Connacht -v- Ospreys - Friday February 15th - 7:45 KO - TG4

Robbo · 15-02-2013 4:51pm #1

Connacht:

15. Robbie Henshaw, 14. Tiernan O’Halloran, 13. Eoin Griffin, 12. Kyle Tonetti, 11. Danie Poolman, 10. Dan Parks 9. Kieran Marmion

1. Brett Wilkinson, 2. Jason Harris-Wright, 3. Nathan White (captain), 4. Michael Swift, 5. Mick Kearney, 6. John Muldoon, 7. Willie Faloon, 8. Eoin McKeon

Replacements: Ethienne Reynecke, Rodney Ah You, Ronan Loughney, Andrew Browne, Johnny O’Connor, Paul O’Donohoe, Miah Nikora, Gavin Duffy

Ospreys:

15. Richard Fussell, 14. Tom Habberfield, 13. Tom Isaacs, 12. Jonathan Spratt, 11. Ben John, 10. Matthew Morgan, 9. Kahn Fotuali'i

1. Duncan Jones, 2. Scott Baldwin, 3. Cai Griffiths, 4. Alun Wyn Jones (Capt), 5. James King, 6. Joe Bearman, 7. Sam Lewis, 8. Morgan Allen

Replacements:16. Matthew Dwyer, 17. Marc Thomas, 18. Dmitri Arhip, 19. Lloyd Peers, 20. Jonathan Thomas, 21. Arthur Ellis/Sam Davies, 22. Rhys Webb

As ever, Connacht are playing the Sprays during the 6 Nations at a time when their season is petering out. The Sprays come on a good run of form but Connacht are as close to full strength in the back row as in a long time. Marmion and Henshaw should have learnt a thing or two from their involvement around the international setup in the last few weeks.

Coverage on TG4. For English commentary, Galway Bay FM as ever will be there (I personally recommend the TuneIn Radio app for listening in).

Betting: Connacht +2 10/11, Ospreys -2 10/11, Handicap Draw 20/1.

mogwai81 · 15-02-2013 7:29pm

Tg4 player doesn't seem to be broadcasting this game. Any reason why?

eyeball kid · 15-02-2013 8:08pm

3-7 down now according to the MatchdayLive tracker on the pro12 site. How are we playing so far?

iamjenko · 15-02-2013 8:08pm

Great team try there, faloon the scorer! 10 - 7 Connacht

Funk It · 15-02-2013 8:10pm

Great try, some great lines, Muldoon did very well to keep it going

iamjenko · 15-02-2013 8:12pm

Conn scrum is well op. Driving Ospreys all over the place. TOH went off injured after 14mins, Duffy on. Another pen from the scrum now for Conn... Parks misses from 45m

liam12989 · 15-02-2013 8:12pm

Great scrum parks just missed pen from half way

gally74 · 15-02-2013 8:22pm

liam12989 wrote: »

Great scrum parks just missed pen from half way

Should have been a red card there spear on faloon

liam12989 · 15-02-2013 8:23pm

How the linesman didn't see it...... Great scrum again destroying them 13-7 connacht

Funk It · 15-02-2013 8:24pm

A job for the citing commissioner there.

Also, haven't seen the Connacht scrum this dominant for a long time.

13-7

liam12989 · 15-02-2013 8:28pm

And it's wilkinson at LH not renowned for his scrummaging and Kearney behind him who some taught was a little light.... Encouraging

gally74 · 15-02-2013 8:32pm

liam12989 wrote: »

And it's wilkinson at LH not renowned for his scrummaging and Kearney behind him who some taught was a little light.... Encouraging

Nice to see Kearney get his chance

eyeball kid · 15-02-2013 8:41pm

Who's playing well for us this evening? How are Muldoon and Faloon getting on?

yosser hughes · 15-02-2013 8:42pm

I'd love to know what the linesman was looking at when that spear tackle happened.
I can only assume he genuinely did not see it.

liam12989 · 15-02-2013 8:56pm

The whole back row us doing nicely nice balance to it...... I tink tonetti is doin well.... White off loughs on, 16-7 Connacht 49 mins

Crimsonforce · 15-02-2013 8:57pm

Any English radio commentary, that's a rough Irish accent on tg4
I can barely understand him and I can speak irish..

culchienator · 15-02-2013 9:01pm

Crimsonforce wrote: »

Any English radio commentary, that's a rough Irish accent on tg4
I can barely understand him and I can speak irish..

Try the Galway Bay Fm website. They have commentary of the game.
http://www.galwaybayfm.ie/

Crimsonforce · 15-02-2013 9:02pm

culchienator wrote: »

Try the Galway Bay Fm website. They have commentary of the game.
http://www.galwaybayfm.ie/

Thanks

liam12989 · 15-02-2013 9:03pm

Connacht playing v well parks unlucky with drop goal keep it up

justsomebloke · 15-02-2013 9:07pm

Score?

culchienator · 15-02-2013 9:08pm

16-7 58mins

TheCoolWay · 15-02-2013 9:10pm

Marmion only turned 21 wtffffffff

eyeball kid · 15-02-2013 9:20pm

How long is left?

liam12989 · 15-02-2013 9:20pm

Conn scrum n ospreys 22 not controlled ospreys kick down win pen , 16-10 after 69

Funk It · 15-02-2013 9:24pm

Jaysus, thats the 3rd or 4th time he has knocked on, lucky for us I suppose

liam12989 · 15-02-2013 9:24pm

Duffy wins pen after ospreys pressure n conn 22, parks kicks pen to halfway 8 left

decisions · 15-02-2013 9:24pm

I think Conn nead another score to be sure of the win. Ospreys with a lot if the ball. I can see them landing one.

liam12989 · 15-02-2013 9:26pm

Pen to Connacht on ospreys 22

decisions · 15-02-2013 9:26pm

And that should seal it.

