Friday
Leinster v Edinburgh 1935
Leinster: R Kearney; F McFadden, B Te'o, N Reid, L
Fitzgerald; I Madigan, L McGrath; C Healy, R Strauss, M Ross; R Molony, M
Kearney; R Ruddock, J van der Flier, J Murphy. Replacements: S Cronin, P
Dooley, T Furlong, D Toner, D Ryan, E Reddan, C Marsh, D Kearney.
Edinburgh: B Kinghorn; D Hoyland, C Dean, P Burleigh, T
Brown; J Tovey, S Hidalgo-Clyne; A Dickinson, R Ford (capt), WP Nel; A Bresler,
B Toolis; J Ritchie, J Hardie, C Du Preez. Replacements: S McInally, R
Sutherland, J Andress, A Toolis, M Bradbury, H Watson, S Kennedy, M Allan
This is a match that could secure a semi-final for Leinster
and possibly a home semi if Scarlet’s beat Glasgow. Leinster should have the
quality to win this match quite comfortably but if things are tight Leinster
might have a few problems
Ospreys v Treviso 19.35
Ospreys: Dan Evans; Hanno Dirksen, Owen Watkin, Josh Matavesi,
Eli Walker; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb (capt); Nicky Smith, Sam Parry, Dmitri Arhip,
Adam Beard, Rynier Bernardo, Olly Cracknell, James King, Dan Baker.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Gareth Thomas, Aaron Jarvis,
Rory Thornton, Dan Lydiate, Brendon Leonard, Sam Davies, Ben John.
Benetton: Jayden Hayward; Angelo Esposito, Luca Morisi,
Alberto Sgarbi, Ludovico Nitoglia; Sam Christie, Edoardo Gori; Alberto De
Marchi, Luca Bigi, Simone Ferrari, Filo Paulo, Jeff Montauriol, Marco
Lazzaroni, Alessandro Zanni (capt), Robert Barbieri.
Replacements: Ornel Gega, Matteo Zanusso, Salesi Manu, Dean
Budd, Abraham Steyn, Francesco Minto, Chris Smylie, James Ambrosini.
If Ospreys have any chance of Champions cup rugby next
season this is a match that they must win and win well I see this as a bonus
point win
Saturday
Scarlet’s v Glasgow 15.15
Glasgow Warriors: S Hogg. T Seymour, M Bennett, A Dunbar, L
Jones, F Russell, H Pyrgos, G Reid, F Brown, S Puafisi, T Swinson, J Gray
(capt), R Harley, R Wilson. J Strauss.
Replacements: P MacArthur, J Yanuyanutawa, Z Fagerson, L
Nakawara, T Holmes, G Hart, D Weir, T Naiyaravoro.
This is a season defining match for both clubs as I think
the looser will go into a playoff final day stress with Ulster for that fourth
spot.
Zebre v Ulster 16.00
Ulster need a bonus point win here to at least lave some
final day stress on either Scarlets or Glasgow and I think that they will get a
bonus point win here
Connacht v Munster 19.15 
I think that with so much on the line for both clubs this
will be an old fashioned Irish battle and the fact that conacht will be at home
will matter so much more
Sunday
Blues v Dragons 14.30
Neither team are doing that well but the blues are so far
ahead of the dragons as if the dragons might need a major change to compete
next season
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