Munster: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Doug Howlett, 13 Lifeimi Mafi, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Tomas O'Leary, 8 Denis Leamy, 7 David Wallace, 6 Alan Quinlan, 5 Paul O'Connell (capt), 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 Tony Buckley, 2 Denis Fogarty, 1 Marcus Horan. Replacements: 16 Damien Varley, 17 Julien Brugnaut, 18 Darragh Hurley, 19 Mick O'Driscoll, 20 Niall Ronan, 21 Nick Williams, 22 Peter Stringer, 23 Ian Dowling.
Treviso: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Brendan Williams, 13 Alberto Sgarbi, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Andrew Vilk, 10 Marius Goosen, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Dion Kingi, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Benjamin Vermaak, 5 Cornelius van Zyl, 4 Antonio Pavanello, 3 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Michele Rizzo. Replacements: 16 Diego Vidal, 17 Augusto Allori, 18 Pedro di Santo, 19 Enrico Pavanello, 20 Robert Barbieri, 21 Marco Filippucci, 22 Tobias Botes, 23 Fraser Waters.
Date: Saturday, October 17 Kick-off: 13:35 BST Venue: T**nd Park Referee: Jérôme Garces (France) Assistant referees: Patrick Pechambert (France), Jérôme Lamirand (France) Television match official: Daniel Gillet (France)
The teams:
Brive: 15 Fabrice Estebanez, 14 Alexis Palisson, 13 Jamie Noon, 12 Lachlan Mackay, 11 Viliame Waqaseduadua, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Shaun Perry, 8 Antoine Claassen, 7 Vincent Forgues, 6 Gerhard Vosloo, 5 Damien Browne, 4 Christian Short, 3 Pat Barnard, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Davit Kinchagishvili. Replacements: 16 Jean-Philippe Bonrepaux, 17 Petrisor Toderasc, 18 Retief Uys, 19 Simon Azoulai, 20 Jean-Baptiste Pejoine, 21 Luciano Orquera, 22 Ronnie Cooke, 23 Pascal Idieder.
Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Luke Fitzgerald, 11 Isa Nacewa, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Kevin McLaughlin/Malcolm O'Kelly, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Leo Cullen (c)/Malcolm O'Kelly, 3 Mike Ross, 2 John Fogarty, 1 Cian Healy. Replacements: 16 Bernard Jackman, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Ronan McCormack, 19 Malcolm O'Kelly/Devin Toner, 20 Stephen Keogh/Kevin McLaughlin, 21 Simon Keogh, 22 Shaun Berne, 23 Gordon D'Arcy.
Date: Saturday, October 17 Venue: Parc Municipal Kick-off: 16:45 (14:45 GMT) Referee: James Jones (WRU) Assistant referees: Hugh Watkins (WRU), Barrie Gregory (WRU) TMO: Huw Lewis (WRU)
Edinburgh: 15 Chris Paterson, 14 Mark Robertson, 13 Nick De Luca, 12 John Houston, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Mike Blair (capt), 8 Allister Hogg, 7 Roddy Grant, 6 Alan MacDonald, 5 Scott MacLeod, 4 Steve Turnbull, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Kyle Traynor. Replacements: 16 Andrew Kelly, 17 Allan Jacobsen, 18 David Young, 19 Craig Hamilton, 20 Scott Newlands, 21 Greig Laidlaw, 22 Ben Cairns, 23 Steve Jones.
Ulster: 15 Clinton Schifcofske, 14 Timoci Nagusa, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Paddy Wallace (capt), 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Ian Humphreys, 9 Isaac Boss, 8 Robbie Diack, 7 Willie Faloon, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Ryan Caldwell, 4 Ed O'Donoghue, 3 Brendon Botha, 2 Andy Kyriacou, 1 Tom Court. Replacements: 16 Nigel Brady, 17 Bryan Young, 18 Declan Fitzpatrick, 19 Dan Tuohy, 20 Chris Henry, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Ian Whitten, 23 Simon Danielli.
