Ella faces ‘unknown quantity’ in Celtic Cup

LEINSTER coach Gary Ella has admitted to be somewhat in the dark over the challenge his Leinster Lions will face against Neath-Swansea Ospreys at Donnybrook in the first round of the Celtic Cup on Friday night.

Tue, 16 Sep, 2003 - 01:00
Barry Coughlan

The former Australian centre has seen his side go down to successive Celtic League defeats, against defending champions Munster and then in Saturday's 29-22 thriller at Celtic Warriors. Now he is doing his homework on the Ospreys.

"The Ospreys are a bit of an unknown quantity to me but I have got a few days to study them to work that out," said Ella.

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