Unless you won’t consider first v third a big game.
Glasgow are the form team in the league with seven straight wins, the last five of which have been won with a bonus point.
They lead the league on points difference, but Leinster have their own six-strong winning run to protect and they’ll desperately want to keep moving up the table to ease the blow of falling out of Europe’s top competition.
Suddenly the northern province is second in the table, but they can welcome back Jared Payne, Johann Muller and Paddy Jackson to help them make hay while Leinster and Glasgow knock lumps out of one another.
The trip to Edinburgh heads up a fixture list which will send them to face Leinster and Saracens away from home.
Another thing Ireland matches haven’t really been providing of late. Meanwhile the provinces continue to pose challenge at every level they set their targets on.
10. You might see some really, really cool stuff like this from Nikola Matawalu.
Watch from the start for all of his highlights from the win over Ulster, or skip to 3:05 for the try-of-the-season contender.
YouTube: Rugby Career
11. Make sure you’re on the bandwagon before it starts to roll.
European quarter-final weekend is just 15 days away. Make sure you know how everyone is shaping up before Sky’s cameras come a knocking.
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2. Leinster fans / everybody, you won’t get many more chances to see this genius at work.
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3. There’s a derby on!
Currently, seven points off fourth, Munster need all hands to the pump if they are to make a play-off push.
A win could spring Connacht up to seventh, just one place (albeit still at least six points) behind the southern province.
The battle for the right to sing ‘The Fields…’ ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan
4. There’s a top-of the-table clash.
Unless you won’t consider first v third a big game.
Glasgow are the form team in the league with seven straight wins, the last five of which have been won with a bonus point.
They lead the league on points difference, but Leinster have their own six-strong winning run to protect and they’ll desperately want to keep moving up the table to ease the blow of falling out of Europe’s top competition.
5. This man will be playing…
©INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan
…and there’s plenty still to come from this guy.
©INPHO/Dan Sheridan
7. Ulster begin three tough weeks on the road.
Suddenly the northern province is second in the table, but they can welcome back Jared Payne, Johann Muller and Paddy Jackson to help them make hay while Leinster and Glasgow knock lumps out of one another.
The trip to Edinburgh heads up a fixture list which will send them to face Leinster and Saracens away from home.
©INPHO/Dan Sheridan
8. You can actually enjoy the game..
Watching Ireland brings on a wide array of intense emotions, but happiness or satisfaction have been missing in action since Dunedin.
The saddest fans in the world. ©INPHO/Colm O’Neill
… and your team might win.
Another thing Ireland matches haven’t really been providing of late. Meanwhile the provinces continue to pose challenge at every level they set their targets on.
10. You might see some really, really cool stuff like this from Nikola Matawalu.
Watch from the start for all of his highlights from the win over Ulster, or skip to 3:05 for the try-of-the-season contender.
YouTube: Rugby Career
11. Make sure you’re on the bandwagon before it starts to roll.
European quarter-final weekend is just 15 days away. Make sure you know how everyone is shaping up before Sky’s cameras come a knocking.
©INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan
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