There are two other games on Friday night - with Edinburgh's visit to Ulster also broadcast by Setanta. Both teams were buoyed by much needed victories last weekend, and Edinburgh, who have already beaten the Ulstermen at Murrayfield this season, will be looking for their first ever double over the province when they travel to Ravenhill.
The third game of the weekend is in Galway where Connacht face Glasgow Warriors. Defeat to Ulster last Friday leaves the men from the West of Ireland at the foot of the table, while in contrast Glasgow are 11 points better off in fifth place and will be looking for a fourth straight victory over Connacht.
Friday 30 November
CONNACHT v GLASGOW WARRIORS
At Sportsground, 6.30pm.
Referee: Neil Ballard (WRU). Touch Judges: D Wilkinson (IRFU), M Black (IRFU)
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HEAD TO HEAD - PREVIOUS LEAGUE MEETINGS |
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Date |
Venue |
C |
G |
Connacht scorers |
Glasgow Warriors scorers |
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Sat 1 Dec 01 |
Sportsground (QF) |
29 |
34 |
Ted Robinson(T) Wayne Munn(T) Eric Elwood(2C/D/4P) |
James McLaren(T) Tommy Hayes(T/4C/2P) Jason White(T) Gareth Flockhart(T) |
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Fri 25 Oct 02 |
Hughenden |
7 |
29 |
Mark McHugh(C) Dan McFarland(T) |
Stuart Moffat(T) Calvin Howarth(T/C/4P) Donnie Macfadyen(T) |
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Fri 26 Sep 03 |
Hughenden |
30 |
19 |
Mike Walls(T) Matt Mostyn(T) Conor McPhillips(T) Mark McHugh(3C/3P) |
Joe Beardshaw(T) Lee Harrison(T) Dan Parks(2C) Graeme Morrison(T) |
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Sat 28 Feb 04 |
Sportsground |
28 |
28 |
Conor McPhillips(2T) Mark McHugh(T) Eric Elwood(2C/3P) |
Sean Lamont(T) Glenn Metcalfe(T) Alan Bulloch(T) Calvin Howarth(3P) Dan Parks(2C) |
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Sat 4 Sep 04 |
Sportsground |
31 |
15 |
Matt Lacey(T) Paul Warwick(T/3C/P) Matt Mostyn(T) John Muldoon(T) Eric Elwood(C) |
Dan Parks(T/C/P) Kenny Logan(T) |
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Fri 17 Dec 04 |
Hughenden |
0 |
35 |
- |
Sean Lamont(2T) Kevin Tkachuk(T) Donnie Macfadyen(T) Calvin Howarth(2C/3P) Dan Parks(C) |
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Fri 4 Nov 05 |
Hughenden |
15 |
30 |
Andrew Farley(T) Conor McPhillips(T) Paul Warwick(C/P) |
Graydon Staniforth(T) Dan Turner(T) Colin Gregor(T/3C/3P) |
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Fri 26 May 06 |
Sportsground |
33 |
7 |
Matt Lacey(T) John Fogarty(T) Chris Keane(T) David Gannon(T) David Slemen(T) Mark McHugh(4C) |
Sam Pinder(T) Colin Gregor(C) |
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Fri 3 Nov 06 |
Hughenden |
34 |
39 |
Paul Warwick(P) Mark McHugh(C/D/2P) Darren Yapp(T) Brendan O'Connor(T) Ray Ofisa Treviranus(T) Danny Riordan(T) |
John Barclay(T) Francisco Leonelli Morey(T) Alastair Kellock(T) Dan Parks(T/4C/2P) Graeme Morrison(T) |
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Fri 13 Apr 07 |
Sportsground |
23 |
40 |
Paul Warwick(T/C/2P) Conor McPhillips(T) Penalty Try(T) |
John Barclay(T) Kevin Tkachuk(T) Dan Parks(4C/D/3P) Rory Lamont(T) Hefin O'Hare(T) |
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Fri 5 Oct 07 |
Firhill Arena |
15 |
16 |
Tim Donnelly(2D/3P) |
John Beattie(T) Colin Gregor(C/3P) |
Connacht's only Magners League victory so far this season came on the opening weekend with the defeat of Newport Gwent Dragons at the Sportsground.
Connacht drew their previous encounter with a Scottish team, 14-all with Edinburgh in Galway on 26 October.
Glasgow Warriors' have suffered just one reversal in their last seven outings in all competitions: 31-33 at Saracens in the European Cup on 11 November.
Glasgow have been beaten just once in their last eight matches against Irish teams since January: 20-38 at Munster on 12 May.
Glasgow have won the last three matches they have played against Connacht.