Date: Saturday, October 17 Kick-off: 15:45 BST Venue: Murrayfield Referee: David Pearson (England) Assistant referees: David Rose(England), Paul Dix (England) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)
Have had a punt on Ulster @ 7/4- on a good run of form and this is a real 50/50 game, overpriced imo
Have no interest yet on either of the other 2 games- handicap in the Munster game on the 30/31 point mark - undecided :| They need to score an early try to cover it, if they do, floodgates could open imo, all hinges on the 1st 15 mins
Leinster are a standout 4/7 with WH, fair enough price and i am tempted to go in! Leinster should have too much quality and win by 5 or 6 points imo! Both teams failed to score a try in week 1- Not a fan of Andy Goode and would expect Leinster to show a lot more quality from 10-15!
Have had a punt on Ulster @ 7/4- on a good run of form and this is a real 50/50 game, overpriced imoHave no interest yet on either of the other 2 games- handicap in the Munster game on the 30/31 point mark - undecided :|They need to score an early tr
Have had a punt on Ulster @ 7/4- on a good run of form and this is a real 50/50 game, overpriced imo
Have no interest yet on either of the other 2 games- handicap in the Munster game on the 30/31 point mark - undecided :| They need to score an early try to cover it, if they do, floodgates could open imo, all hinges on the 1st 15 mins
Leinster are a standout 4/7 with WH, fair enough price and i am tempted to go in! Leinster should have too much quality and win by 5 or 6 points imo! Both teams failed to score a try in week 1- Not a fan of Andy Goode and would expect Leinster to show a lot more quality from 10-15!
Have had a punt on Ulster @ 7/4- on a good run of form and this is a real 50/50 game, overpriced imoHave no interest yet on either of the other 2 games- handicap in the Munster game on the 30/31 point mark - undecided :|They need to score an early tr
Edinburgh did lose 2 of their 3 home games in last year's Heineken Cup (only beat Castre who are rubbish on the road) and they've been thumped the last 2 weekends by Osprey (31-10) and Stade (31-7), coming after the 21-19 home defeat to Leinster.
They did beat Ulster at Ravenhill (13-16) in Magners a few weeks back but agree that Ulster come into the game on a high and are definitely overpriced.
Bets for me are
Dutching Ulster to win by 1-5 and 6-10 with Laddies, gives about 3.1/1 on Ulster to win by 1 to 10 points.
And
Draw (HT)- Ulter (FT) @ 25/1 generally
Edinburgh did lose 2 of their 3 home games in last year's Heineken Cup (only beat Castre who are rubbish on the road) and they've been thumped the last 2 weekends by Osprey (31-10) and Stade (31-7), coming after the 21-19 home defeat to Leinster. The
Munster: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Doug Howlett, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Lifeimi Mafi, 11 Denis Hurley, 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Tomas O'Leary, 8 Denis Leamy, 7 David Wallace, 6 Alan Quinlan, 5 Paul O'Connell (c), 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 John Hayes, 2 Denis Fogarty, 1 Wian du Preez. Replacements: 16 Damien Varley, 17 Darragh Hurley, 18 Tony Buckley, 19 Mick O'Driscoll, 20 Donnacha Ryan, 21 Niall Ronan, 22 Peter Stringer, 23 Jean de Villiers.
Perpignan: 15 Jérôme Porical, 14 Farid Sid, 13 David Marty, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Christophe Manas, 10 Gavin Hume, 9 Nicolas Durand, 8 Ovidiu Tonita, 7 Bertrand Guiry, 6 Yoann Vivalda, 5 Robins Tchale Watchou, 4 Olivier Olibeau, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Perry Freshwater. Replacements: 16 Marius Tincu, 17 Jérôme Schuster, 18 Kisi Pulu, 19 Charles Geli, 20 David Mele, 21 Jean-Philippe Grandclaude, 22 Philip Burger.