19-10 with 5 to go.

liam12989 · 15-02-2013 9:27pm

Got it 9 ahead 5 left

thomond2006 · 15-02-2013 9:27pm

Brilliant tackle from Henshaw.

Duffy has been very good since coming on, there's good competition in the back three.

decisions · 15-02-2013 9:31pm

Great drop from Parks!

5 min ago I would have said Ospreys will probably steal it.

liam12989 · 15-02-2013 9:31pm

Keep them out for 2 and they leave with nithing

TheCoolWay · 15-02-2013 9:32pm

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

culchienator · 15-02-2013 9:32pm

decisions wrote: »

Great drop from Parks!

5 min ago I would have said Ospreys will probably steal it.

Wilkinson coming back on really helped the cause too

Tigerandahalf · 15-02-2013 9:33pm

Great from connacht. Henshaw is so good at the basics for a 19 year old. McKeon and Marmion also v good. Marmion is a future Irish scrumhalf.

MayoForSam · 15-02-2013 9:34pm

Great performance, fantastic result, well done Connacht.

Hagz · 15-02-2013 9:34pm

Are you kidding me?? Yellow card for that?? Christ, the game has really become soft if that's a yellow, let alone a penalty!

thomond2006 · 15-02-2013 9:35pm

How was that not a red? He dropped him no?

Crimsonforce · 15-02-2013 9:36pm

What a win for connacht
Only 2 changes in the ospreys side that beat ulster last week

.ak · 15-02-2013 9:36pm

Hagz wrote: »

Are you kidding me?? Yellow card for that?? Christ, the game has really become soft if that's a yellow, let alone a penalty!

thomond2006 wrote: »

How was that not a red? He dropped him no?

Opinions eh?

I'd have to see it again, but it looked like a yellow to me, lifted, tilted past the horizontal, but followed the player to the ground. Reckless more than malicious.

eyeball kid · 15-02-2013 9:37pm

Well done the lads, good to see out a tight game like that and even deny them the bonus point.

.ak · 15-02-2013 9:38pm

It's always a good night when ospreys leave Ireland without a win.

thomond2006 · 15-02-2013 9:38pm

From Ulster/Munster/Leinster:

Thank you Connacht!

Fits Morris · 15-02-2013 9:40pm

My feeling based on the live viewing was that that tackle at the end should have been red.

Funk It · 15-02-2013 9:43pm

Hagz wrote: »

Are you kidding me?? Yellow card for that?? Christ, the game has really become soft if that's a yellow, let alone a penalty!

thomond2006 wrote:

How was that not a red? He dropped him no?

Thought it was a red myself on first viewing.

A good performance, thought Parks had a few poor kicks but certainly made up for it. Muldoon was great to have back in the side. Faloon had a storming game, and Danie Poolman is a great player, was unlucky to not hold onto that ball when it bounced up on the counter attack, would have been over for a try.

Hope McKeon isn't going to be out for too long, looked like the ankle was pretty well strapped before he went down. The whole scrum went well today really, but I think we were let off the hook a bit by all of the Ospreys handling errors today, they were putting some good phases of play together but just couldn't get to the finishing line.

Hagz · 15-02-2013 9:45pm

Well I need to take a break from this thread if that's seen as a red. Textbook dump tackle, Faloon was never in any danger.

Funk It · 15-02-2013 9:56pm

Hagz wrote: »

Well I need to take a break from this thread if that's seen as a red. Textbook dump tackle, Faloon was never in any danger.

Will need to have a second look at it, but thought he put him down on the back of his neck myself, looked dangerous.

Fits Morris · 15-02-2013 10:06pm

Funk It wrote: »

Will need to have a second look at it, but thought he put him down on the back of his neck myself, looked dangerous.

I rewound it on my digital box and to me there was very little difference between that and what Sam Warburton was sent off for in the World Cup semi-final.

its_phil · 15-02-2013 10:25pm

Wanna watch the game on TV before giving a good opinion of the game. But two things that stood out were:

1. Our chase kick and our garryowens are very poor. A lack of communication between Parks and the chasers seems to be the issue.

2. Tonetti was my MOTM. He was everywhere and considering it was only his second game this season, I was very impressed. Faloon was excellent to so no qualms really.

3. Griffin is a rock in defence and Poolman has proved to be an excellent acquisition

gally74 · 15-02-2013 11:07pm

its_phil wrote: »

Wanna watch the game on TV before giving a good opinion of the game. But two things that stood out were:

1. Our chase kick and our garryowens are very poor. A lack of communication between Parks and the chasers seems to be the issue.

2. Tonetti was my MOTM. He was everywhere and considering it was only his second game this season, I was very impressed. Faloon was excellent to so no qualms really.

3. Griffin is a rock in defence and Poolman has proved to be an excellent acquisition

Lots of positive but pool man is developing well, griffin had his best game for me in a year,

Really well rounded performance

Connacht -v- Ospreys - Friday February 15th - 7:45 KO - TG4

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