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Scarlets v Ospreys PYS Saturday March 29 at 5.15pm

The curtain-raiser. The starter before the Main Course. The week before the Challenge Cup knockout QF.

With both teams pushing for a URC top 8 slot, it might be difficult for either team to rest some of their big hitters but there could still be some rotation. There is also the potential to extend our lead over the Scarlets to 10 points with a BP win and solidify our Top 8 place. However, we are sweating on the injuries to several key players from the Connacht match but Mark has said that only Fender and possibly RMW will miss out on possible selection.

The potential Squad could look like this

G Phillips G Thomas/S Thomas/C Jones (Depending on Garyn's knock)

S Parry G MuGuigan/D Lake

T Botha/B Warren M Iorwert-Scott (Depending on Botha's knock)

J Ratti W Spencer A Beard

J Morgan J Tipuric/H Deaves M Morris M Morse (Depending on Tip's back spasm)

RMW/L Davies K Hardy (Depending on RMW's shoulder)

D Edwards

K Giles

E Boshoff P Cokanasiga T Florence/K Williams (Depending on Keith's knee

D Kasende

J Walsh

I Hopkins

Discuss.

Edited after Presser.

31 comments

31 Comments

khbw82

Mar 30

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As much as I admire Mark he made a bad call, but we all make mistakes and hopefully learn from them

His comments Wanting second string experience for later game wins doesn’t stack up, not sure how we will fare in South Africa , better to bank the points now

Would love to win the challenge cup , but unrealistic and if we are not in top 8 we will not be in the competition next year

Understand his after game comments Not wanting to throw the new boys under the bus , but he must have been really disappointed with infringements and in particular Nagy and Luke Davies

( good to see Rhys back )

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jim

Mar 31

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We don’t won’t know if it was a bad call until the end of the season.. and to be fair the 97 all blacks would have struggled to win with that ref in charge

Fiddler

Mar 31

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It is a difficult one. It might have looked a better decision had it not been for the officiating. The second half was disappointing . Had Walsh been on the bench instead of Nagy and Garyn instead of Steff Thomas it would have increased our chances. The only positive is if he didn’t think he had 4 or 5 holes in his squad before Saturday he should do now.

daves disco

Mar 29

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Well that was a terrible, terrible, performance. The Scarlets played well, they are a good side, but they are not that much better than us. They made us look like a bunch of mugs. Well played to them, they used their heads and controlled the game , while we were playing like idiots.

daves disco

Mar 29

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No , you are wrong I am not your fan, I am an Ospreys fan though! ( “I thought our fake fan”)

BTW did I notice that you had made similar comments to mine about the performance.?

So I guess you believe then that a forum is only for you , my mistake.

Fiddler

Mar 29

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Sure whatever you say.

khbw82

Mar 30

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Pointless getting involved ( W⚓️)

smartmart69

Mar 29

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Oh dear the first 20 they were truly awful and we were brutal. Theteafater amonst the mayhem we missed two penalties to touch and it became a mess. FYI Dewi is fucked which explains why he didn’t start last week and this. Unless anyone can correct me has Naggy played for anyone over the last month. Sometimes we don’t help ourselves.

Fiddler

Mar 29

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Well that was a shocker. Their penalty try was a shocking call and the officials again lost their heads. That said they handed us 17 points and Nagy handed them back. If Nagy is out of contract in the summer he has a problem. He cannot be trusted in an exposed position. Luke Davies was another exposed with his kicking and passing skillset.

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ospreysfanforum

Mar 29

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We need to be challenging their lineout and not give them free ball to attack us.

ospreysfanforum

Mar 29

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That is a fine individual try from Dan Edwards

ospreysfanforum

Mar 29

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We have been pretty poor since the two yellow cards not helped at all by the Nagy errors.

