RaboDirect Pro12 Week Twenty and one upset as Connacht take a good away win at Edinburgh, though they left it till the last five minutes to do it.
Three games Friday night and all going to script as Scarlets saw off Glasgow 29-6. It was already 16-6 by the break and this win keeps Scarlets in touch with the top four spots. At the same time Ulster were securing their top spot witha 31-5 win over the Dragons who are cast adrift with Zebre at the foot of the table. This one was 24-0 at the break. So to Murrayfield and a poor day at the office for the home side going down 24-32, having led 15-13 at half-time. This defeat puts the Scots team in the bottom quarter of the table.
The other three games were all played out on Saturday and first up Cardiff Blues hosted bottom side Zebre and were made to work for their win 28-13. Especially as they led 21-6 at the break, so drawing the second period 7-7 when we all expected them to kick on. The Munster Leinster clash came down to fine margins and it was the visitors who had the luck and took the spoils 16-22. Half-time here was 10-12, but Munster did take the lead in the second period only for BOD to snatch it away with a late try. Last for the weekend and ospreys took an important win against Treviso 28-3 to put them in fourth spot on points difference, though a fourth try would have been helpful. 14-3 at the break meant they score fourteen points in each half and three tries.
So one wrong this week as Connacht won away at Edinburgh. Here are all the results:
Results Week Twenty
Fri 12 Apr 19:05 Scarlets 29-6 Glasgow Parc y Scarlets BBCW
Fri 12 Apr 19:05 Ulster 31-5 Dragons Ravenhill BBCNI
Fri 12 Apr 19:30 Edinburgh 24-32 Connacht Murrayfield
Sat 13 Apr 14:30 Blues 28-13 Zebre Cardiff Arms Park
Sat 13 Apr 18:30 Munster 16-22 Leinster Thomond Park Stadium RTE
Sat 13 Apr 18:30 Ospreys 28-3 Treviso Liberty Stadium S4C
A normal weekend coming up with games from Friday through to Sunday giving some a longer break. Couple of tricky calls, but here are our predictions as usual in bold:
Fixtures Week Twenty One
All times local
Fri 19 Apr 19:00 Dragons v Munster Rodney Parade
Fri 19 Apr 19:35 Glasgow v Ospreys Scotstoun BBC ALBA
Fri 19 Apr 19:45 Connacht v Ulster Sportsground TG4
Fri 19 Apr 20:30 Treviso v Edinburgh Stadio di Monigo SportItalia
Sat 20 Apr 18:30 Scarlets v Blues Parc y Scarlets S4C
Sun 21 Apr 16:00 Zebre v Leinster Stadio del Tricolore SportItalia