Guinness Pro12

Ulster 24 Scarlets 9

Sam Warburton says he does not feel any sense of surprise after Wales finally ended their southern hemisphere hoodoo.

Wales lock Alun-Wyn Jones believes New Zealand are "probably 20 minutes ahead of everybody else" after signing off in Europe before next year’s world title defence by serving emphatic notice that they remain a class apart.

GUINNESS PRO12:

Ospreys 25 Leinster 19

Ospreys 11 Munster 25

RABODIRECT PRO12: Scarlets 29 Glasgow 6

Scotland 18 Wales 28

Italy 9 Wales 26

Ulster 47 Scarlets 17

Wales 19 Samoa 26

Ospreys 38 Benetton Treviso 17

Ireland’s women’s team are out of the European Championship chase with two qualifiers left after losing to Scotland last night at Turner’s Cross.

Scarlets, who play Munster next weekend, kept their hopes of a place in the RaboDirect Pro12 play-offs alive with a hard-fought victory over bottom side Aironi in Viadana yesterday.

Fermanagh came through this scrappy encounter that had more in common with a relegation battle than a push for promotion yesterday in Brewster Park.

Wales head coach Warren Gatland hailed the maturity of his side after seeing them take a second step on the road to a potential RBS 6 Nations Triple Crown with a 27-13 victory over Scotland at the Millennium Stadium yesterday.

A WIN is a win, but neither players, supporters or coach were much pleased with Leinster’s performance in last night’s Magners league clash with old rivals the Ospreys at the RDS.

Wales 25 New Zealand 37

LEE BYRNE left no doubt where the buck must stop following Wales’ latest painful failure to capture a coveted Tri- Nations scalp.

Glasgow 31 Ospreys 23

LEICESTER director of rugby Richard Cockerill praised the intensity of his side’s performance after they hammered the Scarlets at Welford Road to take control of Heineken Cup Pool 5.

Ospreys 27 London Irish 16

Ospreys 20 Glasgow 5

LANSDOWNE set the pace in the AIB Division Two campaign way back in October when they hammered Bruff, on their own patch.

Ospreys 42 Dragons 10

ONE of Munster’s few consolations after their second successive Magners League defeat at their once impregnable Thomond Park fortress is that they rarely play well in the week prior to a crucial Heineken Cup game.

DIMITRI YACHVILI has issued a stark warning to semi-final opponents Munster after claiming: we can win the Heineken Cup for the first time.

WALES’ greatest Test match kicker Neil Jenkins led the applause after Shane Williams and company did their utmost to prove running rugby is not extinct.

ALL BLACKS star Dan Carter has been cited for an alleged dangerous tackle on Wales scrum-half Martin Roberts during Saturday’s Test match.

ROB KEARNEY makes a timely comeback from illness for Saturday’s Magners League clash against Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade (5.30pm), but will be under pressure to produce a top-class display to win his place in the Leinster Heineken Cup final team.

THE Ospreys closed in on a barren 2008-09 season with a victory intheir final home Magners League match of the season.

ONE hundred Heineken Cup games later, yesterday’s quarter-final victory over the Ospreys at Thomond Park was an historic occasion for European champions Munster.

Cardiff Blues 12 Ospreys 16

JAMES HOOK looks set to miss Wales’ Millennium Stadium clash against New Zealand next Saturday after suffering a knee injury during an error-strewn victory over Canada last night.

LEICESTER coach Heyneke Meyer hailed a “brilliant” performance by Toby Flood after Tigers launched their Heineken Cup campaign with victory over the Ospreys at Welford Road.

EXPERIENCED half-back pair Stephen Jones and Dwayne Peel are in line to start against Italy a week on Saturday after coming off the bench to guide Wales to victory over Scotland.

WALES coach Warren Gatland looks set to change a winning team when his Twickenham heroes continue their quest for the RBS 6 Nations title against Scotland in Cardiff next Saturday.

JAMES HOOK grabbed all 19 points as the Ospreys maintained their Magners League title hopes and all but ended those of the Scarlets.

JAMES HOOK put in a man-of-the-match performance as Wales completed a 27-18 victory over England at the Millennium Stadium and then admitted: “I could only have dreamt it would go that well.”

England face a France side gunning for the Grand Slam, after they followed up away victories over Italy and Ireland with a come-from-behind 32-21 win over Wales at the Stade de France on Saturday.

Wales were looking to upset the form book in their RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with France tonight.