The Ospreys have just 12 days to rest, recover and lick their wounds after their disappointing loss to Saracens in the HCC on Sunday April 2nd.
This is a must win game for the Ospreys and we have to hope that Connacht, who kick off against Cardiff at the same time, can maybe do us a favour.
It will be a tough ask to get the players up for this game but there is the prospect of qualifying for the HCC again next year by retaining the Welsh Shield and we have to beat these and Cardiff to do that.
Hopefully, the injuries we sustained to Tips (** Now confirmed as out for the rest of the season), Owen Watkin and Keelan are just bumps and nothing too serious so I expect the Ospreys to name a virtually unchanged squad for this match* (* this assumes that everyone will be fit)
N Smith G Thomas S Parry D Lake T Francis T Botha AWJ A Beard R Davies H Deaves E Roots M Morris D Lydiate
R Webb RMW O Williams G Anscombe G North K Williams O Watkin K Giles M Collins I Hopkins
**OP edited to show that Tips is out for the remainder of this season.
Possible starting team
G Thomas S Parry T Botha AWJ A Beard E Roots D Lydiate M Morris
R Webb O Williams G North K Williams O Watkin K Giles M Collins
Some of our play, seems like automatons doing just what they are programmed to do. I wonder what it takes to make a Darcy Graham?