All the details of the Round 11 games
Friday 26 November
EDINBURGH RUGBY v MUNSTER
At Murrayfield, 7.30pm - Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)
HEAD TO HEAD - RECENT MEETINGS
Friday 17 August 2001 (Celtic League) at Myreside
Edinburgh Rugby 22: Duncan Hodge(4P) Simon Taylor(T) Gordon Ross(C/P)
Munster 25: Jeremy Staunton(C/5P) Jason Holland(D) David Wallace(T)
Friday 13 September 2002 (Celtic League) at Meadowbank Edinburgh Rugby 21: Brendan Laney(C/2P) Derrick Lee(T) Chris Paterson(T) Duncan Hodge(D)
Munster 28: Jeremy Staunton(C/7P) Rob Henderson(T)
Friday 7 November 2003 (Celtic League) at Meadowbank
Edinburgh Rugby 20: Andrew Dall(T) Allister Hogg(T) Brendan Laney(2C/2P)
Munster 9: Conrad O'Sullivan(3P)
Friday 16 April 2004 (Celtic League) at Musgrave Park
Munster 17: Shaun Payne(T) Jason Holland(4P)
Edinburgh Rugby 28: Allister Hogg(T) Hugo Southwell(T) Todd Blackadder(T) Alasdair Strokosch(T) Alistair Warnock(C/2P)
PREVIEW
Edinburgh's narrow 17-16 victory over the Dragons at Rodney Parade brought to an end a three match losing run. They have however suffered back to back defeats at Murrayfield - to the Dragons in the European Cup and the Ospreys in the Celtic League. Munster have strung together a run of six successive victories in the Celtic League and climbed from 9th place to 2nd in the table in the process. The Irishmen have won on their last three visits to Scotland but this is their first match on the famous Murrayfield turf. Edinburgh did the double over Munster in the Celtic League last season to gain some revenge for two Munster wins in the competition in 2001 and 2002.
Friday 26 November
LEINSTER v GLASGOW RUGBY
At Donnybrook, 7.30pm - Referee: Neil Ballard (WRU)
HEAD TO HEAD - RECENT MEETINGS
Friday 26 November 1999 (European Cup) at Hughenden
Glasgow Rugby 29: Shaun Longstaff(2T) Tommy Hayes(T/3C/P) Roland Reid(T)
Leinster 17: Mark McHugh(2C/P) Shane Byrne(T) Penalty Try(T)
Friday 7 January 2000 (European Cup) at Donnybrook
Leinster 44: Peter McKenna(T) Denis Hickie(T) Brian O'Driscoll(T) John
McWeeney(T) Emmet Farrell(T/4C/2P) Gary Halpin(T)
Glasgow Rugby 17: Glenn Metcalfe(T) Tommy Hayes(2C/P) Gordon Simpson(T)
Friday 17 August 2001 (Celtic League) at Donnybrook
Leinster 39: Girvan Dempsey(T) Gordon D'Arcy(T) Andy Dunne(T) Brian
O'Meara(3C/6P)
Glasgow Rugby 11: Tommy Hayes(2P) Andy Nicol(T)
Friday 7 December 2001 (Celtic League Semi-final) at Lansdowne Road Leinster 35: Girvan Dempsey(T) Denis Hickie(T) Brian O'Driscoll(T) Shane
Horgan(T) Nathan Spooner(3C/2P) Brian O'Meara(P)
Glasgow Rugby 13: Michael Bartlett(T) Tommy Hayes(C/2P)
Friday 6 September 2002 (Celtic League) at Hughenden
Glasgow Rugby 25: Stuart Moffatt(T) Jon Steel(T) Tommy Hayes(T/C/2P) Calvin
Howarth(C)
Leinster 21: Kieran Lewis(T) Brian O'Meara(C/3P) Ben Gissing(T)
Friday 31 October 2003 (Celtic League) at Hughenden
Glasgow Rugby 10: Rory McKay(T) Calvin Howarth(C) Dan Parks(P)
Leinster 31: Peter McKenna(T) Gordon D'Arcy(T) Aidan Kearney(T) Brian
O'Meara(2C/4P)
Friday 2 April 2004 (Celtic League) at Donnybrook
Leinster 31: Ben Gissing(T) James Norton(T) James Downey(T) Brian
O'Meara(2C/4P)
Glasgow Rugby 30: Glenn Metcalfe(T) Dan Parks(T/3C/3P) Gordon Bulloch(T)
PREVIEW
Leinster had a bye week last week, with their 22-24 loss to the Scarlets at Wrexham last time out ending a three match winning run. Leinster are undefeated in their last ten home matches since losing 18-22 to Cardiff Blues at Donnybrook in March. Glasgow beat the Scarlets 40-29 at Hughenden last Friday. They have not won on the road since they beat The Borders 10-7 at Melrose on 7 September, but their last win outside Scotland in the competition was 31-25 over Newport RFC at Rodney Parade in September 2002.
