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RaboDirect PRO12 REVIEW 2012/13 Round Ten: 30th November – 2nd December 2012 THE SEASON SO FAR Sunday’s 19-12 win over Scarlets in Llanelli gave Ulster a perfect 10 out of 10 start to the season, the best ever start to a campaign since the competition went home and away in season 2003/04. It also gave Ulster a 9 point lead clear at the top of the table with just over half of the regular season’s games left to play. Despite their loss, Scarlets maintained their second place in the table, the only non-Irish side currently in the top four. Munster’s bonus point win over Glasgow Warriors had the desired effect of lifting the Irish province into a Play-Off spot, at the expense of their opponents. In the process Ronan O’Gara kicked his way through the 900 points barrier. Ospreys, despite their comprehensive 33 - 12 victory over Welsh rivals, Cardiff Blues, at the end of the round the reigning champions had not done enough to lift themselves out of 6th place in the table. The RaboDirec t PRO12 takes a short break now whilst the focus is concentrated on European competitions, but will return the weekend before Christmas with the start of the traditional festive derbies. FORTHCOMING FIXTURES ROUND 11 Friday 21 December CARDIFF BLUES v SCARLETS At Cardiff Arms Park , 7.05pm. Live on GLASGOW WARRIORS v EDINBURGH RUGBY At Scotstoun Stadium, 7.35pm. Live on ULSTER v LEINSTER At Ravenhill, 7.05pm. Live on Saturday 22 December CONNACHT v MUNSTER At Sportsground, 5.15pm. Live on ZEBRE v BENETTON TREVISO Stadio XXV Aprile, 3pm. Live on ROUND 12 Wednesday 26 December CARDIFF BLUES v NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS At Cardiff Arms Park , 2.05pm. Live on OSPREYS v SCARLETS At Liberty Stadium , 5.30pm. Live on Page 1 of 10 RaboDirect PRO12 REVIEW 2012/13 Round Ten: 30th November – 2nd December 2012 Saturday 29 December BENETTON TREVISO v ZEBRE At Stadio Monigo , 3pm. Live on EDINBURGH RUGBY v GLASGOW WARRIORS At Murrayfield, 4.05pm. Live on LEINSTER v CONNACHT At RDS Dublin, 7.45pm. Live on MUNSTER v ULSTER At Thomond Park, 7.05pm ROUND 11 Monday 31 December NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS v OSPREYS At Rodney Parade, 4.15pm Live on Page 2 of 10 RaboDirect PRO12 REVIEW 2012/13 Round Ten: 30th November – 2nd December 2012 ROUND 10 MICROCOSM FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER OSPREYS (16)33 CARDIFF BLUES (6)12 Matthew Morgan(3C/4P) Rhys Patchell(2P) James King(12) Ceri Sweeney(2P) Richard Fussell(42) Att: 8,169 Morgan Allen(79) SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER (b) CONNACHT (13)23 EDINBURGH RUGBY (17)24 Dan Parks(2C/3P) Greig Laidlaw(3C/P) Jason Harris-Wright(12) Tim Visser(5) Danie Poolman(69) Matt Scott(35) Att: 4,930 Stuart McInally(65) (B) LEINSTER (17)37 ZEBRE (0)7 Andrew Conway(26) Daniel Halangahu(C) Jonathan Sexton(34/2C/P) Tito Tebaldi(48) Fergus McFadden(59/ 78/C/P) Att: 15,894 Cian Healy(69) (B) MUNSTER (24)31 GLASGOW WARRIORS (3)3 Ronan O'Gara(4C/P) Duncan Weir(P) CJ Stander(8/ 38) Att: 15,138 Tommy O'Donnell(23) Penalty Try(74) (B) BENETTON TREVISO (20)32 NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS (6)13 Alberto di Bernardo(2C/P) Tom Prydie(52/C/2P) Edoardo Gori(9) Att: 3,600 Christian Loamanu(25/ 42) Luke McLean(39) Tobias Botes(72) SUNDAY 2 DECEMBER (b) SCARLETS (3)12 ULSTER (13)19 Aled Thomas(4P) Paddy Jackson(C/4P) Att: 7,089 Andrew Trimble(28) Key: winning team shown in green, losing team in red, a draw marked in amber Note: (B) denotes a try bonus point and (b) a losing bonus point RaboDirect PRO12 DEBUTS IN ROUND 10 (4) JP Cooney, Danny Qualter (Connacht), Michael Bent (Leinster), Dimtri Arhip (Ospreys) Page 3 of 10 RaboDirect PRO12 REVIEW 2012/13 Round Ten: 30th November – 2nd December 2012 HOW THEY STAND RaboDirect PRO12 Record Points Attack Defence Pos Team P W D L TB LB Tot T C PG DG For T C PG DG Agst TB LB PD 1 Ulster (1) 10 10 0 0 3 0 43 30 23 28 0 280 13 9 21 2 152 1 5 128 2 Scarlets (2) 10 7 0 3 3 3 34 25 16 21 1 223 13 11 27 0 168 0 3 55 3 Leinster (4) 10 7 0 3 3 0 31 29 23 20 1 254 25 17 15 1 207 2 3 47 4 Munster (5) 10 6 0 4 3 2 29 22 19 