Guinness Pro12 2015/2016 Season thread

thomond2006

Zebre folded. TBP win for Edinburgh.

Buer

Munster vs Edinburgh could be huge.

vienne86

phog wrote: »

This might already be posted but I just saw it on Twitter now.

Simon Thomas of Wales Online interviews Martin Anayi Pro12 MD

That's an excellent article.

neelia11

thomond2006 wrote: »

Zebre folded. TBP win for Edinburgh.

zebre nilled again. Thats 160-0 in their last four away games apparently

neelia11

Buer wrote: »

Munster vs Edinburgh could be huge.

Leinster v Munster
Connacht v Glasgow
Munster v Edinburgh
Munster v scarlets
Connacht v Munster
Ulster v Leinster

All huge games now with so much at stake

CatFromHue

neelia11 wrote: »

zebre nilled again. Thats 160-0 in their last four away games apparently

their next 3 games are home and away to Glasgow with a home game against Ulster in the middle.

I think we could be looking at a record minus points difference and or record least points scored.

jm08

Could be good news for the Pro12. RTE's new Director General is on the board of Munster Rugby. Hopefully that might encourage Ryle to get the finger out with regard to rugby content shown on RTE the next time the media rights come up.

Buer

F*ckin' Dublin meeja!

neelia11

scarlets 10-0 down after 12 minutes against the blues.

neelia11

scarlets 6-15 now. blues have two tries. 25 gone

whatawaster

All the Welsh teams play lovely rugby, it's just a pity they don't have a national team coach who would let them express themselves more

b.gud

18 - 9 to the Blues at half time, if they win it would be a great result for the Irish teams

neelia11

b.gud wrote: »

18 - 9 to the Blues at half time, if they win it would be a great result for the Irish teams

A TBP win for blues puts them 3 behind munster if munster get zero tonight.

irishbucsfan

I don't remember Warburton playing like this for Cardiff for a long time...

neelia11

28-15 to the blues now, 3 tries. cant see a way back for scarlets

ClanofLams

28 15 to Cardiff at the moment. Very impressive performance

neelia11

scarlets just won a scrum against the head in the blues 5m line and got over, game on again. 6 behind with 8 minutes left.

irishbucsfan

It's getting tasty as well. It's almost as if some of them care!

Dave_The_Sheep

Down to 14 men as well now, the Blues. Could be an interesting finish.

neelia11

6 to go and blues down to 14

neelia11

blues hang on. cardiff have dragons, ospreys and embra left. they could win all three of those games.

irishbucsfan

If this is what Cardiff are going to bring for the rest of the season then it's certainly possible they can save their season.

irishbucsfan

I'd be interested to know when was the last time Sam Warburton was man of the match in a Pro 12 game

ClanofLams

16 14 Treviso leading Glasgow at half time. Come on the Italians!

neelia11

ClanofLams wrote: »

16 14 Treviso leading Glasgow at half time. Come on the Italians!

21-16 to glasgow now.

neelia11

63 Leinster [Embra and Treviso at home wins should be enough for home semi as glasgow have to play connacht]
63 Connacht
61 Glasgow *
58 Scarlets
55 Ulster
53 Munster
52 Edinburgh
48 Blues


* Assuming they TBP Zebre. Three games to go.

connachta

neelia11 wrote: »

63 Leinster [Embra and Treviso at home wins should be enough for home semi as glasgow have to play connacht]
63 Connacht
61 Glasgow *
58 Scarlets
55 Ulster
53 Munster
52 Edinburgh
48 Blues


* Assuming they TBP Zebre. Three games to go.

Connacht-Glasgow may well be a double header, last regular season game and semi final, home team determined by the 1st result

neelia11

connachta wrote: »

Connacht-Glasgow may well be a double header, last regular season game and semi final, home team determined by the 1st result

if connacht lose to munster and glasgow they could be RDS bound for the semi final

connachta

neelia11 wrote: »

if connacht lose to munster and glasgow they could be RDS bound for the semi final

Probably only if we finish 4th .. Maybe. Would prefer Glasgow home or away though

neelia11

connachta wrote: »

Probably only if we finish 4th .. Maybe. Would prefer Glasgow home or away though

glasgow could top the table .....

connachta

Anyway semi final for Connacht is more and more likely and would be massive, bottom of the league 5 years ago

connachta

neelia11 wrote: »

glasgow could top the table .....

I know, but I think Leinster will probably

CatFromHue

Glasgow are away to Zebre next week so should get the tbp and jump into third on 60 points.

neelia11

connachta wrote: »

I know, but I think Leinster will probably

Leinster get 10 points from 3 games puts them on 73. [Embra 4, Ulster 1, Treviso 5]

Glasgow get 18 points from 4 games puts them on 74 [they have zebre twice and scarlets away before connacht away]. Its more likely IMO glasgow could top the table.

connachta

neelia11 wrote: »

Leinster get 10 points from 3 games puts them on 73. [Embra 4, Ulster 1, Treviso 5]

Glasgow get 18 points from 4 games puts them on 74 [they have zebre twice and scarlets away before connacht away]. Its more likely IMO glasgow could top the table.

