Newsroom | Welsh Rugby Union | Official Website : English Super League goes Celtic

The 2007 competition sees the inclusion of Celtic team bringing together the best players from Wales, Scotland and Ireland to battle it out against the cream of the English crop.

The round robin tournament will consist of three teams of English players and one of Celts which will provide the highest level of domestic competition ever. The top two teams at the end of the round robin matches will play at Twickenham as a curtain raiser to the Guinness Premiership final. It is hoped that the selected Welsh players will develop in this highly competitive environment, allowing for invaluable experience for future international rugby.

Player Application Procedure Players who would like to attend trials for the Celtic squad should complete an application form. When completed this needs to be returned to Sophie Bennett at the WWRU for approval by 12th February 2007. Each union will then forward all applications received to the RFUW by the closing date of 28th February 2007.

Those players invited to trials will be notified via the RFUW website (click here) on 9th March 2007, along with full details of the trial venue and times. Celtic team trials will take place on Saturday 24th March 2007 in South West London. The Celtic team players will be selected by RFUW appointed Celtic Coaches (click here or check the RFUW website for staff vacancy details), Celtic Players will be contracted to the RFUW for the period of the tournament.

Player Eligibility
Players must be eligible to play for their Wales before applying to the WWRU. Please contact Sophie Bennett on the details below if you require any further clarification about eligibility.

If you have not been involved with any national or development squad for your home union then this application must be accompanied by a supporting letter from your club coach.

Super League Dates 2007

Day	Date	Event	Venue
Sat	24.03.07	Celtic SL Trials	St Mary's
Sat	31.03.07	SL Training (overnight stay)	Imber Court / St Mary's
Sun	01.04.07	SL Game 1	Imber Court
Sun	22.04.07	SL Game 2	Broadstreet
Sat	28.04.07	SL Training	TBC
Mon	07.05.07	SL Game 3	Broadstreet
Sat	12.05.07	SL Final	Twickenham Stadium
Sun	13.05.07	SL Play-off	Broadstreet
Sun	20.05.07	SL Play-off (reserve day)	Broadstreet

If you have any further queries please contact Sophie Bennett on sbennett@wru.co.uk or 07921 109 106. The address for application submissions is WWRU, 1st Floor Golate House, 101 St Mary Street, Cardiff, CF10 1GE.

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