A few years ago the Celtic League was a bit of a farce because of the fact that with International commitments some of the bigger teams were pretty much unable to compete on a lot of weekends. Thankfully this situation is somewhat resolved these days but unfortunately there still are weekends when many players are missing. This weekend was one of those.

Munster lost at to Glasgow at Thomond Park by 26 points to 20. It was a poor performance by the Munster men who never seemed to get going at all. But it was a well deserved victory for Glasgow.

Leinster were also without their full side and it took it’s toll on them also. The Dragons managed to beat them quite convincingly.

But there was good news for the other Irish sides in the Celtic League last weekend. Firstly on Friday night Ulster got their title hopes back on track with a good win over Edinburgh at Murrayfield. The Ulstermen were always in control of the game and the win sees them climb into 2nd place in the league.

Meanwhile Connacht grabbed only their third win of the season when they saw off the challenge of Llanelli at the Sportsgrounds in Galway. Llanelli had led at half-time but Connacht held them to only a penalty in the 2nd half to run out winners by a margin of 33 points to 19.

The Celtic League takes another break next weekend for the Internationals but when it returns the following weekend I’m sure Munster will be very worried about their league position. They’ve been hugely unconvincing without their star players and they may not be able to afford another below par performance.

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