Leinster failed tonight in their attempt to narrow the gap on Celtic League leaders The Ospreys when they lost in Wales by a margin of 11 points to 3.

Michael Bradley has named his side for Saturday afternoon when Connacht, looking to make it three wins in a row, take on Edinburgh in Galway.

With just over a week to go until the first of Munster’s Heineken Cup games, coach Alan Gaffney has just one injury worry, that of second-row Donncha O’Callaghan who picked up an injury when he returned from International training.

Ulster coach Mark McCall has made three changes to his pack for Saturday’s Celtic League game away to Glasgow. Ulster will be looking for a win to improve their standings in the League before the Heineken Cup begins next weekend. Ulster who finished second last year have struggled this season even having lost three home games.

Leinster coach Declan Kidney has named his Leinster side, for Friday nights top of the table clash with the Neath-Swansea Ospreys. The Ospreys have six wins from six in the Celtic League so Leinster have quite a job to do.

Last night Leinster retook second place in the Celtic League following their victory over Edinburgh at Donnybrook. The Leinster win was due in the main part to the efforts of Denis Hickie, who picked up two tries after coming on in the second half.

With Munster only two weeks away from their first game of the Heineken Cup, they were looking for a good win at Glasgow. They got the win but it’s very doubtful that coach Alan Gaffney wanted it to be this close.

Last season Connacht stunned Llanelli when they travelled to Stradley Park, becoming the only team to win there in the Celtic League last season, but no-one thought lightening would strike twice, but that’s what did happen when an impressive Connacht stunned Llanelli with a well deserved 29 points to 21 victory.

Ulster’s woes continued last night with their third successive loss at Ravenhill, a ground where until recently they looked invincible. Ulster never looked like they were going to win the match but did manage to lead after a scrappy first half with h David Humphreys notching two penalties for the first side and Ceri Sweeney hitting the Dragons score.

Ulster flanker Neil McMillan is out for the rest of the season and will undergo reconstruction to his knee. McMillan had a second exploratory operation on his left knee on Wednesday and it was found that he had torn his anterior cruciate ligament.