Friday 30 November
MUNSTER v LEINSTER
At Musgrave Park, 7.30pm. Live on Setanta Sports
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU). Touch Judges: Colin Stanley (IRFU), M Hermin (IRFU)
TMO: Brian Fitzgerald (IRFU)
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Date |
Venue |
M |
L |
Munster scorers |
Leinster scorers |
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Sat 15 Dec 01 |
Lansdowne Road (Final) |
20 |
24 |
John O'Neill(T) Anthony Horgan(T) Ronan O'Gara(C/P) Anthony Foley(T) |
Shane Horgan(T) Gordon D'Arcy(T) Nathan Spooner(C/4P) |
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Fri 5 Sep 03 |
Donnybrook |
15 |
8 |
Jeremy Staunton(5P) |
Brendan Burke(T) Gordon D'Arcy(P) |
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Fri 13 Feb 04 |
Musgrave Park |
24 |
13 |
Mossie Lawlor(T) John Kelly(2T) Rob Henderson(T) Jason Holland(2C) |
Aidan Kearney(T) Matt Leek(C/2P) |
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Sat 18 Sep 04 |
Donnybrook |
15 |
17 |
Paul Burke(5P) |
Gary Brown(T) James Norton(T) Brian O'Meara(2C/P) |
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Sat 1 Jan 05 |
Musgrave Park |
19 |
13 |
Marcus Horan(T) Frank Sheahan(T) Ronan O'Gara(2P) Paul Burke(P) |
Eric Miller(T) David Holwell(C/2P) |
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Sun 9 Oct 05 |
Musgrave Park |
33 |
9 |
Marcus Horan(T) Alan Quinlan(T) Denis Leamy(T) John Kelly(T) Ronan O'Gara(T/4C) |
Felipe Contepomi(3P) |
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Sat 31 Dec 05 |
Royal Dublin Society |
23 |
35 |
Paul O'Connell(T) Trevor Halstead(T) Ronan O'Gara(2C/3P) |
Brian Blaney(T) Shane Horgan(T) Felipe Contepomi(2T/3C/3P) |
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Fri 6 Oct 06 |
Lansdowne Road |
20 |
27 |
David Wallace(T) Marcus Horan(T) Ronan O'Gara(2C/2P) |
Brian O'Driscoll(2T) Shane Horgan(T) Jamie Heaslip(T) Felipe Contepomi(2C/P) |
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Wed 27 Dec 06 |
Thomond Park |
25 |
11 |
Ronan O'Gara(C/6P) Penalty Try(T) |
Girvan Dempsey(T) Jonathan Sexton(2P) |
Munster have lost only one of their last five encounters: 23-24 to Wasps in Coventry in the European Cup on 10 November. Munster have won their last four matches against fellow Irish provinces, whilst they have not lost at home to an Irish side since Ulster visited Musgrave Park on 3 December 2005.
Leinster have also lost just one of their last five matches: 6-33 at Toulouse in the European Cup on 18 November. Leinster's only defeat to an Irish team in their last eight such encounters was 11-25 at Thomond Park in the Magners League on 27 December 2006.
Leinster have not won on Munster soil since a 24-18 victory at Limerick's Dooradoyle ground in the Interprovincial Championship on 21 August 1998, whilst Leinster's last win at Musgrave Park was way back in November 1985.
Friday 30 November
ULSTER v EDINBURGH RUGBY
At Ravenhill, 7.30pm. Live on Setanta Sports
Referee: David Rose (RFU). Touch Judges: A Rogan (IRFU), J Carvill (IRFU)
TMO: Marshall Kilgore (IRFU)
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Date |
Venue |
U |
E |
Ulster scorers |
Edinburgh scorers |
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Fri 6 Sep 02 |
Ravenhill |
18 |
19 |
Paddy Wallace(6P) |
Brendan Laney(T/C/3P) Duncan Hodge(D) |
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Fri 24 Oct 03 |
Meadowbank |
41 |
3 |
Ryan Constable(3T) Tyrone Howe(T) James Topping(T) Adam Larkin(5C/2P) |
Derrick Lee(P) |
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Fri 26 Mar 04 |
Ravenhill |
37 |
0 |
Tyrone Howe(2T) Matt Sexton(T) Paddy Wallace(T) Adam Larkin(T/3C/2P) |
- |
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Sat 4 Sep 04 |
Murrayfield |
17 |
16 |
Paul Steinmetz(D) Andrew Maxwell(T) Paddy Wallace(D/2P) |
Chris Paterson(C/3P) Todd Blackadder(T) |
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Fri 17 Dec 04 |
Ravenhill |
36 |
34 |
Kevin Maggs(T) Paul Steinmetz(T/2C/P) Tommy Bowe(T) David Humphreys(3P) Rowan Frost(T) |
Paul Boston(T) Allister Hogg(T) Derrick Lee(T) David Callam(T) Brendan Laney(4C/2P) |
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Fri 16 Sep 05 |
Ravenhill |
30 |
23 |
Tommy Bowe(T) Andrew Trimble(T) David Humphreys(C/6P) |
Francisco Leonelli Morey(T) Rob Dewey(T) Chris Paterson(2C/D/2P) |
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Fri 17 Feb 06 |
Murrayfield |
31 |
23 |
Andrew Maxwell(2T) Isaac Boss(T) David Humphreys(2C/4P) |
Penalty Try(T) Duncan Hodge(T/2C/3P) |
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Fri 15 Sep 06 |
Murrayfield |
15 |
20 |
David Humphreys(5P) |
Ben Cairns(T) Phil Godman(D) Chris Paterson(4P) |
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Fri 11 May 07 |
Ravenhill |
16 |
10 |
Paddy Wallace(C/3P) Andrew Maxwell(T) |
Duncan Hodge(C/P) Scott Murray(T) |
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Fri 28 Sep 07 |
Murrayfield |
10 |
24 |
Mark Bartholomeusz(T) Niall O'Connor(C/P) |
Phil Godman(2C) John Houston(T) Penalty Try(T) Andrew Turnbull(T) Alistair Warnock(C/P) |
Ulster won their first match in any competition since September with their 30-13 victory at Connacht last Friday. Ulster have lost just one of their last dozen games against Scottish sides at Ravenhill since 2002: 10-24 to Glasgow in the Magners League on 27 April 2007.
Edinburgh also won their first game since September with their 27-17 victory over Llanelli Scarlets at Murrayfield on Sunday. Edinburgh have not managed back to back victories since September-October 2006, and have not won in Ireland since beating Munster at Thomond Park on 13 October 2006.
Edinburgh have already beaten Ulster this season and are chasing a first ever season double over the Ulstermen.
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