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Over 62,000 supporters are expected for Saturdays Judgment Day double-header at the Principality Stadium as Cardiff Blues face the Ospreys and the Dragons tackle the Scarlets. Scott Williams makes his return from injury for the Scarlets while fellow Wales international Dan Lydiate is named at No 8 for the Ospreys.Cardiff Blues v Ospreys (2.30pm) Gareth Anscombe scored 18 points in Cardiffs victory over the Dragons earlier this month Cardiff are without Wales duo Lloyd Williams and Rhys Patchell after they failed to recover from the injuries suffered in their PRO12 win over the Dragons on April 17.Matthew Rees is preferred to Kristian Dacey at hooker while Josh Turnbull moves into the second row to accommodate Josh Navidis inclusion at No 8. The Ospreys thumped Treviso at the Liberty Stadium earlier this month The Ospreys have named Wales flanker Dan Lydiate at No 8 due to the injury-enforced absence of Dan Baker. Rhys Webb and Dan Biggar are named at half-back.Cardiff are seeking a fifth successive PRO12 victory for the first time since 2010 but the Ospreys have won all five of their previous appearances at the Principality Stadium.Cardiff Blues: 15 Dan Fish, 14 Aled Summerhill, 13 Garyn Smith, 12 Rey Lee-Lo, 11 Tom James, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Lewis Jones; 1 Gethin Jenkins (c), 2 Matthew Rees, 3 Taufaao Filise, 4 Josh Turnbull, 5 James Down, 6 Sam Warburton, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 8 Josh Navidi.Replacements: 16 Kristian Dacey, 17 Brad Thyer, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Jarrad Hoeata, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Gavin Evans.Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 Hanno Dirksen, 13 Jonathan Spratt, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Ben John, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb (c); 1 Nicky Smith, 2 Scott Baldwin, 3 Dmitri Arhip, 4 Adam Beard, 5 Rynier Bernardo, 6 Olly Cracknell, 7 James King, 8 Dan Lydiate.Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Brendon Leonard, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Josh Matavesi.Ulster v Leinster (3pm, live on Sky Sports 1 HD) Click here for full match preview.Ulster: 15 Jared Payne, 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Luke Marshall, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Craig Gilroy, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Ruan Pienaar; 1 Callum Black, 2 Rory Best (c), 3 Ricky Lutton, 4 Pete Browne, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 6 Iain Henderson, 7 Chris Henry, 8 Sean Reidy.Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Kyle McCall, 18 Andy Warwick, 19 Robbie Diack, 20 Roger Wilson, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Stuart Olding, 23 Darren Cave.Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Isa Nacewa (c), 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Ben Teo, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Luke McGrath; 1 Jack McGrath, 2 Richardt Strauss, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 4 Devin Toner, 5 Hayden Triggs, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 7 Josh van der Flier, 8 Jamie Heaslip.Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Peter Dooley, 18 Mike Ross, 19 Mick Kearney, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Luke Fitzgerald.Dragons v Scarlets (5pm) Scarlets suffered a heavy home defeat against Glasgow in round 20 Scott Williams makes his first appearance of the season for the Scarlets after recovering from the knee ligament injury suffered during the Rugby World Cup.Scrum-half Aled Davies replaces Gareth Davies and Michael Collins comes in at full-back as the Scarlets seek a victory that will keep their top-four hopes alive. A strong final quarter was not enough for the Dragons in their Challenge Cup semi-final loss to Montpellier Kingsley Jones makes three changes to the Dragons team that were beaten by Montpellier, with Angus OBrien and Charlie Davies forming a new half-back partnership.Centre Jack Dixon is promoted to the starting line-up in place of injured Tyler Morgan as the Dragons look to snap a three-game losing run at the Principality Stadium.Newport Gwent Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Adam Hughes, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Angus OBrien, 9 Charlie Davies; 1 Phil Price, 2 Elliot Dee, 3 Brok Harris, 4 Rynard Landman, 5 Nick Crosswell, 6 Lewis Evans (c), 7 Nic Cudd, 8 Taulupe Faletau.Replacements: 16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Luke Garrett. 18 Lloyd Fairbrother, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Ed Jackson, 21 Sarel Pretorius, 22 Dorian Jones, 23 Geraint Rhys Jones.Scarlets: 15 Michael Collins, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Hadleigh Parkes, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Steven Shingler, 9 Aled Davies; 1 Rob Evans, 2 Ken Owens (c), 3 Samson Lee, 4 Jake Ball, 5 David Bulbring, 6 Lewis Rawlins, 7 James Davies, 8 John Barclay.Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Dylan Evans, 18 Peter Edwards, 19 Jack Condy, 20 Morgan Allen, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Aled Thomas, 23 Gareth Owen. Also See: Sky Live: Ulster v Leinster PRO12 table Fixtures and results Rugby Union on Sky Swell Bottle Nz .com) - The Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks both take aim at their first wins of the season on Saturday, as the Canucks open their home slate at Rogers Arena. Swell Water Bottle Clearance . Schenn scored the game-winning goal and added two assists to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday. http://www.swellbottlesnz.com/ . One game after a miserable showing in Oklahoma City, Gay tied a career high with 41 points and the Sacramento Kings cruised to a 114-97 victory at the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday night. sWell Bottle Stockists .C. -- Chris Thorburn thinks one of the reasons the Winnipeg Jets have been successful under new coach Paul Maurice is that theyre playing together as a team. Swell Wood Water Bottle .ca. Kerry, Just watched the shootout in the Coyotes/Leafs game and I have to ask, why was the James van Riemsdyk goal allowed to count? All of the video replays we were shown on TV were inconclusive about whether the puck had entirely crossed the line or not. FORT WORTH, Texas -- JD Miller got the message from new coach Jamie Dixon coming off TCUs first loss under its new boss.Miller scored 12 points with a more aggressive approach that sparked a huge advantage on free throws, freshman point guard Jaylen Fisher led five players in double figures with 13 and the Horned Frogs beat Wofford 72-63 on Saturday, bouncing back from a loss to crosstown rival SMU.I missed a couple of shots early in the game at SMU, Miller said of the 74-59 loss in Dallas earlier in the week. I thought this game I should just attack the basket. Thats all I was thinking.Kenrich Williams had his fourth double-double of the season with 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Horned Frogs (9-1) in the first meeting between the schools. Dixon, a former TCU player, improved to 3-0 against the Terriers after beating them twice in 13 years at Pittsburgh.Fletcher Magee scored 18 points for Wofford (3-7), a four-time qualifier for the NCAA Tournament since 2010 but winless in seven tries against Division I teams this season. Ryan Sawvell had 12 points and 13 rebounds.TCU, which had a 30-12 deficit on free throws in the loss to the Mustangs, had 20 free throws to none for the Terriers in the first half. The Horned Frogs finished with a season-high 41 to eight for Wofford but shot just 59 percent from the line to help Wofford stay close.It was the difference, Dixon said. We got beat at the line the other night and we beat them at the line. But youve got to shoot a higher percentage. Its almost a turnover when you go 24 for 41.Brandon Parrish had two 3-pointers for all six of his points, the first giving the Horned Frogs their first double-digit lead midway through the second half and the other ending an 8-0 run that got the Terriers within three points in the final two minutes.Williams scored seven of his points from the line, and Fisher offset a 3-of-10 shooting game by making five of six free throws. The Horned Frrogs outscored the Terriers 24-6 at the line.dddddddddddd.That wasnt a matter of the school from South Carolina coming to Texas and getting the bad end of the stick, Wofford coach Mike Young said. They were tougher. They were more aggressive. Consequently, they shot more foul shots than we did.BIG PICTUREWofford: The Terriers have been competitive in most of their losses, a solid sign in pursuit of another Southern Conference tournament title that would secure another trip to the NCAAs. I thought this one had the makings, Young said. Were getting closer. Certainly not off to the start that we anticipated.TCU: Dixon isnt ready to start thinking about the difficult Big 12 season. He sees an offense that strays from the plan too often, but has the promise to be competitive in one of the nations most difficult conferences.FIRST START, CAREER HIGHSlovakian forward Vladimir Brodziansky of TCU got his first start of the season and had a career-high five blocks to go with 10 points and eight rebounds. One of the boards came on a missed 3 by Williams with TCUs lead down to 64-61 with 1:37 remaining. It led to Parrishs second 3. Hes playing good. Got to play a little bit better post defense and score a little better, Dixon said. Hes improving. Theres no question.Freshman Desmond Bane added 10 points off the bench.UP NEXTWofford: The Terriers play Austin Peay at home Thursday followed by road games at Coastal Carolina (Dec. 19) and Georgia Tech (Dec. 22) before conference play starts Dec. 31 at home against Mercer.TCU: After an eight-day break, the Horned Frogs have two more tuneups before the Big 12 opener against No. 3 Kansas at home on Dec. 30. Texas Southern visits Dec. 18, followed by Bradley on Dec. 21.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '