RaboDirect Pro12 Week Ninteen and no major surprises, though the power of Leinster at home is not what it was as they lost to Ulster.
Two Friday evening games as first up Zebre hosted Edinburgh and only went down 7-9. Another small crowd saw their side miss out narrowly as the crossbar denied them a late drop goal. 7-6 at the break and loads of wasted effort from Edinburgh saw them sneak home in the end. Then to Scotland and Glasgow Warriors handing out a lesson to Munster with six tries to three as they won 51-24. It was still all to play for at half-time as the home side led 20-14 in front of 5,700 happy fans watching their team climb back on top of the table.
So to Easter Saturday and first up Newport Gwent Dragons hosting the Scarlets and going down 20-28 in front of a big crowd at the Millennium Stadium, it was all tied up at 10-10 at half-time but the home fans went home without even a bonus point. next up the Blues Ospreys and Cardiff continue to struggle as Ospreys took the points with a 16-23 win. Though they did win the second period 6-3 as at the break it was 10-20. Last up and to Dublin where 18,500 saw Ulster turn over Leinster at home 18-22. Leinster led at the break 12-8 but could not hange on in the second period, perhaps they are saving themselves for the Heineken Cup next week.
The other game between Treviso and Connacht was postponed.
So two wrong this week as Ulster won away at Leinster and Glasgow Warriors did for Munster. Here are all the results:
Results Week Ninteen
Fri 29 Mar 19:00 Zebre 7-9 Edinburgh Stadio XXV Aprile SportItalia
Fri 29 Mar 20:05 Glasgow 51-24 Munster Scotstoun BBC ALBA
Sat 30 Mar 14:30 Dragons 20-28 Scarlets Millennium Stadium BBCW
Sat 30 Mar 17:15 Blues 16-23 Ospreys Millennium Stadium S4C
Sat 30 Mar 18:15 Leinster 18-22 Ulster Royal Dublin Society RTE
Sat 30 Mar 20:00 Treviso P Connacht Stadio di Monigo SportItalia
A break for a couple of weeks so some tough calls, but here are our predictions as usual in bold:
Fixtures Week Twenty
All times local
Fri 12 Apr 19:05 Scarlets v Glasgow Parc y Scarlets BBCW
Fri 12 Apr 19:05 Ulster v Dragons Ravenhill BBCNI
Fri 12 Apr 19:30 Edinburgh v Connacht Murrayfield
Sat 13 Apr 14:30 Blues v Zebre Cardiff Arms Park
Sat 13 Apr 18:30 Munster v Leinster Thomond Park Stadium RTE
Sat 13 Apr 18:30 Ospreys v Treviso Liberty Stadium S4C