Gloucester 12 Cardiff Blues 16

Xavier Rush, Jamie Roberts and Richie Ress all return from injury to take their places in the Cardiff Blues side against Leinster in the Magners League at The RDS on Saturday.

Newport Gwent Dragons 19 Cardiff 21

Biarritz 6 Cardiff Blues 10

Cardiff Blues 58 Connacht 0

Second-row Deiniol Jones, number eight Xavier Rush and scrmu-half Richie Rees all return from injury for Friday night’s Magner's League clash against Connacht at The Arms Park (7.05).

JOHN HAYES returns after illness to the Munster team for his first Magners League game this season against bogey team Cardiff at Musgrave Park tonight (7.30pm).

Cardiff coach Dai Young has given Nicky Robinson his 100th cap for Cardiff Blues for their Magner's League opener against Leinster at The Arms Park on Saturday.

Connacht 11 Cardiff Blues 39

Cardiff Blues 35 Llanelli Scarlets 26

CARDIFF BLUES coach Dai Young believes Toulouse can go all the way to a fourth Heineken Cup title after his side were taken apart 41-17 at Le Stadium.

Toulouse 41 Cardiff Blues 17

Out-half Rhys Jones will make his first start for the Cardiff Blues when they take on Munster in the Magners League at The Arms Park this Saturday.

Leinster 24 Cardiff 17

Harlequins 13 Cardiff Blues 13

CARDIFF Arms Park has been a graveyard for Leinster’s Magners League ambitions this past two seasons and coach Michael Cheika accepts that they will be up against it again when they return to the Welsh capital this Friday.

Cardiff Blues 17 Ospreys 15

EDINBURGH’S dream of bringing the Magners League title to Scotland for the first time was clinically demolished by the streetwise Ospreys at Murrayfield.

Edinburgh 12 Ospreys 30

GEORGE Chuter says Leicester’s visit to Thomond Park on January 20 is uppermost in their minds ever since the Tigers’ opening Pool Four defeat to Munster in October.

Cardiff Blues won their eighth successive Magners League game in the Arms Park today. They met Ospreys, who were a point ahead of the Blues before the match.

Munster 25 Ospreys 20

Ospreys 17 Ulster 19

CONNACHT’S strong record against Welsh sides at the Sportsground this season will be under pressure this evening when they entertain the Neath/Swansea Ospreys (6.30pm).

Ospreys 27 Munster 10

Leinster 38 Ospreys 21

LEINSTER will channel their Heineken Cup anger towards beating the Ospreys and cementing their spot at the summit of the Celtic League at Lansdowne Road tonight (7.30).

Super-sub Dan Hipkiss got Leicester out of jail with a dramatic late try that kept alive their Heineken Cup quarter-final hopes.

Leicester 30 Ospreys 12

Ulster 12 Ospreys 20

Ospreys 22-20 Leinster

Llanelli Scarlets 23 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 15

Neath-Swansea 23 Ulster 16

Internationals David Humphreys and Tyrone Howe return to Ulster's fold for the daunting away trip to Neath-Swansea Ospreys in the Celtic Cup quarter-final on Saturday.

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 29 Edinburgh Gunners 12

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 30 Newport Gwent Dragons 0

Neath-Swansea Ospreys 30 Newport Gwent Dragons 0

Munster remained on course for a seventh successive Heineken Cup quarter-final in three months’ time as they battered away the best the Neath-Swansea Ospreys could throw at them for a 20-10 pool four victory at Thomond Park.

The Ospreys will look to protect their lead at thr top of the table ahead of second-placed Munster when they visit Musgrave Park on Saturday evening.

Gwent Dragons 33 Neath Swansea Ospreys 29

Munster moved the Neath-Swansea Ospreys closer to the Heineken Cup exit door as they moved to the top of Pool 4 with a second consecutive win.

Castres 38 Neath-Swansea Ospreys 17