leinster v Edinburgh (RDS)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 8:
19-21 November: Leinster v Dragons (RDS)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 9:
26-29 November: Ospreys v Leinster (Liberty Stadium)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 10:
3-5 December: Scarlets v Leinster (Parc y Scarlets)
HEINEKEN CUP ROUND 3:
Sunday, 12th December: Clermont Auvergne v Leinster (4pm, Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, FR2)
HEINEKEN CUP ROUND 4:
Saturday, 18th December: Leinster v Clermont Auvergne (5.45pm, tbc, Sky Sports)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 11:
26-27 December: Ulster v Leinster (Ravenhill)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 12:
31 Dec – 2 Jan 2011: Leinster v Connacht (RDS)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 13:
7-9 Jan: Leinster v Ospreys (RDS)
HEINEKEN CUP ROUND 5:
14-16 January: Leinster v Saracens (tbc)
HEINEKEN CUP ROUND 6:
21-23 January: Racing Metro 92 v Leinster (tbc)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 14:
11-13 February: Leinster v Aironi Rugby (RDS)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 15:
18-21 February: Cardiff Blues v Leinster (Cardiff City Stadium)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 16:
25-27 February: Leinster v Benetton Treviso (RDS)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 17:
4-6 March: Leinster v Scarlets (RDS)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 18:
25-27 March: Dragons v Leinster (Rodney Parade)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 19:
1-3 April: Munster v Leinster (tbc)
HEINEKEN CUP QUARTER-FINALS:
8 – 10 April, 2011
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 20:
15-17 April: Leinster v Ulster (RDS)
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 21:
22-24 April: Aironi Rugby v Leinster (Stadio Zaffanella)
HEINEKEN CUP SEMI-FINALS:
30 April – 1 May, 2011
MAGNERS LEAGUE ROUND 22:
6-8 May: Leinster v Glasgow Warriors (RDS)
MAGNERS LEAGUE SEMI FINALS:
14-15 May
HEINEKEN CUP FINAL:
21 – 22 May, 2011 – Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
MAGNERS LEAGUE FINAL:
27-28 May
