We are now just two days away from the return of the Guinness PRO14 and with it, the beginning of the festive derbies.

With that in mind, Wednesday’s Media Watch begins in Dublin, with Stuart Lancaster lavishing praise on Jordan Larmour.

Now, we are all well aware of the burgeoning talents possessed by the youngLeinster flyer, but Lancaster believes that there is no limit to how far the 22-year-old can go in the game.

Their opponents this week are their nearest challengers in Conference A, withUlster looking to close the eight-point gap that currently separates the sides.

Already without star fly-half Billy Burns, who suffered a concussion in his side’s Champions Cup win over Harlequins, defence coach Jared Payne knows that they must go to the RDS Arena with a positive mental attitude.

There are similar stakes in the other Irish derby this weekend, with top spot in Conference B on the line whenConnacht hostMunster.

Expectations are high at the Sportsground, so much so that temporary seating has been installed to increase capacity to 8,129, while there will also be a rather unusual world record attempt on the cards in Galway.

Back to Conference A now, and Tommy Seymour has urged caution with last year’s finalistsGlasgow Warriors currently sitting outside the play-off places, on the same day that he agreed a one-year contract extension with the side.

While in other administrative news, across townEdinburgh Rugby centre George Taylor has signed a contract extension to keep him at BT Murrayfield, and theDragons have added a cult hero to their backroom staff.