The traditional festive season local derbies are set to take centre stage as the RaboDirect PRO12 round 11 provides an exciting escape from turkey and TV. The games in Scotland and Wales take place on Boxing Day, whilst Ireland foregoes St Stephens’ Day games and sticks to the traditional Friday and Saturday evening slots.
Local bragging honours between Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland are enhanced by the awarding of the 1872 Cup to the aggregate winner over two legs, and Glasgow Warriors will be keen to retain that trophy for a fifth year.
In Wales too the games take on a very local nature in Newport/Cardiff and Llanelli/Swansea avoiding the necessity of a long trip up the M4 motorway. By the New Year we should know who is best in the east as well as the west of Wales, setting the scene . . .
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