No sooner has Round 5 of the Guinness PRO14 finished, Round 6 is fast approaching and there are seven more exciting matches to plan your weekend around. It all starts on Friday night when Connacht and Leinster contest a mouth-watering derby, while Edinburgh also host the Dragons. Leinster’s garden is rather rosy at the moment. Fly-half Harry Byrne inspired them to a 50-15 win over the Dragons at the RDS Stadium on Friday, and they are the only team with five wins from five. But could their run come to an end in Round 6? Some are predicting so, with Connacht boasting four wins from five this season and travelling back home with a 20-10 road victory at Ospreys under their belts. Elsewhere there are five matches on Saturday, including another derby at Thomond Park where Munster battle Ulster. With both on four wins and 19 points, it’s going to be big. FRIDAY Edinburgh v Dragons BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh | KO 19:35 | Live on Premier Sports 1, DAZN and PRO14.tv Edinburgh have won both of their home games this season in the Championship, scoring seven tries in each, against Zebre and Scarlets. Dean Ryan will be busy plotting a defence that can prevent the same happening but likely won’t be helped by Edinburgh coming off the back of 18-16 defeat at Benetton – exactly the type of match Richard Cockerill would have wanted to win in a super-competitive Conference B. Dragons will put up a fight and are in decent shape despite their loss to Leinster, winning three of their last six, and will be inspired by that 52-28 victory on the road at Zebre in early October. Who's excited for Friday night lights? 🙋♂️We return to BT Murrayfield this weekend with @dragonsrugby the visitors to the capital.🎟️ » https://t.co/kyraP8feKF pic.twitter.com/AdxyVz2A3m— Edinburgh Rugby (@EdinburghRugby) November 4, 2019 Connacht v Leinster The Sportsground, Galway | KO 19:35 | Live: Premier Sports, eir Sport, DAZN, TG4 Irish rivals Connacht and Leinster have won a total of nine of their 10 matches so far. Someone’s proud record will fall, therefore, with Leinster dropping just one point all season to unsurprisingly perch atop of Conference A and Connacht currently sitting pretty behind only Munster in Conference B. The reigning champions will look to spring a repeat of last season’s visit to Galway, where they emerged with a 20-3 victory thanks to scores from Sean Cronin and Garry Ringrose. Connacht, on the other hand, will look to their seven-try 47-10 blitz of the reigning champions back in April 2018. Back at it. 🔵👊Take a look at the latest photos from training: https://t.co/O0OokP0KdQ#CONvLEI pic.twitter.com/WOg3qB1Gl7— Leinster Rugby (@leinsterrugby) November 5, 2019 SATURDAY Zebre v Glasgow Warriors Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma| KO 15:00 (UK), 16:00 (ITA)| Live: Premier Sports, DAZN Zebre are still searching for their first Guinness PRO14 win of the season and their prospects this weekend uncertain against a Glasgow Warriors side they are yet to beat. 14 times the two sides have met, and on all 14 occasions, last year’s finalists have emerged with the points. To make things worse, now could well be a tough time to face Dave Rennie’s side: with a plethora of World Cup stars now settled back in and in the wake of their 50-0 win over the Isuzu Southern Kings last time out. Zebre, however, will take heart from their last match on home soil, where they lost out only narrowly to Leinster. Ospreys v Isuzu Southern Kings Liberty Stadium, Swansea | KO 15:00 | Live: Premier Sports, DAZN, SuperSport With just one win between them this year, the clash could provide the perfect opportunity for either outfit to kick-start something special. The Kings will look for a vast improvement after they shipped 50 points without themselves making an impression on the scoreboard against the Warriors, while Ospreys get a second bite of the cherry at the Liberty, after they were last week beaten 20-10 by Connacht. With only two meetings between the two, there is a small sample size to assess, but Ospreys’ pair of wins against the South Africans – home and away – will give the Welsh side hope for a third. Cardiff Blues v Toyota Cheetahs Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | 17:15 | Live on Premier Sports, eir Sport 2, S4C, DAZN Cardiff Blues have endured a frustrating start to their 2019⁄20 Guinness PRO14 campaign, slipping to four straight defeats against Edinburgh, Glasgow Warriors, Ulster and Munster. As they prepare to right their wrongs against their second South African opponents, John Mulvihill’s side will be pleased to know the odds are in their favour. The Blues have won five of their seven showdowns with South African opponents in the Championship, while the Cheetahs have not won away from home since beating the Kings in January. With the Blues not having lost three matches in a row at the Arms Park since December 2016, it will take some performance from the Cheetahs to steal victory in Cardiff. Munster v Ulster Thomond Park, Limerick | 17:15 | Live on Premier Sports, eir sport 1, DAZN Both Munster and Ulster have only suffered one defeat in five rounds of Guinness PRO14 so far this season, and both were to the same team – Toyota Cheetahs. Saturday’s fixture is set to be a close one with both sides gunning to keep up their winning form, particularly hosts Munster, who currently sit top of Conference B. The Munstermen are unbeaten at home in their last 24 games in all tournaments since Leinster beat them in Round 11 of the 2017⁄18 season, and they have not lost to Ulster on home turf since the 2013⁄14 campaign. We are back at @ThomondStadium on Saturday evening as Ulster visit Limerick for the season's first Interpro (5.15pm).Both teams have started the season strongly so it should be a cracker!Get your tickets ⬇️#MUNvULS #SUAF 🔴— Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) November 3, 2019 Scarlets v Benetton Rugby Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli | 19:35 | Live on Premier Sports, DAZN Benetton will be on a mission to secure their first away win at Parc y Scarlets since May 2013 when they make the trip to Wales on Saturday, but face a stern test against a Scarlets side flying high in Conference B. The Welshmen have only lost one of their last nine fixtures on home soil in all tournaments and have lost just twice to Benetton in their last 14 encounters in all competitions, a statistic sure to boost confidence that they can keep pace with Munster and Connacht at the summit of the table.
