After a close loss last time out away against Edinburgh, the Ospreys will welcome Irish powerhouse province Munster to the Swansea.com stadium. The loss against Edinburgh saw us drop out of the URC playoff places but there are 5 points covering the team in 4th (Edinburgh 34 points) and the team in 11th (Lions 29 points). Munster are in 6th with 34 points and we are in 10th with 30 points so we could move up with a win but it will be tough. No idea if any of our walking wounded will be back?
The 6Nations will have concluded the week before so the international boys will be back with us and I think they will feature maybe off the bench.
Potential Squad
N Smith R Henry/G Philllips S Parry L Lloyd T Botha B Warren H Sutton V Sekekete R Davies J Tipuric J Ratti M Morris H Deaves/M Morse/J Rudolph
L Davies C Jones/RMW D Edwards O Williams K Giles K Williams E Boshoff A Cuthbert J Walsh M Protheroe/O Watkin
Potential Starting Team
N Smith S Parry T Botha V Sekekete R Davies J Tipuric J Ratti M Morris
L Davies D Edwards K Giles K Williams E Boshoff A Cuthbert J Walsh
Reps
R Henry/G Phillips L Lloyd B Warren H Sutton Deaves/Morse/Rudolph
C Jones/RMW O Williams M Protheroe/O Watkin
**Edited to show that Beard and G Thomas are being rested. North is injured and Sutton and G Phillips are fit.
Discuss
RMW is crippling our attack. hardy is going to be a massive upgrade in him
I'm sorry but you cannot give a team like Munster a 19-0 lead and hope to win the game.
Those two interception tries cost us the game and that hamstring injury cost us 2 points.
Slightly different squad and line up than I predicted but still a strong team.
Let's go Ospreys.
Really looking forward to seeing some decent rugby on show on Friday night. Possibility that Max Nagy is also included in the squad.
George North Jason?