7:35pm v Caaaardiff TG4 BBC2W
7:35pm Edinburgh v Dragons BBC ALBA
Sat 9th Sep
3:15pm Glasgow v Ospreys Sky Sports Arena
5:05pm Treviso v BBC2NI
5:15pm v Cheetahs TG4
7:35pm Westies v TG4
7:35pm Zebre v Scaaaarlets S4C
A couple of home wins looking likely on the Friday. Glasgow should beat Ospreys. Scaaaarlets and Ulster should win in Italy. The South African sides continue their Pro 14 journey in Limerick and Galway respectively. Munster should be too strong for the Cheetahs. Both Connacht and the Southern Kings will be hoping for better weather this weekend. Both like to play attractive rugby. Should be a home win, but not the margin of Saturday's game in Llanelli.
Notice no prediction on the Edinburgh v Dragons game which will be the battle of the two new coaches, I fancy Cockerill will have Edinburgh fired up sufficiently to assure them of a home win.
I think Jackman is too early in his sojourn to get the Dragons going sufficiently.
Dragons are a real basket case and will have to back to basics to rebuild whereas Edinburgh have always had the potential but not had a decent coach and we're playing in a morgue.
The move to Myreside and the no nonsense Cockerills arrival could turn them into a bit of threat.