Rugby rivals may have shared a Christmas feast... but ruthless Glasgow coach Franco is plotting second helpings of pain for Edinburgh

When Mosese Tuipulotu was pictured enjoying Christmas dinner the other day with big brother Sione, Tom Jordan, Josh McKay, Jack Dempsey and others, the thought arose that it might have been the closest an Edinburgh player had got to a Glasgow counterpart all week. Mosese was evidently a very welcome interloper into the annual gathering of Warriors’ southern hemisphere ‘orphans’, those players spending the festive period thousands of miles from close friends and family. Glasgow's Tom Jordan watches Matt Fagerson get to grips with Tuipulotu in Glasgow's win ‘Well, both will be very good!’ he added. The message this week is, you must align your heart with your head.’ Warriors head coach Franco Smith wants his side to maintain their derby dominance Edinburgh coach Sean Everitt is confident a large home crowd will stay behind his team At the other end of the M8, the build-up has been rather less serene as Edinburgh head into what feels like a potentially season-defining match against their rivals. Having admitted his team lost the ‘scrap battle’, the ‘aerial battle’ and ‘I think Glasgow got the better of us at the breakdown as well’, Sean Everitt has his work cut out to produce a significant turnaround in front of around 37,000 expectant supporters this afternoon.