Ospreys V Connacht Sunday 27th Feb @2.30pm Liberty stadium

seanin4711

Well boys and girls how about a chance at a "weakened" Ospreys side(I know great strength in depth)
But Connacht with the right attitude and at full strength with an impartial referee and touch judges who know how to use their flags, we might get something out of this one!
Who's with me????

GWAN CONNACHT

Scott Johnsons take on sundays game
http://www.ospreysrugby.com/news/5240.php

Robbo

Connacht XV to face Ospreys Liberty Stadium, Sunday 27th Feb 14.30)
Brett Wilkinson
Adrian Flavin
Jamie Hagan
Michael Swift
Mike McCarthy
Andrew Browne
Johnny O’Connor (C)
Ray Ofisa
Frank Murphy
Ian Keatley
Fionn Carr
Troy Nathan
Niva Ta’auso
Brian Tuohy
Gavin Duffy

Dermot Murphy
Ronan Loughney
Rodney Ah You
Bernie Upton
Mike McComish
Cillian Willis
Niah Nikora
Keith Matthews

Still not mad about this Troy-Niva centre pairing.

Zzippy

Any time we've played the Ospreys the last couple of years their backrow has dominated, winning turnovers and a lot of possession. Marty Holah's injured so thats a plus, if Ofisa can have a big game and keep Collins quiet we have a good chance. Hopefully Keatley can continue his good form, he was outstanding last week. Defence has been excellent but we can't afford to let Ospreys have as much ball as we let Glasgow and Scarlets have, they can do a lot more damage with it...

evil_seed

15 Richard Fussell
14 Tom Prydie
13 Sonny Parker
12 Ashley Beck
11 Hanno Dirksen
10 Dan Biggar
9 Rhys Webb
1 Duncan Jones
2 Huw Bennett
3 Cai Griffiths
4 Ian Gough
5 Ian Evans
6 Tom Smith
7 Justin Tipuric (Capt)
8 Jerry Collins

Replacements

16 Mefin Davies
17 Ryan Bevington
18 Craig Cross
19 Andy Lloyd
20 James King
21 Tom Isaacs
22 Dai Flanagan
23 Andrew Bishop

I think we'll be lucky to get a win against that team. That's a pretty strong team right there

siltirocker

Matthews on the bench is beyond me!:eek: He'd start just behind Wallace and Dorce in my eyes.

Zzippy

siltirocker wrote: »

Matthews on the bench is beyond me!:eek: He'd start just behind Wallace and Dorce in my eyes.

Isn't he just coming back from injury? Maybe they don't want to risk him for a full game...

eggchaser

Matthews never really impressed me. He doesn't do too much although his defence is quite good.
Connacht 10/3 on Boylesports, might take that or if your in a more pessimistic mood, Connacht evens with a +9 handicap

Robbo

Any sign of this on the tellybox? S4C don't have anything so I assume the chances are slim.

Robbo

0-3, Keatley pen.

I hope to jaysus we can capitalise on a weakened Sprays team for once.

Robbo

Biggar DG, O'Connor try, Conversion missed.

3-8.

porterbelly

6-8 Biggar peno

porterbelly

13-8, try Fussel, converted by Biggar. Dodgy pass I believe

porterbelly

16-8 half time, Biggar peno

Uphill task

Robbo

21-10. Making bits of their scrum.

porterbelly

26-11, Biggar misses coversion

Robbo

Swifty with a try, converted. 26-18

porterbelly

26-18 Swifty try, coverted by Nikora, 5 mins left

seanin4711

Oh well same auld story

PhatPiggins

seanin4711 wrote: »

Oh well same auld story

I know how dare they not beat the defending champions in their own back yard. Elwood should be sacked and the entire team fined a years wages.

profitius

Was Jarvis playing?

seanin4711

PhatPiggins wrote: »

I know how dare they not beat the defending champions in their own back yard. Elwood should be sacked and the entire team fined a years wages.

If they are there for the taking ,it is irrelevant home or away
.
Can I not have an opinion?
Lack of objectivity me thinks!
Just thought they could put in a shift consistent to their recent form suggests.

I hope we get back on track next Friday.

PhatPiggins

seanin4711 wrote: »

If they are there for the taking ,it is irrelevant home or away
.
Can I not have an opinion?
Lack of objectivity me thinks!
Just thought they could put in a shift consistent to their recent form suggests.

I hope we get back on track next Friday.

I think you expect miracles every week to be honest. You need to be realistic, that Ospreys second team has beaten all comers the past 6 weeks including a really good Ulster team that walloped Cardiff on Friday. They weren't there for the taking by any stretch.

Connacht can get 5 points of Treviso though.

Robbo

profitius wrote: »

Was Jarvis playing?

He didn't make the matchday 23.