Munster Rugby v Edinburgh Match Programme
United Rugby Championship | We take a look at tonight's URC opposition and get the lowdown on their season so far with a tough challenge ahead come kick-off at Thomond Park. Get the latest news from around the province on and off the field with the activities stepping up each week as restrictions lift across the country. We hear from Academy prop Mark Donnelly on his journey so far and take at look at the representative sides in Six Nations action. The positive updates continue on the contract front with the latest players signing up to Munster, and finally we get the inside track from Stephen Larkham and Simon Zebo as we look forward to returning to Thomond Park tonight.
United Rugby Championship | We take a look at tonight's URC opposition and get the lowdown on their season so far with a tough challenge ahead come kick-off at Thomond Park.
Get the latest news from around the province on and off the field with the activities stepping up each week as restrictions lift across the country.
We hear from Academy prop Mark Donnelly on his journey so far and take at look at the representative sides in Six Nations action.
The positive updates continue on the contract front with the latest players signing up to Munster, and finally we get the inside track from Stephen Larkham and Simon Zebo as we look forward to returning to Thomond Park tonight.
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ROUND 12 PREVIEW<br />
Another exciting round of action lies ahead<br />
in the United <strong>Rugby</strong> Championship with the<br />
competition's leading six teams all in action.<br />
With just two points separating first to fourth<br />
places, jockeying for position continues in<br />
fascinating fashion.<br />
Friday night's action revolves around<br />
Limerick with fifth tackling fourth as <strong>Munster</strong><br />
face <strong>Edinburgh</strong>.<br />
<strong>Munster</strong>’s four-game winning run in all<br />
competitions ended with a 13-11 defeat<br />
against Glasgow last Friday. But they now<br />
return to Thomond Park, where they have<br />
won their last seven matches since Connacht<br />
defeated them during last season's Rainbow<br />
Cup. <strong>Edinburgh</strong>, though, are no strangers to<br />
winning in Limerick and they were the last<br />
Scottish side to achieve that feat with a 14-<br />
13 success just over seven years ago. But<br />
their only victory over an Irish province in<br />
two years was by a solitary point against<br />
Connacht in March last year.<br />
Leaders Ulster, one point ahead of<br />
Leinster, head to Newport on Sunday for<br />
a Rodney Parade appointment with the<br />
Dragons. Leinster, though, will already<br />
have leapfrogged them by then if they beat<br />
sixth-placed Ospreys in Dublin on Saturday<br />
evening. Glasgow, currently third, are also in<br />
action on Saturday, entertaining Benetton,<br />
while the Scarlets host Connacht.<br />
|TABLE<br />
POS TEAM PL W D L PF PA DIFF TF TA TB LB PTS<br />
1 ULSTER RUGBY 10 7 0 3 241 160 81 32 20 6 2 36<br />
2 LEINSTER RUGBY 9 7 0 2 272 121 151 38 13 6 1 35<br />
3 GLASGOW WARRIORS 10 7 0 3 253 188 65 33 19 5 2 35<br />
4 EDINBURGH RUGBY 10 6 1 3 231 173 58 32 22 6 2 34<br />
5 MUNSTER RUGBY 9 6 0 3 220 137 83 28 12 4 2 30<br />
6 OSPREYS 10 6 0 4 203 238 -35 17 31 1 1 26<br />
7 DHL STORMERS 9 4 2 3 183 171 12 21 21 2 1 23<br />
8 BENETTON 9 4 1 4 193 205 -12 24 29 3 2 23<br />
9 CELL C SHARKS 9 4 1 4 223 230 -7 24 28 2 1 21<br />
10 CONNACHT RUGBY 10 4 0 6 238 253 -15 31 35 3 1 20<br />
11 CARDIFF RUGBY 7 4 0 3 159 175 -16 15 18 1 1 18<br />
12 VODACOM BULLS 9 3 0 3 168 213 -45 20 23 3 3 18<br />
13 SCARLETS 7 3 0 4 157 206 -49 20 29 3 1 16<br />
14 EMIRATES LIONS 9 2 0 7 177 254 -77 19 33 3 1 12<br />
15 DRAGONS 8 1 1 6 144 187 -43 16 20 2 3 11<br />
16 ZEBRE PARMA 7 0 0 7 83 234 -151 10 34 1 0 1<br />
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