The sides have been regular protagonists over the years with Glasgow winning just two of the seven meetings in all competitions, and Leinster taking both meetings last term.
Friday 26 November
THE BORDERS v CARDIFF BLUES
At Netherdale, 7.30pm - Referee: Marshall Kilgore (IRFU)
HEAD TO HEAD - RECENT MEETINGS
Friday 26 September 2003 (Celtic League) at Netherdale
The Borders 22: Kevin Utterson(T) Gareth Morton(C/4P) Clark Laidlaw(D)
Cardiff Blues 20: Donavan Van Vuuren(T) Nick Macleod(D) Nick Robinson(4P)
Friday 27 February 2004 (Celtic League) at Arms Park
Cardiff Blues 59: Jamie Robinson(4T) Jim Brownrigg(T) Jonny Vaughton(T) Tom
Shanklin(T) Craig Quinnell(T) Nick Robinson(T/6C) Nick Macleod(C)
The Borders 13: Craig Moir(T) Gareth Morton(C/2P)
PREVIEW
The Borders' last win in the Celtic League was 40-29 over Connacht on 5 March. The Borders have lost their last eleven matches against Welsh opponents since they beat the Ospreys at Netherdale 22-16 in November 2003. Cardiff Blues two match winning run came to a halt at Ravenhill last Friday, but the Blues have not won away from home in their last nine matches since overcoming Leinster at Donnybrook last March.
When the two sides met last season each team won its respective home match
- 22-20 to the Borders in September and 59-13 to the Blues in February.
Sunday 28 November
CONNACHT v NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS
At Galway Sportsground, 1.05pm live on Setanta Ireland and S4C - Referee: Andrew Ireland (SRU)
HEAD TO HEAD - RECENT MEETINGS
Sunday 23 November 2003 (Celtic League) at Rodney Parade
The Dragons 28: Steve Jones(T) Ben Breeze(T) Hal Luscombe(T) Lee
Jarvis(2C/3P)
Connacht 19: Bernard Jackman(T) Mark McHugh(C/4P)
Saturday 1 May 2004 (Celtic League) at Sportsground
Connacht 14: Matt Mostyn(2T) Eric Elwood(2C)
The Dragons 32: Nathan Brew(T) Percy Montgomery(T/3C/2P) Hal Luscombe(T) Craig Warlow(T)
PREVIEW
Connacht are going for a third successive win over Welsh opponents following victories at the Scarlets and the Ospreys. They have however only won one of their last seven home matches against teams from the Principality since September 2002 - 24-21 over the Ospreys in Galway last April. Newport Gwent Dragons have now slipped to back to back defeats against Munster and Edinburgh, however the Dragons have never suffered three losses in a row in the Celtic League. The Dragons have already won in Ireland this season courtesy of a 28-21 win over Ulster last month. The Dragons won both meetings against Connacht last season - 28-19 in Newport in November and 32-14 in Galway in May.
Sunday 28 November
LLANELLI SCARLETS v ULSTER
At Stradey Park, 6pm live on BBC Wales and Setanta Ireland - Referee: Mike Hall (SRU)
LLANELLI SCARLETS v ULSTER
HEAD TO HEAD - RECENT MEETINGS
Friday 6 February 2004 (Celtic League) at Ravenhill
Ulster 10: Bryn Cunningham(T) Adam Larkin(C/P)
Llanelli Scarlets 9: Gareth Bowen(2P) Mike Phillips(D)
Friday 14 May 2004 (Celtic League) at Stradey Park
Llanelli Scarlets 23: Matthew Watkins(T) Stephen Jones(D/5P)
Ulster 16: Neil McMillan(T) David Humphreys(C/3P)
PREVIEW
Llanelli Scarlets have won just one of their past seven matches - the nail biting 24-22 victory over Leinster at the Racecourse Ground two weeks ago. At Stradey Park the Scarlets have slipped to three defeats in their past four matches.
Ulster have secured back to back wins over the Borders and Cardiff Blues, and have amassed 12 league points from their four away trips this season whilst tallying just 5 from their five games at Ravenhill! Each side won its respective home match when the two sides met in the Celtic League last season - Ulster victorious 10-9 at Ravenhill and the Scarlets exacting revenge 23-16 at Stradey Park on the final weekend of the season.