With the festive round of action now behind us, the Guinness PRO14 sides now must look ahead to what comes next with Round 10 fast approaching.

The New Year fixtures see a new decade entered into in enthralling fashion with more derby games coming thick and fast.

On Monday’s Media Watch we start in Wales and get some reflection from Dragons captain Rhodri Williams, following their 16-12 defeat to Cardiff Blues on Boxing Day.

Williams has been encouraged by his side’s fight and determination through the festive period, but is keen to avoid the favourites tag for their upcoming clash with Ospreys.

Staying in Wales and the news that Ospreys will likely be without Wales centre Scott Williams for the match against Dragons.

“As you can imagine…it’s tough! We need to work hard and pull ourselves out of this difficult situation. We know we need to perform better than we did tonight!” -Justin Tipuric

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— Ospreys (@ospreys) December 26, 2019

Williams suffered a facial injury in the opening minutes of the 44-0 defeat to Scarlets and it is not yet known how long he will be ruled out for.

Over to Ireland now and Munster head coach Johann van Graan has outlined his frustration at his side’s inability to make time spent in the Leinster 22 count, following their hard-fought defeat to Leo Cullen’s men.

Elsewhere, Glasgow Warriors may have lost a dramatic see-saw 1872 Cup clash to Edinburgh in Round 9 but assistant coach Dave Rennie’s men still delivered some outstanding individual performances.

No more is this true than with the example of centre Huw Jones, who The Telegraph reports announced his readiness for Test duty against their Scottish rivals.

Meanwhile Ulster flanker Sean Reidy believes his side are taking their intensity on the training field into their matches after they beat Connacht 35-3.