By Tournament / Magners League

So Chris [Paterson], what attracted you back to the Magners League? Free cider, your love for seasickness or was it a truck-load of points every week?

I’ll go for all of the above…

Well Mr. Paterson would probably say the latter, especially with Connacht almost gift-wrapping points for Edinburgh on Friday night.

Easy pickings were they?

The Irish boys gave Edinburgh a 27-point head start before waking up. They must’ve been training with Leinster this week…

Three defeats on the bounce - time to start worrying?

Not much room for error because the Ospreys and Munster aren’t going to lose many.

Did the Warriors impress you?

Max Evans gave Luke Fitzgerald the run around all evening but it was our number one player of all time, Dan Parks, who kicked the Dublin boys right in the tinkers with all 15 points.

Talk about receiving the mother of all blows… losing to Ulster???

Munster copped their first defeat in eight competitive games this season. But that’ll teach you for fielding weakened sides, eh Tony [McGahan].

Who was prominent for Ulster?

David Pollock was outstanding, wrestling like a bull terrier whose ball had been stolen, and the equally as hungry wingers, Andrew Trimble and Fijian rocket Timoci Nagusa, pierced the game-line like battling NFL running backs.

So what does all this mean?

The Ospreys can clip their wings and fly to the top with their game in hand but it looks ominous for the reigning champions. Even Glasgow are above them now.