PRO 12 TEAMS AND
FIXTURES
FRIDAY
TREVISO V CONNACHT
Connacht: T O'Halloran; N Adeolokun, R Parata, P Robb, F
Carr; J Carty, J Cooney; R Loughney, T McCartney (capt), R Ah You; Q Roux, A
Browne; S O'Brien, J Heenan, E McKeon.
Replacements: D Heffernan, JP Cooney, F Bealham, A
Muldowney, J Muldoon, C Blade, AJ MacGinty, R Henshaw.
Treviso: J Hayward; A Esposito, L Morisi, A Sgarbi (capt), L
Nitoglia; S Christie, E Gori; M Zanusso, O Gega, S Ferrari, F Paulo, T Palmer,
F Minto, A Zanni, A Steyn.
Replacements: D Giazzon, C Traorè, S Manu, M Fuser, M
Lazzaroni, A Lucchese, L McLean, T Iannone.
A bonus point win here for Connacht would give them top
place in the table at least for the time being and with Glasgow playing Zebre
nothing would be sealed as for a home semi final. Connacht do though need a
bonus point win here as it might mean they will only need to win on their final
match.
GLASGOW V ZEBRE
Glasgow Warriors: Glenn Bryce, Taqele Naiyaravoro, Mark
Bennett, Alex Dunbar, Sean Lamont, Duncan Weir, Grayson Hart, Jerry
Yanuyanutawa, Pat MacArthur, D'arcy Rae, Greg Peterson, Leone Nakarawa, Rob
Harley (capt), Favaro, Ashe.
Replacements: Fraser Brown, Gordon Reid, Zander Fagerson,
Tim Swinson, Ryan Wilson, Ali Price, Finn Russell, Tommy Seymour
This is a match that Glasgow must win if their home semi
final ambitions are still on in any way shape of form. I think that it will be
a lot harder to get a bonus point than what people think
MUNSTER V EDINBURGH
Munster: Simon Zebo; Andrew Conway, Francis Saili, Rory
Scannell, Keith Earls; Johnny Holland, Conor Murray; Dave Kilcoyne, Niall
Scannell, Stephen Archer; Dave Foley, Billy Holland; Dave O'Callaghan, Tommy
O'Donnell, CJ Stander (capt).
Replacements: Mike Sherry, James Cronin, John Ryan, Robin
Copeland, Jack O'Donoghue, Duncan Williams, Ian Keatley, Ronan O'Mahony.
Edinburgh: Blair Kinghorn, Damien Hoyland, Matt Scott,
Andries Strauss, Tom Brown, Jason Tovey, Sean Kennedy, Alasdair Dickinson, Ross
Ford (capt), WP Nel, Anton Bresler, Ben Toolis, Jamie Ritchie, John Hardie,
Cornell Du Preez.
Replacements: Stuart McInally, Rory Sutherland, John
Andress, Alex Toolis, Magnus Bradbury, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Chris Dean, Dougie
Fife
This match is a play off in my opinion for a European
Champions cup spot and this is where we get to see whether we have found the
real Munster that Munster that are very hard to beat.
SATURDAY
BLUES V OSPREYS
Both Blues and Ospreys have got faint hopes of playing
European rugby the looser of this will not have them hopes any more that is how
important this match is for both sides and I think that the Ospreys have got
more quality but this game will be very close
ULSTER V LEINSTER
This is a match with everything on the line for both Ulster
and Leinster as an Ulster win could seal their semi-final spot and a Leinster
win should not make that much difference to their position. I think that Ulster
will win a very close match that will be settled my no more than a drop at
goal.
DRAGONS V SCARLETS
The Scarlet’s should win this match and win it quite easily.
If they do loose this it should be seen as failure but this is a big match as
it is a Welsh derby and we have seen things happen in derbies that do not
happen in normal matches. I think it will depend on the flow of this game.
No comments:
Post a Comment