After an encouraging draw against current URC champions, the DHL Stormers, the Ospreys now turn their attention to another local derby as they make the short trip up the M4 to face the Dragons.
With this the last game that the TW boys are going to feature in for a while, it is likely that there will be some squad rotation but generally the squad will be the same and could look like this....
G Thomas N Smith D Lake S Baldwin T Francis T Botha AWJ A Beard R Davies E Roots J Morgan M Morris D Lydiate
R Webb RMW G Anscombe J Walsh K Giles O Watkin M Collins M Protheroe M Nagy K Williams
Dragons playing the kind of joined up rugby we can only dream about…sigh! I wish I wish for new direction. On the positive side, any true rugby fan would really appreciate watching the skills on show in that game particularly from the Drags. JJ Hanrahan, Rio Dyer, Wainwright , Bertanou ( who, by the way definitely spurred on the side)
So, so predictable. We just aren’t really a decent side, let alone a “good” one. I really don’t know where we go from here. I’m sure we’ll still get some of Booths favourite sound bites tho.
Apart from our first try our back play was pathetic. We have no speed our energy in any of our plays forwards and backs included. Forwards taking the ball standing still and a scrum half taking so long to react that he allowed the Dragons to set their defence. A very disappointing performance against a spirited and passionate Dragons.
Didnt see the game but was Walsh’s missed touch as bad as it sounded on the radio? Sounds like he has cost us the game there.
Pathetic. And predictable.
Half time - we’ll do well to get anything out of this, the way this is being reffed.
Interesting 6:2 split on the bench. No Anscombe or Giles or Protheroe.
Here is the squad/team
Jason, has Nicky started every game except the one when GT got injured after a couple of minutes, I wonder if Pivac will make us rest him under the 5 game rule. Gareth Thomas, Lydiate and Anscombe will probably start as they need game time. We'll know soon enough, also no PC shown yet!!!
is North Injured?