We will have to be so much better next week.

ospreysfanforum

Mar 29

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OMG Nagy that's three errors from you and three tries for them.

ospreysfanforum

Mar 29

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Going to Hepburn and leaving the try scorer inside

An awful kick leading to another try

Getting charged down and leading to another try

ospreysfanforum

Mar 29

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Great start spoilt by some dismal refereeing. Good game so far but the ref....

ospreysfanforum

Mar 28

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News on the official site is that Nayacalevu has left by mutual consent.

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khbw82

Mar 28

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Optional tackling Luke Morgan that should interest the Scarlet flyers

Fiddler

Mar 28

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I really hoped we had seen the last of him. I get the need to rest Kasende and Giles but I would have preferred to see Nagy or Florence there. It is his defensive positioning that worries me more than his tackling. He gets lost in space.

ospreysfanforum

Mar 28

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Yes that has always been his issue plus our depenency on defending narrowly.

This will be a very interesting battle, given that we have around 10 players not included in what most people would call our first choice 23.

showmaster

Mar 28

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I would be more worried about a non-tackling back three if I were a Scarlets fan. Luke has something to prove as does Conbeer though whether the game will get that expansive is questionable. Mark has put a micro bomb squad on the bench and they have a 6-2 split unless they really do see Dan Davis as a utility back.

I think we have 4 forwards and four backs already pencilled in for a return for the knockout game which should cause Peely some concern.

While here can I wish Waisea Nayacalevu all the best in his present troubles and express my regrets that he didn't get to play. Family comes first and I am sure the Ospreys family wishes him and his family nothing but the best.

ospreysfanforum

Mar 28

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Here is our 23

ospreysfanforum

Mar 28

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Great to see Big Rhys back on the bench. Max Nagy is also back in favour it seems.

ospreysfanforum

Mar 28

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We have used our squad depth and left some big guns at home whereas the Scarlets have gone pretty much full strength dependent on availability...

15 Blair Murray; 14 Macs Page 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Eddie James, 11 Ellis Mee; 10 Ioan Lloyd, 9 Gareth Davies; 1 Alec Hepburn, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 3 Henry Thomas, 4 Alex Craig, 5 Sam Lousi, 6 Vaea Fifita, 7 Josh Macleod (capt), 8 Taine Plumtree.

Reps: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Sam O’Connor, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 Jac Price, 20 Jarrod Taylor, 21 Efan Jones, 22 Ioan Nicholas, 23 Dan Davis.

Fiddler

Mar 29

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Big Rhys great of bench. I imagine Nagy is now back out of favour. A good athlete with no rugby sense or judgement

showmaster

Mar 24

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Referee for this is Griffin Colby from South Africa. He didn't exactly shine in the Wales v England Under 20 game and may not handle the passion too well.

Fiddler

Mar 29

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That was in retrospect a warning post. He lost his head

showmaster

Mar 29

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Hate to be right but his penalty against Beard when pulled over by McCleod was a carbon copy of one against Dan Gemine that saw the U20 lad get yellow carded.

I nearly turned off then as his panic was evident.

jim

Mar 23

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What’s the story with Owen williams? Is he fit? He could come in at 12.

Can’t see fender making it, he looked properly concussed coming off. I really hope Botha isn’t a serious injury…probably our most concerning area right now in terms of depth. Warrens scrummaging is a real weak point

ospreysfanforum

Mar 23

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I think he was on the pitch during the warm up so he could well be fit.

I agree that Fender is unlikely to be fit for this game so hopefully big Will Spencer will be fit.

I initially thought Botha's injury was a hip as that was what he seemed to be favouring but it was later confirmed as knee on knee so I imagine he should be okay.

I thought our scrum didn't do too bad last night especially when we had Steff Thomas and Warren in the front row with Sam, Morris alongside Beard in the row and MuGuigan, Morse and Tristan/Cokanasiga in the back row.

ospreysfanforum

Mar 23

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I have updated the OP to omit Keiran Williams and the 23 could be determined by the recovery powers of at least 5 players.