I don't think Glasgow will get 18 out of 20, and do think Leinster can have BP in Embra. They are my favourite

neelia11

connachta wrote: »

I don't think Glasgow will get 18 out of 20, and do think Leinster can have BP in Embra. They are my favourite

Glasgow have a lot of momentum building now and the two zebre games wont slow that. Scarlets might but they cant defend so can see Glasgow maintaining that. Either way the connacht v glasgow game is going to be huge

thomond2006

Leinster 63
Connacht 63
Scarlets 58
Glasgow 56 (-1)
Ulster 55
Munster 53
Edinburgh 52
Cardiff 48
Ospreys 44
Dragons 26
Zebre 19 (-1)
Treviso 16

Connacht: Munster (H) Treviso (A), Glasgow (H)

Leinster: Edinburgh (H), Ulster (A), Treviso (H)

Scarlets: Glasgow (H), Dragons (N), Munster (A)

Munster: Connacht (A), Edinburgh (H), Scarlets (H)

Ulster: Zebre (A), Leinster (H), Ospreys (A)

Glasgow: Zebre (A), Scarlets (A), Zebre (H), Connacht (A)

Edinburgh: Leinster (A), Munster (A), Cardiff (H)

Cardiff: Dragons (H), Ospreys (N), Edinburgh (A)

The next week of fixtures has the following 8 pointers:
- Leinster vs Edinburgh
- Scarlets vs Glasgow
- Connacht vs Munster

irishbucsfan

I used to prefer back when we got the Thomond predictions as well...

Stheno

Excuse my stupidity, but what is an eight pointer?

irishbucsfan

Stheno wrote: »

Excuse my stupidity, but what is an eight pointer?

It's a game between close rivals in the league. Because a win is worth 4 points it's almost like the game is worth 8 points (because you gain 4 while your opponent stays still)

wp_rathead

Stheno wrote: »

Excuse my stupidity, but what is an eight pointer?

Basically when teams are very close in the league - the winning team will win 4 points and the loser will lose out on getting 4 potential points
Gets messy when BP are included mind ha

neelia11

Cardiff get tbp over dragons and munster lose and get 0 in galway and they drop out of euro spots.

Rigor Mortis

Notional inter-provincial table after round 5 of games

Leinster 8 +37
Ulster 4 +4
Munster 4 -20
Connacht 4 -21

Its a shame they don't award that trophy any more

bilston

thomond2006 wrote: »

Leinster 63
Connacht 63
Scarlets 58
Glasgow 56 (-1)
Ulster 55
Munster 53
Edinburgh 52
Cardiff 48
Ospreys 44
Dragons 26
Zebre 19 (-1)
Treviso 16

Connacht: Munster (H) Treviso (A), Glasgow (H)

Leinster: Edinburgh (H), Ulster (A), Treviso (H)

Scarlets: Glasgow (H), Dragons (N), Munster (A)

Munster: Connacht (A), Edinburgh (H), Scarlets (H)

Ulster: Zebre (A), Leinster (H), Ospreys (A)

Glasgow: Zebre (A), Scarlets (A), Zebre (H), Connacht (A)

Edinburgh: Leinster (A), Munster (A), Cardiff (H)

Cardiff: Dragons (H), Ospreys (N), Edinburgh (A)

The next week of fixtures has the following 8 pointers:
- Leinster vs Edinburgh
- Scarlets vs Glasgow
- Connacht vs Munster

Yeah three huge games there and not just for the sides involved but for Ulster as well.

The Pro 12 really does step up post 6Ns. Pity it wasn't like this the rest of the season!

neelia11

bilston wrote: »

Yeah three huge games there and not just for the sides involved but for Ulster as well.

The Pro 12 really does step up post 6Ns. Pity it wasn't like this the rest of the season!

Cardiff v Dragons has a bit on it for Cardiff [TBP is vital] but a dragons win would be huge for munster, ulster

neelia11

Just looking at the remaining fixtures and they favour leinster hugely. 4 points v embra and 5 v treviso should be enough for a home semi. Glasgow play scarlets and connacht.

Is it PD which separates two sides level on points?

awec

neelia11 wrote: »

Just looking at the remaining fixtures and they favour leinster hugely. 4 points v embra and 5 v treviso should be enough for a home semi. Glasgow play scarlets and connacht.

Is it PD which separates two sides level on points?

No, matches won and then points difference after that.

errlloyd

awec wrote: »

No, matches won and then points difference after that.

Great news for Leinster surely.

neelia11

errlloyd wrote: »

Great news for Leinster surely.

yeah both are provided leinster beat embra and treviso.

irishbucsfan

I think Connacht can and should win their remaining 3 games. Munster at home would be the toughest but I think Connacht should be aiming to take 4 points from that game. If they follow that up with wins over Treviso and Glasgow they'll finish top of the league. I think it's more likely than Leinster beating Ulster.