Rabo Bank pro 12 weekend fixtures

Ospreys: 15 Richard Fussell, 14 Kristian Phillips, 13 Andrew Bishop, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 Hanno Dirksen, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Jonathan Thomas, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Tom Smith, 5 Ian Evans, 4 Ian Gough, 3 Cai Griffiths, 2 Mefin Davies, 1 Duncan Jones.
Replacements: 16 Matthew Dwyer, 17 Ken Dowding, 18 Joe Rees, 19 James King, 20 Morgan Allen, 21 Tom Isaacs, 22 Matthew Morgan, 23 Sonny Parker.

Leinster: 15 Isa Nacewa, 14 Fionn Carr, 13 Eoin O'Malley, 12 Luke Fitzgerald, 11 David Kearney, 10 Mat Berquist, 9 John Cooney, 8 Rhys Ruddock (c), 7 Dominic Ryan, 6 Kevin McLaughlin, 5 Devin Toner, 4 Damian Browne, 3 Jamie Hagan, 2 Richardt Strauss, 1 Heinke van der Merwe.
Replacements: 16 Aaron Dundon, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Jack O'Connell, 19 Mark Flanagan, 20 Leo Auva'a, 21 Cillian Willis, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Brendan Macken.

Date: Friday, September 2
Venue: Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Kick-off: 19:05 (18:05 GMT)
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon


Prices about right i think with a lot of unponderables! - No bet
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Ulster:  15 Adam D'Arcy, 14 Craig Gilroy, 13 Darren Cave, 12 Nevin Spence, 11 Ian Whitten, 10 Ian Humphreys, 9 Paul Marshall, 8 Chris Henry, 7 Willie Faloon, 6 Pedrie Wannenburg, 5 Dan Tuohy, 4 Lewis Stevenson, 3 Jerry Cronin, 2 Andi Kyriacou, 1 Paddy McAllister.
Replacements: 16 Nigel Brady, 17 Conor Carey, 18 Adam Macklin, 19 Neil McComb, 20 Robbie Diack, 21 Ian Porter, 22 Paddy Jackson, 23 Peter Nelson.

Glasgow: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Rob Dewey, 12 Troy Nathan, 11 Colin Shaw, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Colin Gregor, 8 Ryan Wilson, 7 Chris Fusaro, 6 James Eddie, 5 Rob Harley (capt), 4 Tom Ryder, 3 Mike Cusack, 2 Pat MacArthur, 1 Jon Welsh.
Replacements:16 Finlay Gillies, 17 Ryan Grant, 18 Ed Kalman, 19 Nick Campbell, 20 Rory Pitman, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Peter Horne, 23 Federico Aramburu.

Date: Friday, September 2
Venue: Ravenhill
Kick-off: 19:05
Referee: Leighton Hodges
Assistant Referees: Paul Haycock, John Carvill
TMO: Peter Ferguson


Glasgow missing 11 players on duty with Scotland at the World Cup and have 7 injured players on top of that

Ulster have named a decent looking side and had a good win v Harlequins last week - even though the 2 games between these 2 sides were very close last season(Ulster coming out on top on both occasions) i expect Ulster to win handy here

Ulster (-11) 10/11 WH

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Edinburgh: 15 Jim Thompson, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Simon Webster, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Phil Godman, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c), 8 David Denton, 7 Roddy Grant, 6 Sean Cox, 5 Steven Turnbull, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Lewis Niven, 2 Steven Lawrie, 1 Kyle Traynor.
Replacements: Andrew Kelly, 17 Robin Hislop, 18 Jack Gilding, 19 Esteban Lozada, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Chris Leck, 22 Gregor Hunter, 23 John Houston.

Cardiff Blues: 15 Chris Czekaj, 14 Richard Mustoe, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Tom James, 10 Ceri Sweeney, 9 Richie Rees, 8 Andries Pertorius, 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Michael Paterson, 5 Deiniol Jones, 4 James Down, 3 Scott Andrews, 2 T Rhys Thomas ( c ) 1 Sam Hobbs.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Williams, 17 Nathan Trevett, 18 Ryan Harford, 19 Paul Tito, 20 Maama Molitika, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Gareth Davies, 23 Dafydd Hewitt.

Date: Friday, September 2
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 19:05 (18:05 GMT)
Referee: Leo Colgan


Was hoping some1 would stick up some total points markets here but nope!! Not yet anyway - fancy unders

Cardiff missing 8 player at the WC - fancy Edinburgh to come out strong here and put the pressure on early

Edinburgh (+2) 5/6 PP half time handicap

And will have a play on unders total points maybe if priced up

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Munster: J Murphy; D Howlett, D Barnes, L Mafi, D Hurley; I Keatley, P Stringer; M Horan, M Shery, S Archer; B Holland, M O'Driscoll; P O'Mahony, N Ronan, J Coughlan. Replacements: D Varley, W Du Preez, J Hayes, D Foley, T O'Donnell, T O'Leary, S Deasy, S Zebo.

Referee:   Stefano Penne
Asst Referees:  David Wilkinson & Brian MacNiece(IRFU).
Citing Comm: Eugene Ryan (IRFU).
TMO:  Seamus Flannery (IRFU).

Munster: Johne Murphy; Dough Howlett, Danny Barnes, Lifeimi Mafi, Denis Hurley; Ian Keatley, Peter Stringer; Marcus Horan, Mike Shery, Stephen Archer, Billy Holland, Mick O'Driscoll, Peter O'Mahony, Niall Ronan, James Coughlan.

Replacements: Damien Varley, Wian Du Preez, John Hayes, Dave Foley, Tommy O'Donnell, Tomas O'Leary, Scott Deasy, Simon Zebo.

Newport Gwent Dragons: Steffan Jones; Adam Hughes, Tom Riley, Ashley Smith, Mike Poole; Jason Tovey, Joe Bedford; Phil Price, Tom Willis, Ben Castle, Adam Jones, Robert Sidoli, Andrew Coombs, Gavin Thomas, Tom Brown.

Replacements: Rhys Buckley, Nathan Williams, Dan Way, Jevon Groves, Hugo Ellis, Wayne Evans, Pat Leach, Martyn Thomas.

Referee: Stefano Penne (FIR)

Assistant Referees: David Wilkinson, Brian MacNeice (both IRFU)

Citing Commissioner: Eugene Ryan (IRFU)

Television match official: Seamus Flannery (IRFU)



Think its a fair team they have out - dont know a lot about some of the Dragons players but its hard to see that Munster team hammering them

Tonights Treble

Harlequins +2 @ 10/11
Ulster -12 @ 10/11
Ospreys -2 @ 10/11

Shocking stuff from Leinster opening night - not a great way to start the season.

Wd on the Ulster bet BJG - it won and that's what counts.

Good luck with Quins TF

Quins win but made it hard on themselves, had a nice bet but made me sweat all the way - were the much better team but gave away a few handy scores to keep Irish in touch, a few Irish players shuda seen yellow too, ref was very lenient with them the 2nd half

wd on the treble tradefair

Exeter held on to win BJG 30-28 ....great win for them in Welford road

Munster win 20-12

wd mick

A good first half performance but were v poor the 2nd half. Not convinced by Keatley myself

Discipline was poor too - 3 sin bins, was 13 v 15 for a while the 2nd half so prob did well to win the game!