The Celtic League, the rugby union competition featuring franchised teams in Wales, Scotland and Ireland, has announced new broadcast partners for the next few seasons. The competion, known as the Mangers League, will bring in new broadcast partners in addition to current broadcasters in a series of deals running until the 2013/14 season.

In Wales, S4C and BBC Wales will continue to broadcast coverage of Welsh clubs on Friday and saturday evenings. Games featuring the Scottish teams will be covered by BBC ALBA with BBC Northern Ireland broadcasting Ulster's home games live. In Ireland, the majority of home games featuring Leinster, Munster and Connacht will be broadcast by RTE or TG4. In addition, all partner broadcasters will have access to reciprocol feeds for coverage of their teams' away fixtures.

Magners League tournament director David Jordan said: "Terrestrial free to air television increases access for fans of the Magners League to one of the most competitive tournaments with some of the best known players in world rugby. Our new broadcasters, BBC Alba, BBC Northern Ireland, RTE and TG4 complement our existing partners, BBC Wales and S4C, and will provide unparalleled coverage of Magners League games in the coming season."

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