Leinster last night slumped to defeat against bottom of the table scottish side, The Borders. Leinster were without their Irish Internationals but despite this still gave a below par performance and gave The Borders only their second win of the season.
Connacht’s hopes of getting the Celtic League play-off spot for the Heineken Cup took a dent today when their leading rivals for the spot, Cardiff Blues, beat them by 18 points to 8 in Galway to move within one point of Connacht in the League.
You can win an RBS Six Nations jersey should you manage to win our Fantasy Six Nations League. To enter simply follow the instructions below.
A 82nd minute penalty from Gavin Henson snatched victory from Ulster and put The Ospreys 5 points ahead of Munster at the top of the League. Ulster will be very dissapointed having outscored the Welshmen by 2 tries to 1.
Declan Kidney has named a squad to face the Borders on Saturday evening. Kidney will narrow down the squad to a final 22 closer to the kick off. Gary Brown, Christian Warner and David Quinlan all return from injury to be included in the squad.
Ulster have announced that on February 11th they will face South African Super 12 side The Blue Bulls. The Bulls finished 6th in the Super 12 table at the end of their 2004 season.
Connacht have made three changes to their side for Saturday’s Celtic League clash with Cardiff at the Sportsground. There is one change in the backs and two in the forwards from last weekend, for this crunch tie as far as Heineken Cup qualification is concerned.
Tyrone Howe will miss his teams trip to Swansea to meet The Ospreys having been forced to pull out after failing a fitness test on a groin injury.
Ulster skipper Andy Ward is to retire from representative rugby at the end of the season. The 34-year-old flanker will officially announce his decision at a news conference on Wednesday when the side to face the Ospreys is revealed.