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O SPRAYS 26-15 BLUES

Neath Swansea Ospreys have now got the only 100 per cent record in the Pro 12 with a 26-12 win over Cardiff Blues. Full Back Dan Evens scored a try as well as scrum half Rhys Webb scoring but the credit has to go to Dan Bigger who kicked 16 points in a near perfect display. Blues replacements Lloyd Williams and Kirstan Davis scored tries at the end of the match to give the Blues some respectability. Ospreys are definitely doing a lot better than last year and look solid enough for a play-off place.

ZEBRE 10-24  LEINSTER

. Leinster found a way to get over the Munster defeat was an unimpressive win over Zebre. Zebre are definitely getting better as you can see from a result like this and the fact that they fear no one also helps in the improvement they are having this year. From this result I thought the ulster result was a fluke but from this they are definitely better.

At the start of the match Lucano Orquera put Zebre into a lead. Luke Madagan then took control of this match scoring 13 points. His try was a perfect dart through the Zebre defence and under the posts. Luke Mc Grath scored a late try with Jimmy Gopperth scoring the conversion. Strauss threw in a lie out in which Issac Boss went over the line but the television match official ruled it out.

EDINBURGH 24-10 DRAGONS

Edinburgh got their season back on track yesterday with a win over Welsh side the Dragons.. Alan Solons has probably feels very happy and safe in his job at the moment after the rumours of him getting fired feel that you should not fire someone so early in the season. Their number 8 Cornell Du Preez will need surgery on his lower leg on 26 causing a bit of a delay while he required treatment. This match is the type of match I feel that Edinburgh need to win.

Heathcote scored 2 penalties to put Edinburgh in front at the early stage of the match. Matthew Pewtner scored a try to put the dragons briefly into the lead. The scrum was a disaster all day and referee Dudley Phillips ran out of patience with John Andress and Boris Stankovich, temporarily reducing both sides to 14 men.

 The visitors shot themselves in the foot when a poor clearing kick from Hallam Amos was charged down by winger  Visser and a kind bounce set up a simple score under the posts, with Heathcote adding the extras try from a Beeard gave a perfect pass and put Fife into the corner for the second try which gave Edinburgh there second win of the pro 12 season.

TREVISO 6-9 CONNACHT

This was not the most interesting of matches between 2 sides who definitely need improvements. 3 penalties from Craig Ronaldson was the difference in this very dab encounter. Jaydon Harwood scored 2 penalties and at half time the score was 6 points each. Connacht were able to just get away with this but this still says to me that things need to be looked at. Treviso did lead at the start of the match but Connacht were able to get ahead on the half hour before Treviso got back just before half time. Treviso were disallowed a try but Connacht Marimon and Trevisos Sam Christea got into a scuffle and Ronaldson scored from that to give Connact the win.

MUNSTER 17-6 SCARLETS

Rhys Priestland gave Scarlets the lead but the try by Andrew smith gave Muster the advantage at half time JJ Hanrahan got Muster out to a comfortable lead by the end but Priestland could have kept the scarlts in the match but he missed shots at goal

The Try was made by some movement between Ireland internationals Connor Murray and Simon Zebo left Andrew Smith in at the corner. Hanarhan missed his conversion which made the match interesting.

Munster have definitely shown that they are back to winning ways and I can see them being the force they were as there are quality players in their team.