Date: Friday, December 11 Venue: T**nd Park Kick-off: 20.00 GMT Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) Assistant referees: Ashley Rowden (England), Robin Goodliffe (England) Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)
Munster (1/4) v (25) Perpignan (97/29)
Denis Hurley :0 ??
Munster seem too short here surely? Gotta be worth a lay
Munster: 15 Paul Warwick, 14 Doug Howlett, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Lifeimi Mafi, 11 Denis Hurley, 10 Ronan O'Gara, 9 Tomas O'Leary, 8 Denis Leamy, 7 David Wallace, 6 Alan Quinlan, 5 Paul O'Connell (c), 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 John Hayes, 2 Denis Fogarty,
Poor performance :| got the result though so cant crib too much i suppose!
Could nt believe how poor they were in attack- very one dimensional, Mafi was a passenger for most of the game! ROG back to some bit of form, even though im nt his biggest fan Hurley played well to be fair-Scrums nt the best again either
A lot of work to be done :( Anyway onto tomorrow:
Scarlets: 15 Daniel Evans, 14 Andy Fenby, 13 Sean Lamont, 12 Jonathan Davies, 11 Lee Williams, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Martin Roberts, 8 David Lyons (capt), 7 Richie Pugh, 6 Simon Easterby, 5 Dominic Day, 4 Lou Reed, 3 Deacon Manu, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Iestyn Thomas. Replacements: 16 Emyr Phillips, 17 Phil John, 18 Jamie Corsi, 19 Vernon Cooper, 20 Rob McCusker, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Gareth Maule.
Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Isa Nacewa, 10 Shaun Berne, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Kevin McLaughlin, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Leo Cullen (capt), 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 John Fogarty, 1 Cian Healy. Replacements: 16 Bernard Jackman, 17 Mike Ross, 18 Stan Wright, 19 Malcolm O'Kelly, 20 Stephen Keogh, 21 Paul O'Donohoe, 22 Fergus McFadden, 23 Girvan Dempsey.
Date: Saturday, December 12 Kick-off: 18:00 GMT Venue: Parc y Scarlets Referee: Chris White (England) Assistant referees: Sean Davey (England), Stuart Terheege (England) Television match official: David Mathews (England)
Llanelli Scarlets (13/8) v (20) Leinster (4/7) - (h'cap-4)
Im findin this tough to call ?:|
Poor performance :| got the result though so cant crib too much i suppose! Could nt believe how poor they were in attack- very one dimensional, Mafi was a passenger for most of the game!ROG back to some bit of form, even though im nt his biggest fan
Ulster: 15 Clinton Schifcofske, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 Simon Danelli, 10 Ian Humphreys, 9 Isaac Boss, 8 Chris Henry (capt), 7 David Pollock, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Dan Tuohy, 4 Ed O'Donoghue, 3 Declan Fitzpatrick, 2 Nigel Brady, 1 Tom Court. Replacements: 16 Andy Kyriacou, 17 Bryan Young, 18 Justin Fitzpatrick, 19 Ryan Caldwell, 20 Willie Faloon, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Niall O'Connor, 23 Jamie Smith.
Stade Français: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Ollie Phillips, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Geoffrey Messina, 11 Mark Gasnier, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Pascal Pape, 7 Anthony Burban, 6 James Haskell, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Arnaud Marchois, 3 Sylvain Marconnet, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Rodrigo Roncero (capt). Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 David Attoub, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Pierre Rabadan, 20 Mauro Bergamasco, 21 Noel Oelschig, 22 Guillaume Bousses, 23 Julien Arias.
Date: Saturday, December 12 Kick-off: 13:35 GMT Venue: Ravenhill Referee: Dave Pearson (England) Assistant referees: David Rose (England), Alan**(England) Television match official: Geoff Warren (England) Assessor: Douglas Kerr (Scotland)
Ulster +6 look a bet to me here, just pray Stade dont turn up to play ;)
Think i'll have a tryscorer bet or 2 for interest, will leave the match betting and caps alone! Too close to call imoJonathan Davies anytime 4/1Jamie Heaslip anytime 9/2_________________________________________________________________________________