Here are the teams for round 10 of the Guinnes PRO14. Edinburgh are sending a depleted squad to Munster while Glasgow welcome the Scarlets to the Scotstoun pitch.
Iain Hay watches as Glasgow get back into the Scotstoun swing of things with a performance that showed once again they don’t need their big stars to run up big scores.
The PRO14 gets back under way as Cardiff come to Scotstoun. Dave Rennie has a number of internationals away but he’s been given a few back to boost experience levels in the Warriors ranks.
Glasgow’s seconds dispatched the Ospreys down in Swansea at the weekend – one success in Wales at least – and John Anderson asks, is Dave Rennie’s plan starting to work?
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne returns to Murrayfield while Blade Thomson makes his debut. Glasgow travel to Swansea to face the Ospreys. Everyone is a bit understrength.
Sandy Smith watches through his fingers as Edinburgh fail to take anything from their visit to Parma to face Zebre, having started strongly in the first half. Will a lack of Scotland stars scupper their chances these next two weeks?
Richard Cockerill has turned to the academies for a potential banana skin away to Zebre this weekend in the first of two weekends where the national squad has depleted resources.
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