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Cup Fever Grips The Midlands
12 April 2007, 9:36 am
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Captain's Run: The captains of Garryowen, Belfast Harlequins, Seapoint and Coleraine gear up for the cup finals
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Cup fever will be in evidence at Athlone's Dubarry Park on Saturday, and to celebrate the staging of the second ever AIB Cup and AIB Junior Cup finals, AIB is offering goody bags, match tickets and invitations to the pre-match lunch to five lucky winners.
Dublin's Seapoint take on Ulster side Coleraine in the AIB Junior Cup final, whilst the senior decider will see Limerick side Garryowen go head-to-head with their northern counterparts Belfast Harlequins, in the AIB Cup final.
The AIB Junior Cup final will kick off at 2pm, whilst the AIB Cup final has a 4pm start.
Do you fancy a piece of the action? IrishRugby.ie has teamed up with AIB to give away FIVE pairs of tickets for the double header. We've also got FIVE AIB goody bags to giveaway which includes two tickets for the pre-match lunch at Dubarry Park, a polo-shirt, a baseball hat and an AIB back-pack.
To be in with a chance of winning two tickets, all you have to do is answer the following question and email your answers to manager@irishrugby.ie with the subject: AIB CUP
Who won the 2005/06 AIB Junior Cup?
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