Healy's natural position is wing, and Munster come within a testicular hair of losing to Zebre!

Three well known Irish wings (picture http://bit.ly/15lsQzX)

The final round robin weekend finished up with a few surprises, but no major change in the standings. Connacht couldn’t end with a flourish, but they played well enough to prevent Glasgow getting the bonus point, and finish in a hugely creditable 8th position.  Ulster thumped the Cardiff Blues – it seems only a few years ago Cardiff were getting pipped in the Heineken Cup knock outs. I didn’t see the match, but Ulster racked up a good score, and got the bonus point.

Leinster got a very good score against the Ospreys- it was a great match to watch, both teams going at it hammer and tongs, and lots of open attractive rugby. Sexton is playing at his best, and it doesn’t seem to matter who they pick at the moment, they put their hands up. The pack did very well without the front line props, and I applaud Schmidt for moving Healy to the wing, his more natural position. Having said that, Conway was awesome too.

The Scarlets totally fluffed their lines against Treviso, who were only 4 points off 7th place, but still made it through after the Ospreys lost. Scarlets are a Jekyll and hide team, but hard to see them beating Ulster.
It was a makeshift Munster team, but they still came within a testicular hair of being the first victim for Zebre this season.  BJ Botha scored a try to spare their blushes in the 66th minute.

In England, the Exiles finished 9th – it looked a bit dodgy at one stage, but even without London Welsh’s points deduction, it always looked like Sale would keep them up!

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Friday , May 3
Edinburgh 31 - 24 Newport Gwent D'gons 
Connacht 3 - 20 Glasgow 
Ulster 37 - 13 Cardiff Blues 
Scarlets 17 - 41 Benetton Treviso 
Leinster 37 - 19 Ospreys 
Zebre 25 - 27 Munster 

Pos Team P W D L F A PD B Pts
1. Ulster  22 17 1 4 577 348 229 11 81
2. Leinster22 17 0 5 585 386 199 10 78
3. Glasgow 22 16 0 6 541 324 217 12 76
4. Scarlets22 15 0 7 436 406 30 6 66
5. Ospreys 22 14 1 7 471 342 129 4 62
6. Munster 22 11 1 10 442 389 53 8 54
7. Treviso 22 10 2 10 414 450 -36 6 50
8. Connacht22 8 1 13 358 422 -64 4 38