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THE sight of new signing BJ Botha hobbling off with a calf muscle injury after 27 minutes and then limp from the ground with the aid of crutches was as much a disappointment and a worry to the Munster as this defeat at Musgrave Park last night

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Coach Steve Meehan and captain Michael Claassens will plot the way forward for Bath against Ulster in the Heineken Cup at Ravenhill tomorrow night.

Thu, 08 Oct, 2009

Provinces add to squads for Heineken Cup closing stages

Leinster and Munster have taken up the option of announcing two players and one player, respectively, to add to their official Heineken Cup squads for the knock-out stages of the tournament.

Mon, 30 Mar, 2009

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Bath are hoping inside centre Olly Barkley can recover from the back spasms which kept him out of yesterday’s defeat at Sale in time to return against Saracens at the Rec on New Year’s Day.

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