FIRSTLY, a very Merry Christmas to you all. It’s surprising how quickly it’s come around!

Only feel likes yesterday that we were getting back into pre-season training and now we’re halfway through the season already!

It was good to get back out on the Parc last Saturday after a week’s rest.
We put in a much better performance this time around against Glasgow in the Champions Cup and despite only being three points adrift at the end of the game we were just as disappointed as the boys were last weekend not to come away with a victory.

Our hopes in the European competition are over for another season. We still have two more games left in the pool, against Racing 92 out in Paris and Northampton at the Parc, and we will definitely be doing our all to get the right results in those fixtures to finish the competition on a high.

This week we’ve turned our focus back to the PRO12 as we prepare to take on the big local rivals on Saturday.

These games are always massive but we’re the cup holders at the moment and we want to make sure it stays that way!

They’re coming to our place on Saturday and it’s looking like it’ll be a full house too!

As a player these are the games we all want to be involved in.

Hopefully some of you will have special Boxing Day tickets as Christmas gifts and we’ll be seeing you at the Parc on the weekend!

Unfortunately I won’t be able to go mental on the old turkey and trimmings but you can go wild! Have an extra pig in blanket for me!

Have a lovely Christmas and I’ll bring you all the festive gossip next week!

Rob