After the devastating loss to Lyon last time out in the Challenge Cup Quarter Final, the Ospreys must now dust themselves off, pick themselves back up and get right for their next match which is Judgement Day this Saturday at 3pm in the Principality Stadium. We did pick up some knocks last week so Adam Beard, Rhys Davies and Tips are serious doubts for this game, so for now I will exclude them from the Squad unless we hear otherwise later in the week. The URC Top 8 is all that remains for us this season so we do need to get there. It is tough to know who to select.
Potential Squad
G Thomas G Phillips
D Lake G McGuigan/S Parry (2 of 3)
T Botha B Warren
J Fender W Spencer J Ratti
H Deaves M Morse J Morgan T Davies
K Hardy RMW
D Edwards
K Giles
K Williams E Boshoff O Williams
D Kasende
J Walsh
I Hopkins
So no Tips, Beard, Rhys or Morgan Morris with both Rhys and Morgan out for the rest of the season which is a massive shame. There is a possibility that Beard and Tips will play again.
Come on Jason where's the preview for the Dragons, you're slacking mate lol.
I don't like criticising Jac Morgan because he is brilliant, but yesterday their captain 2as in the refs year at every break in play. I just wished Jac would have gone over and joined in, it would have pissed the ref off but it could have stopped the Cardiff skipper from continually speaking to the inexperienced ref.
We are better than that and very nearly pulled off a Houdini act. There were times when we looked like a team and others when it looked like complete strangers on a beach. Tris Davies did well enough at line-out but 4, 5 and 6 should have been Spencer, Fender and Ratti from the off and the back row needs to work together no matter how good each individual can be.
I agree that we need a good centre, a couple of props and that Spencer has earned a year but Ryan Smith was linked to 5 UK clubs and we could do with hanging onto Beard just for his leadership. Should the end-of-season games now be given over to development now that top 8 is just about out of our hands and depends on how others perform?
Not a good day
Lightweight forwards outmuscled, Will at lock Ratti back row a better option ( hindsite )?
Fender or Teddy Williams to Japan that’s sorted Kieron Williams head down arse up ! Will not be going to Japan on that showing
Is Fussel teaching them to catch the ball ?
Old addadge
drive for show put for dough
Forwards win games , backs by how much
Putting effort into cup at expense of top eight
What’s the financial reward if we got to semis as opposed to financial return for games in top eight
We didn’t learn anything from last week’s game, albeit missing key forwards. One dimensional backs again
Think our resident expert has nailed it there. Identical line outs and restarts throughout. Even lacking targets, given 10 chances of an attacking line out you might at least look like scoring once.
How the ref gave them the penalty try at the end is beyond me...
We looked a very tired side. We needed the line out and maul to function to save us and it did not. The line our organisation was awful. I think a forwards coach needs to be at the top of the agenda next season. Morse outstanding. Dan Edwards his worst ever game.
That should have been a penalty try. Luckily we score anyway and quickly.
A try wins it for us...
Somehow we score a try. Next score will make it interesting?
That is a shocking piece of mauling. What are we doing?
I think the game is gone and our season with it unless we can win our last three games which will likely be beyond us.
Ref wanted to bottle the yellow card but luckily he saw the replay.
They are defending like we used to.
We need to score next if there is to be any hope.
This is going to get nasty. We’re walking around. Theve had a week off.
They are faster in thought and deed and we are on the wrong side of the ref as well
Not our best half of rugby....
I'm a bit concerned about our lineout options.
They have gone 6-2 on the bench with 2 backrowers Thomas Young and Alun Lawrence to come on and we have Lewis Lloyd covering there. Why haven't we gone with Deavesy?
Remarkable recovery problem is he’s covering back row.
All 4 missing as expected. At least it’s not Rhys s knee. Ratti Morse Spencer Davies Deaves ? Need at least 3 of those.
Ratti should be ok. Said he wasn’t quite ready for Scarlets but we didn’t need him with everyone fit. If you weren’t doing shuttle runs before kick off it tends to suggest things may not be great. Spencer coksagia fine Parry didn’t look great on sat. We will rotate props. It would be an amazing win given Cardiffs week.
It would be great Jason if either of the 2nd rows could be fit for this if only to be on the bench, I know the chances are not good, I can only hope.