Haw haw haw. I have to admit, the most enjoyable part of Friday night was not running in 6-dozen tries against the hapless dragons, it was hearing of Leinstertainment doing their bit to up the home crowds in SA by meekly rolling over and having their tummy tickled like a wee kitten.
Friday
Cheetahs vs. Ospreys
Glasgow vs. Treviso
Leinster vs. Edinburgh
Scarlets vs. Connacht
Saturday
Munster vs. Cardiff
Zebre vs. Ulster
Dragons vs. Southern Kings
Once I understand the times, I'll post them!
Previews
Fresh from their brutal hammering of the D4 goys, the team in front take on the Ospreys. With the Swansea Welsh having their wings firmly clipped so far this term, they are going to have to move mighty fast to keep out of reach of the claws of them Cheetahs. Home win, likely with another try bonus point.
Glasgow are also on a bit of a role having disposed of Munster so easily last week. Albeit there were mitigating circumstances, most of the Munstermen's attention was on the ploughing championships. Treviso are also coming in on some form, but its a massive step up. Again home win, again with bonus point.
Two teams in a rut, with Richard Cockerill now starting to understand just how easy it is to win in the much vaunted English PremierHype compared to a real league and Leinster crying into their Heinos after their epic dismantling on the Highveld. vIsa Nacewa is possibly undergoing surgery, another blow to Leo Cullen who looks shorn of a steady hand on the midfield tiller at the minute. I'd expect much analysis of the Cheetahs defeat on Cian Healy's laptop to produce a focused backlash. Edinburgh to lose three on the bounce and Cockerill to blame the full moon (or something).
Scarlets vs. Connacht. The only Welsh region really looking sharp, with Connacht struggling for form and confidence, should be a fairly straightforward home win. It'd be good to see the Connacht backline hit some of the form of two years ago, if they did it'd make this great viewing for the neutral. Home win. With bonus? Probably.
Munster also coming off the back of a defeat. Now, with their Massey 135s and Ford 4000s back from Tullamore and powerhosed down, they can concentrate on the day job, namely turning over a fairly meek Cardiff Blues team that never really convinces. Willis Halaholo is ploughing a bit of a lone furrow at times for the Blue backline, but could find the going tough against a Munster outfit bound to be hurtin'. Ye know what they say about them'uns when they get passhunate about something.
Zebre are the only Pro15 team so far to go to South Africa and come away with something from both games. Even the much vaunted Leinster cannot boast a record like that. But they now face one of the two unbeaten teams in the league, and its unlikely they can go back-to-back with wins. Ulster looking reasonably good at this point in the year, but we've seen it before with Cowboy Anscombe - running into the teeth of Christmas unbeaten then end the season with nothing.
Dragons vs. Kings. Even Sky couldn't hype this. I'm not gonna even try. Dragons win.
Friday
Cheetahs vs. Ospreys
Glasgow vs. Treviso
Leinster vs. Edinburgh
Scarlets vs. Connacht
Saturday
Munster vs. Cardiff
Zebre vs. Ulster
Dragons vs. Southern Kings
Once I understand the times, I'll post them!
Previews
Fresh from their brutal hammering of the D4 goys, the team in front take on the Ospreys. With the Swansea Welsh having their wings firmly clipped so far this term, they are going to have to move mighty fast to keep out of reach of the claws of them Cheetahs. Home win, likely with another try bonus point.
Glasgow are also on a bit of a role having disposed of Munster so easily last week. Albeit there were mitigating circumstances, most of the Munstermen's attention was on the ploughing championships. Treviso are also coming in on some form, but its a massive step up. Again home win, again with bonus point.
Two teams in a rut, with Richard Cockerill now starting to understand just how easy it is to win in the much vaunted English PremierHype compared to a real league and Leinster crying into their Heinos after their epic dismantling on the Highveld. vIsa Nacewa is possibly undergoing surgery, another blow to Leo Cullen who looks shorn of a steady hand on the midfield tiller at the minute. I'd expect much analysis of the Cheetahs defeat on Cian Healy's laptop to produce a focused backlash. Edinburgh to lose three on the bounce and Cockerill to blame the full moon (or something).
Scarlets vs. Connacht. The only Welsh region really looking sharp, with Connacht struggling for form and confidence, should be a fairly straightforward home win. It'd be good to see the Connacht backline hit some of the form of two years ago, if they did it'd make this great viewing for the neutral. Home win. With bonus? Probably.
Munster also coming off the back of a defeat. Now, with their Massey 135s and Ford 4000s back from Tullamore and powerhosed down, they can concentrate on the day job, namely turning over a fairly meek Cardiff Blues team that never really convinces. Willis Halaholo is ploughing a bit of a lone furrow at times for the Blue backline, but could find the going tough against a Munster outfit bound to be hurtin'. Ye know what they say about them'uns when they get passhunate about something.
Zebre are the only Pro15 team so far to go to South Africa and come away with something from both games. Even the much vaunted Leinster cannot boast a record like that. But they now face one of the two unbeaten teams in the league, and its unlikely they can go back-to-back with wins. Ulster looking reasonably good at this point in the year, but we've seen it before with Cowboy Anscombe - running into the teeth of Christmas unbeaten then end the season with nothing.
Dragons vs. Kings. Even Sky couldn't hype this. I'm not gonna even try. Dragons win.
