GUINNESS PRO12 Daily News Update

Round nine gets underway tonight and John Muldoon will make history for Connacht as they take on the Cardiff Blues, while we also go around the rest of the league and preview Saturday's games.

John Muldoon becomes the first man to make 200 GUINNESS PRO12 appearances:

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The PRO12 will also make history this weekend as the first league to mic up a player:

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Grant Gilchrist's bad luck with injuries continues:

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Munster's Tomas O'Leary has not given up hope of an Ireland recall:

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Steve Tandy also had some kind words for the all-round game of Ospreys flanker Dan Lydiate:

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And here are the previews of Glasgow Warriors v Leinster:

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And Benetton Treviso v Scarlets:

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