The end of the 2011/12 RaboDirect PRO12 season is fast approaching, and the first team to claim a place in the Play-Offs has been confirmed; Leinster, with an unassailable lead of 73 points, have booked themselves a home slot and number 1 seeding. Their opponents are still undecided, and with just seven points separating the […]
The pick of the round must be the game at Musgrave Park on Saturday night, when third place Munster take on fourth placed Glasgow Warriors. Both teams are level in the table on 56 points, defeat for either could leave the way open for fifth placed Ulster, just one point behind on 55, to leapfrog […]
With just three rounds of the regular season left, the position at the top of the RaboDirect PRO12 has, if anything, become even tighter. The two Welsh Regions losses to the two Scottish teams has severely hampered their changes of making it into the top four, whilst Leinster returned to their winning ways beating reigning […]
The top of the table clash between Munster and Leinster must be the pick of this weekend’s Rabodirect PRO12 Round 19 games. Having lost their impressive unbeaten run to Ospreys last week, Leinster will want to avoid a second defeat that could cut their lead at the top of the table and potentially affect their […]
1sts suffer heavy defeat at Skerries in first round robin game Beaten by a better team on the day though some refereeing decisions did not help. Two players ill and two returning from long term injuries also disrupted the side and we never were really in the game after the first 10-15 minutes. Disappointing all […]
As the two outstanding fixtures, Aironi v Munster, and Newport Gwent Dragons v Cardiff Blues, have been played since the last full round of the RaoDirect PRO12, fixtures, all teams have now completed 17 games. However the results did not have any impact on the positions of teams in the table, and both losing sides, […]