Looking for world class rugby? Look no further! Guinness Pro 12: Round 14

[Leonormous Boozer]

FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2017

• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972761" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972761" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Zebre" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Zebre</abbr>​
  19:00
  <abbr ***le="Ospreys" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Ospreys</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972759" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972759" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Glasgow" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Glasgow</abbr>​
  19:35
  <abbr ***le="Scarlets" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Scarlets</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972757" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972757" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Munster" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Munster</abbr>​
  19:35
  <abbr ***le="NG Dragons" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Dragons</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972760" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972760" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Ulster" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Ulster</abbr>​
  19:35
  <abbr ***le="Edinburgh" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Edinburgh</abbr>​
  
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SUNDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2017

• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972763" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972763" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Benetton Treviso" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Treviso</abbr>​
  12:30
  <abbr ***le="Leinster" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">The Champions Elect</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972764" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972764" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Cardiff Blues" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Blues</abbr>​
  13:05
  <abbr ***le="Connacht" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Connacht</abbr>​
  
  </article>

Some people might look at these fixtures and say they're just a bunch of leftovers, I say that pizza tastes better cold!

Zebre v Ospreys - Have Zebre earned the right of a preview? No, O's win.
Glasgow v Scarlets - Fixture of the weekend, can Glasgow minus the entire Scotland team beat Scarlets? Form goes out the window here and I think the Welsh region will take advantage and take 4th spot for now.
Munster v Dragons - 1st vs moral last, the Dragons are no easy game in international periods but Munster should have enough to get 4 league points.
Ulster v Edinburgh - ... Anyone want to take this? It's like a fight in a children's hospital, no one wants to watch it, the thought of it makes you said and there's so much unfulfilled potential on show.
Treviso v The Champions Elect - Leisnter can pick from Nacewa, O'Loughlin, Byrne, Kirchner, D Kearney and McFadden in their back three this week, good luck not conceding a bonus point loss Treviso.
Blues v Connacht - Nothing good ever happens to Connacht in Cardiff.


Soz about the weird link job, copy and paste backfire!.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Agree that Scarlets will take Glasgow, the backup for the injured Patchell seems half decent and probably better than whoever Glasgow can muster to replace Finn (assuming Horne is still crocked). Huge game. If Glasgow can't pick up wins during the 6N then their playoff hopes will pretty much have gone up in smoke.

A little harsh on Edinburgh and Ulster as a spectacle. Edinburgh are performing well above my expectations with Hodge as coach (even if not reflected in the table) and they presumably will be fielding their young stars of the future who haven't quite made it into then 6N squad. Still fancy Ulster to sneak it despite them spluttering recently.

I'd give Connacht a sniff of a chance against a misfiring Cardiff, but there is plenty talent at 10, 12 & 13 for the Blues to see them home.

The Italian games will be horrible without their internationals. Don't know who Zebre are getting as coach to replace the unlucky Guidi. I'll be amazed if it isn't an English speaker.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

[FONT=&quot]Leinster: Zane Kirchner, Adam Byrne, Rory O'Loughlin, Noel Reid, Dave Kearney, Ross Byrne, Jamison Gibson-Park, Peter Dooley, Richardt Strauss, Michael Bent, Mick Kearney, Ian Nagle, Dominic Ryan, Dan Leavy, Jack Conan[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Replacements: Bryan Byrne, Andrew Porter, Mike Ross, Ross Molony, Peadar Timmins, Luke McGrath, Joey Carbery, Barry Daly

Connacht XV: Tiernan O'Halloran, Niyi Adeolokun, Stacey Ili, Craig Ronaldson, Matt Healy, Jack Carty, John Cooney, Denis Buckley, Tom McCartney, JP Cooney, Quinn Roux, James Cannon, Sean O'Brien, Jake Heenan, John Muldoon (cpt)

Replacements: Dave Heffernan, Ronan Loughney, John Andress, Naulia Dawai, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Caolin Blade, Tom Farrell, Danie Poolman.[/FONT]

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Edinburgh getting bossed a bit up front and soft in defende. Disappointing as the arguably had their first choice 8 through 15. Incredibly rare sighting of Rory Scholes getting an outing. I genuinely counted Piatau causing ten missed tackles in the first 30mins. Unbelievably elusive for such a big unit.

