After a disappointing loss to Cardiff at Judgement Day, the Ospreys will be looking to get back to winning ways when they welcome the Dragons to the .com for Tips' and Beard's last home game of their Ospreys careers. I have no idea who Mark will select but this is the squad I would pick.....there will probably be some rotation with the starting XV.
G Thomas G Phillips
D Lake L Lloyd/S Parry
T Botha B Warren
J Fender W Spencer W Griffiths/A Beard
J Ratti J Morgan M Morse H Deaves/T Davies
K Hardy RMW
D Edwards
K Giles
E Boshoff K Williams O Williams
D Kasende
J Walsh
I Hopkins
So it is looking likely that Tips will not be fit for this game which is a real shame, and Beard might not make it either.
My starting team would be
GP SP/LL BW JF WS
JR MM JM
RMW
DE
KG
EB KW DK JW
It’s difficult to believe we lost to a side as bad as the Dragons. Too many silly errors and penalties from us showed why our season has run its course. Good fun to watch from 30 mins onwards and pleased the lads finished at home with a bit of sparkle.
That is how you beat the Dragons.
Game day. Last home game of the season.
Let's go
OP edited to exclude Tips.
Adam Beard will leave the Ospreys at the end of the season so this will also be his final home game if he is available for selection.
Botha needs a break, he looked absolutely cooked after 20 mins against Lyon, and then he starts against the Blues .....
I like the look of lots of that squad, I'm hoping for Beardy to come back in, I think I would like a freshening up of the starters from the recent games and some of the starters to bench for this one, put Ratti to the back row for this one as you've done, put him at 6 Justin if available 7 and Morse 8 with Jac on the bench, if Justin is not there fetch Deavesy to the bench and Jac starting. I might even start with the 2 lesser props to join Dewi as the weakest facet of Dragons play IMO is their scrum, I would have SP covering Dewi, and possibly give Cokasinga a chance in the centre to see what he's made of.