Ulster 22 Edinburgh 19

Flanker David Denton is optimistic of winning his crucial battle with opposite number Stephen Ferris as Edinburgh seek to overcome Ulster on Saturday to secure a place in the Heineken Cup final.

Connacht 26 Edinburgh 13

Newport Gwent Dragons 21 Edinburgh 10

PETER STRINGER’S Heineken Cup run with Saracens might be extended following the London club’s success in securing a home quarter-final with a gruelling away victory over Benetton Treviso yesterday.

Edinburgh 34 London Irish 11

Munster 34 Edinburgh 17

Edinburgh 15 Cardiff 38

Edinburgh Rugby head coach Michael Bradley has made three changes to his side for tomorrow night’s visit of Cardiff Blues in the opening match of the RaboDirect PRO12 at Murrayfield.

Uncapped trio Jon Welsh, Rob Harley and Jack Cuthbert have been named in the Scotland squad for the RBS 6 Nations Championship, head coach Andy Robinson announced today.

Edinburgh have made six changes to the starting line-up for Friday’s Heineken Cup match against Northampton Saints from the one which began the 21-16 Magners League loss to Scarlets at Murrayfield last Saturday.

Glasgow 30 Edinburgh 18

Edinburgh 24 Connacht 19

SCOTLAND are confident of upsetting New Zealand’s bid for a home nations clean sweep and earning a first victory over the All Blacks on Saturday.

Leinster 19 Edinburgh 18

Nineteen-year-old Alex Blair will make his Edinburgh debut, beside his brother Mike, in Saturday’s clash with Leinster at The RDS (kick-off 6.05pm).

Scotland head coach Andy Robinson has named four uncapped players in his squad for the autumn Test series.

IRISH international Tommy Bowe last night completed a hat-trick of awards from his fellow players.

Jim Thompson’s noir novel from the 1950s becomes Winterbottom’s noir film set in the 1950s in a small Texas town … and in the head of Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford (a suitably creepy Affleck).

LEINSTER and Munster will meet at the RDS on Saturday night (8pm) in a late-season bid for Irish rugby bragging rights, following a dramatic day of Magners League action.

Leinster 37 Edinburgh 28

Coach Rob Moffat has made five changes to his Edinburgh to tackle Leinster in the Magners League at The RDS on Sunday (kick-off 6.15pm).

Niall O’Connor gets the nod over Ian Humphreys and captain Rory Best returns at hooker to steer Ulster against Edinburgh for Sunday's Magner's League match at Murrayfield.

Rob Moffat has made four changes to Edinburgh’s starting line-up for the trip to Connacht in the Magner’s League tomorrow..

Edinburgh 24 Scarlets 20

Nathan Hines and Alasdair Strokosch today handed Scotland a much-needed fitness boost ahead of next Saturday’s RBS 6 Nations game in Italy.

Northampton Saints flanker Scott Gray was called into the Scotland training squad as they began their preparations for the RBS 6 Nations today.

Edinburgh 9 Stade Francais 7

Andy Robinson has admitted it was a tough decision to axe four of his former Edinburgh players from the Scotland squad for the opening two games of the RBS 6 Nations.

Scotland today recalled Dan Parks and named uncapped Glasgow team-mates Ruaridh Jackson and Richie Gray in their squad for the RBS 6 Nations games against France and Wales.

ULSTER came out of cold storage to strangle the life out of Edinburgh and take their outside chances of reaching the knockout stages a step further.

Ulster 21 Edinburgh 13

Edinburgh 15 Glasgow 22

FRANCE centre Mathieu Bastareaud can expect a lengthy ban from representing France after he caused uproar with lies that he’d been mugged while touring with the national team in New Zealand earlier this year.

Edinburgh coach Andy Robinson gives prop Ryan Grant his first ever Magners League start against with Munster at Musgrave Park on Saturday.

Ireland A 35 Scotland A 10

Scotland A coach Andy Robinson has named six Glasgow Warriors and five Edinburgh players in his side to face Ireland A at the RDS on Friday night (7.30pm).

Leinster 12 Edinburgh 3

Prop Kyle Traynor is poised to make his first ever start for Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup at Leinster at the RDS on Sunday afternoon (25 January, kick off 7.30pm).

A parish priest was today found guilty in England of sexually abusing a string of boys over nearly 30 years.