{"id":20151,"date":"2011-12-27T18:31:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T18:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=20151"},"modified":"2011-12-27T19:25:10","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T19:25:10","slug":"rabodirect-pro12-previews-cardiff-ulster-connacht-ospreys-munster-edinburgh-leinster-aironi-dragons-glasgow-treviso-scarlets-review-12-page-pdf-of-all-the-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/rabodirect-pro12-previews-cardiff-ulster-connacht-ospreys-munster-edinburgh-leinster-aironi-dragons-glasgow-treviso-scarlets-review-12-page-pdf-of-all-the-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"RaboDirect Pro12 Previews: Cardiff, Ulster, Connacht, Ospreys, Munster, Edinburgh, Leinster, Aironi, Dragons, Glasgow, Treviso, Scarlets: Review + 12 Page PDF OF ALL THE STATS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The RaboDirect PRO12 reached a record-breaking midway point to the regular season after the conclusion of round 11  &#8211; Luciano Orquera\u2019s perfect 9 from 9 penalty goals in Aironi\u2019s 27-13 win over Benetton Treviso set a new record for an individual;  Murrayfield saw a record RaboDirect PRO12 home crowd for Edinburgh beating the attendance set in this fixture 3 years ago, whilst in the same game  Glasgow Warrirors became the first side to record successive draws in the history of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Round 12 is split over the New Year, 3 games in 2011 and the remainder in 2012. The round opens on Friday with Newport Gwent Dragons welcoming Scarlets to Rodney Parade, whilst over in Belfast, Munster are the visitors at Ravenhill.  Both home sides will be looking for a victory to create a positive end to the year.<br \/>\nCLICK <a href=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/RD_PRO12_Preview_Round_12.pdf\">HERE<\/a> FOR 12 PAGE PDF REVIEW<br \/>\nThe only game on New Year\u2019s Eve is in Italy where Aironi, having  secured their first win over local rivals Benetton Treviso last time out, will be looking for a fist ever season\u2019s double over their visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish Inter Pros continue on New Year\u2019s Day when table topping Leinster., already 6 points clear of second placed Ospreys, travel west to Connacht  in the hope of stretching their lead at the top of the table.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurosportsdirect.com\/index.asp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9533\" title=\"Click Here For Eurosports Direct E-Commerce Website\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/euro.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"132\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe 1872 challenge continues in Glasgow with honours even after the first round of games between the two Scottish sides, the Warrirors will be hoping home advantage can secure their victory and maintain their spot in the Play-Off Zone. <\/p>\n<p>The round wraps up in Swansea where Cardiff Blues, who sit just outside the top four but have a game in hand over their opponents, face an Ospreys side who know any slip up could see them drop down the table, with Munster just one point behind them.<\/p>\n<p>The same four teams have remained in the Play-Off Zone for the past four weeks,  Round 12 will decide if they remain in that position for the start of 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RaboDirect PRO12 reached a record-breaking midway point to the regular season after the conclusion of round 11 &#8211; Luciano Orquera\u2019s perfect 9 from 9 penalty goals in Aironi\u2019s 27-13 win over Benetton Treviso set a new record for an individual; Murrayfield saw a record RaboDirect PRO12 home crowd for Edinburgh beating the attendance set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6556,6795,5837,5557,17362,2190,2451,6460,1998,2222,5749,2637,5602,7063,6672,6164,6163,5632,7062,6912,5743,7061,1997],"class_list":["post-20151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ulster-rugby","tag-6556","tag-aironi","tag-all","tag-cardiff","tag-connacht","tag-dragons","tag-edinburgh","tag-glasgow","tag-leinster","tag-munster","tag-of","tag-ospreys","tag-page","tag-pdf","tag-previews","tag-pro12","tag-rabodirect","tag-review","tag-scarlets","tag-stats","tag-the","tag-treviso","tag-ulster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20151"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20159,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20151\/revisions\/20159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}