19 May, 11:13
There are six uncapped players in the Ireland squad for the summer tour to North America that was named this morning. An Emerging Ireland squad has also been selected for the Tblisi Cup in Georgia.
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The qualifiers and their rankings for the 2009/10 Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals are:
1. CONNACHT (top ranked Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners)
2. Toulon (second ranked Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners)
3. London Wasps (third ranked Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners)
4. Newcastle Falcons (fourth ranked Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners)
5. Cardiff Blues (third best Heineken Cup pool runners-up)
6. Gloucester (fourth best Heineken Cup pool runners-up)
7. Scarlets (fifth best Heineken Cup pool runners-up)
8. Bourgoin (fifth ranked Amlin Challenge Cup pool winners)
The quarter-final matches, to be played on April 8/9/10/11, 2010, will be:
1 CONNACHT (ACC 1) v Bourgoin 8 (ACC 5)
2 Toulon (ACC 2) v Scarlets 7 (Heineken Cup 3)
3 London Wasps (ACC 3) v Gloucester Rugby 6 (Heineken Cup 2)
4 Newcastle Falcons (ACC 4) v Cardiff Blues 5 (Heineken Cup 1)