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Rowntree and Reggie down memory lane

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Relive 12 years of classic Tigers-Leinster encounters with props Graham Rowntree and Reggie Corrigan in Saturday’s Tigers matchday programme.

From Tigers’ midweek win in front of a sparse Lansdowne Road crowd in 1996 to Leinster’s triumph at a packed Royal Dublin Showground earlier this season, front-row favourites Rowntree and Corrigan remember them all.

“We struggled in the set-piece but it seemed that whenever we got into their half we scored,” recalls Rowntree of that historic first Heineken Cup clash.

While Rowntree picks out the quarter-final win in Dublin three years ago as one of his favourite memories in 398 games for the club, Corrigan is just as enthusiastic about a victory at Welford Road,  “one of the most intimidating places I have been,” he says.

Also in this week’s matchday programme:
Four-page guide to England Saxons versus Ireland A at Welford Road
Marcelo Loffreda’s thoughts ahead of the final Pool 6 clash in the Heineken Cup
The story Leinster’s season so far and guide to their top men
Tigers Development XV & Academy updates
Tiger Hunt with a world champion supporter
Last Word with Dusty Hare

All in the 92-page Tigers matchday programme, available throughout Welford Road, price £3.