 

[munstermuffin]

Well we've turned up and produced here in Cork. Nearly time up

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2017

• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972761" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972761" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Zebre" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Zebre</abbr>​
  19:00
  <abbr ***le="Ospreys" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Ospreys</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972759" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972759" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Glasgow" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Glasgow</abbr>​
  19:35
  <abbr ***le="Scarlets" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Scarlets</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972757" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972757" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Munster" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Munster</abbr>​
  19:35
  <abbr ***le="NG Dragons" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Dragons</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972760" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972760" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Ulster" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Ulster</abbr>​
  19:35
  <abbr ***le="Edinburgh" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Edinburgh</abbr>​
  
  </article>

SUNDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2017

• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972763" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972763" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Benetton Treviso" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Treviso</abbr>​
  12:30
  <abbr ***le="Leinster" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">The Champions Elect</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972764" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972764" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Cardiff Blues" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Blues</abbr>​
  13:05
  <abbr ***le="Connacht" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Connacht</abbr>​
  
  </article>

Some people might look at these fixtures and say they're just a bunch of leftovers, I say that pizza tastes better cold!

Zebre v Ospreys - Have Zebre earned the right of a preview? No, O's win.
Glasgow v Scarlets - Fixture of the weekend, can Glasgow minus the entire Scotland team beat Scarlets? Form goes out the window here and I think the Welsh region will take advantage and take 4th spot for now.
Munster v Dragons - 1st vs moral last, the Dragons are no easy game in international periods but Munster should have enough to get 4 league points.
Ulster v Edinburgh - ... Anyone want to take this? It's like a fight in a children's hospital, no one wants to watch it, the thought of it makes you said and there's so much unfulfilled potential on show.
Treviso v The Champions Elect - Leisnter can pick from Nacewa, O'Loughlin, Byrne, Kirchner, D Kearney and McFadden in their back three this week, good luck not conceding a bonus point loss Treviso.
Blues v Connacht - Nothing good ever happens to Connacht in Cardiff.


Soz about the weird link job, copy and paste backfire!.

Abrupt question....what did your username used to be on this forum?

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Abrupt question....what did your username used to be on this forum?

cmac95, why??

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Nice game winning late drop goal from Tiernan for Connacht. The kid can do it all. Glasgow's Pro12 season could be over soon. The top four are too good to play catchup on.

 

[Mrs. Peter Quinn]

FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2017

• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972761" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972761" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Zebre" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Zebre</abbr>​
  19:00
  <abbr ***le="Ospreys" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Ospreys</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972759" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972759" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Glasgow" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Glasgow</abbr>​
  19:35
  <abbr ***le="Scarlets" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Scarlets</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972757" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972757" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Munster" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Munster</abbr>​
  19:35
  <abbr ***le="NG Dragons" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Dragons</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972760" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972760" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Ulster" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Ulster</abbr>​
  19:35
  <abbr ***le="Edinburgh" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Edinburgh</abbr>​
  
  </article>

SUNDAY 12TH FEBRUARY 2017

• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972763" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972763" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Benetton Treviso" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Treviso</abbr>​
  12:30
  <abbr ***le="Leinster" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">The Champions Elect</abbr>​
  
  </article>
• <a class="fixture__block-link" href="http://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/match/ERUP3972764" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; display: block; outline-style: none;"><article class="fixture" data-role="fixture--fixture" data-event-key="ERUP3972764" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; text-align: center; outline-style: none;">
  <abbr ***le="Cardiff Blues" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="home-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none;">Blues</abbr>​
  13:05
  <abbr ***le="Connacht" class="abbr-on fixture__team-name-trunc medium-abbr-off" data-role="away-team" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 0.875rem; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; outline-style: none; direction: ltr;">Connacht</abbr>​
  
  </article>

Some people might look at these fixtures and say they're just a bunch of leftovers, I say that pizza tastes better cold!

Zebre v Ospreys - Have Zebre earned the right of a preview? No, O's win.
Glasgow v Scarlets - Fixture of the weekend, can Glasgow minus the entire Scotland team beat Scarlets? Form goes out the window here and I think the Welsh region will take advantage and take 4th spot for now.
Munster v Dragons - 1st vs moral last, the Dragons are no easy game in international periods but Munster should have enough to get 4 league points.
Ulster v Edinburgh - ... Anyone want to take this? It's like a fight in a children's hospital, no one wants to watch it, the thought of it makes you said and there's so much unfulfilled potential on show.
Treviso v The Champions Elect - Leisnter can pick from Nacewa, O'Loughlin, Byrne, Kirchner, D Kearney and McFadden in their back three this week, good luck not conceding a bonus point loss Treviso.
Blues v Connacht - Nothing good ever happens to Connacht in Cardiff.


Soz about the weird link job, copy and paste backfire!.

This your audition to be a mod or something?

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

This your audition to be a mod or something?

Pro12 doesn't just get the highest quality rugby, it gets the best previews too!

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

This your audition to be a mod or something?

What Bruce said! We have fun in our corner of the world without you English and French bullies! I'd make a terrible mod, I made a joke about ill children there for God's sake, can't stick TRF_ before that.