22 2 220 14 9 22 0 154 0 2 66 5 Glasgow Warriors (3) 10 6 0 4 2 2 28 19 12 21 0 182 14 10 17 0 141 1 1 41 6 Ospreys (6) 10 6 0 4 1 2 27 19 17 25 1 207 8 6 35 0 157 0 1 50 7 Edinburgh Rugby (8) 10 4 0 6 1 4 21 23 16 25 1 225 24 21 24 3 243 2 2 -18 8 Benetton Treviso (10) 10 4 0 6 1 2 19 18 11 18 0 166 17 14 24 2 191 1 3 -25 9 Cardiff Blues (7) 10 4 0 6 1 2 19 14 11 26 0 170 28 21 19 1 242 2 2 -72 10 Connacht (9) 10 3 0 7 1 2 15 15 11 19 0 154 22 15 13 0 179 3 0 -25 11 Newport Gwent Dragons (11) 10 3 0 7 1 0 13 14 10 25 4 177 31 21 19 0 254 5 0 -77 12 Zebre (12) 10 0 0 10 1 3 4 12 9 15 0 123 31 24 29 1 293 4 0 -170 TOTALS 60 60 0 60 21 22 283 240 178 265 10 2381 240 178 265 10 2381 21 22 2012/13 ABBREVIATED RULES The RaboDirect PRO12 shall consist of a league stage followed by a play-off stage. In the league stage, four league points shall be awarded for a win and two league points shall be awarded for a draw. One bonus league point shall be awarded to a Team scoring four or more tries and one bonus league point shall be awarded to a Team losing by seven points or less. The top four Teams in the league at the end of the season shall qualify for the play- offs which shall consist of the RaboDirect PRO12 Semi Finals and the RaboDirect PRO12 Final. If two or more Teams finish with the same number of league points, their placings will be determined by the following criteria in descending order: number of matches won; the difference between points for and points against; the number of tries scored; the most points scored; the difference between tries for and tries against; the fewest number of red cards received; the fewest number of yellow cards received. In the RaboDirect PRO12 Semi-Finals, the Team placed first in the league shall play the Team placed fourth and the Team placed second shall play the Team placed third. The RaboDirect PRO12 Semi-Finals shall be held at the home grounds of the first and second placed Teams respectively. The winners shall meet in the RaboDirect PRO12 Final. The RaboDirect PRO12 Final is provisionally scheduled to take place the weekend of 25th May 2013. RaboDirect PRO12 will determine the venue for the RaboDirect PRO12 Final however the Team that finished highest in the league stage competing in the Final will be able to propose a venue within its own Union’s jurisdiction (which may include the team's own ground) to host the RaboDirect PRO12 Final, provided that the venue meets certain commercial criteria and has capacity for a minimum of 18,000 spectators. The winner of the RaboDirect PRO12 for 2012/13 will therefore be the Team that wins the RaboDirect PRO12 Final. Page 4 of 10 RaboDirect PRO12 REVIEW 2012/13 Round Ten: 30th November – 2nd December 2012 If the Play Offs were to happen after this round they would be: 1st v 4th – Ulster v Munster 2nd v 3rd – Scarlets v Leinster Page 5 of 10 RaboDirect PRO12 REVIEW 2012/13 Round Ten: 30th November – 2nd December 2012 SPECSAVERS FAIRPLAY LEAGUE The Specsavers Fairplay League rewards the best disciplinary record, with the club with the fewest disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, and 3 points for each red card or upheld citing) at the end of the 22 week regular season given £10,000 to spend on their youth development programme. FAIRPLAY LEAGUE YC RC PC Pts 1 Ulster 1 0 0 1 2 Leinster 4 0 0 4 3 Cardiff Blues 6 0 0 6 3 Connacht 6 0 0 6 3 Benetton Treviso 6 0 0 6 3 Edinburgh Rugby 6 0 0 6 7 Newport Gwent Dragons 5 1 0 8 7 Scarlets 5 0 1 8 7 Glasgow Warriors 8 0 0 8 10 Ospreys 6 1 0 9 10 Munster 6 1 0 9 12 Zebre 11 0 0 11 TOTALS 70 3 1 82 The above sets out a summary of certain provisions of the RaboDirect PRO12 Rules for information purposes only. As such these provisions may not be relied upon and for a full and proper understanding of the provisions and rules of the RaboDirect PRO12, reference must be made to the RaboDirect PRO12 Rules in their existing and entire form. PROVEN CITINGS (1) Jake Ball (Scarlets @Munster, 25 Nov) infringement of Law 10.4(k) (charging into a ruck or maul without binding onto a player in the ruck or maul) suspended for two weeks, Ball will be free to play from Monday, 10 December 2012.