Ospreys v Edinburgh Saturday 10/09/11 Rabo Pro-12

Being as there's one for the other Rabo match, thought I'd start one ready for this fixture on Saturday afternoon. Neither of the teams have been announced yet but as soon as they are, I'll update this opening post.

Following their win over Leinster, the Opsreys will be looking to continue their successful start to the Rabo Pro-12 at home again. However, Edinburgh will be sore from their defeat by the Blues and will want to make up for it with a win - and an away one would be a bonus for them. Statistically, the Opsreys come out top at 9 wins to 6 over Edinburgh when they've met in the Celtic League previously, but that's not always anything to go by.

The Ospreys are as follows:

15 Richard Fussell
14 Kristian Phillips
13 Andrew Bishop
12 Ashley Beck
11 Hanno Dirksen
10 Dan Biggar
9 Rhys Webb

1 Duncan Jones
2 Mefin Davies
3 Cai Griffiths
4 Ian Gough
5 Ian Evans
6 Tom Smith
7 Justin Tipuric (Capt)
8 Jonathan Thomas

Replacements:

16 Scott Baldwin
17 Aaron Jarvis
18 Joe Rees
19 James Goode
20 James King
21 Tom Isaacs
22 Matthew Morgan
23 Sonny Parker

I'm a massive fan of rugby but it's quite difficult to get excited about the Regional/Club rugby when we are on the verge of the world cup starting.
But as always I shall watch as much rugby as possible.

same team with jarvis on the bench hibbard and bearman back for next game

Edinburgh's side for their trip to Wales has a very young look to it again:

15 Tom Brown

14 Simon Webster
13 Matt Scott
12 James King
11 Tim Visser

10 Gregor Hunter
9 Greig Laidlaw CAPTAIN

1 Kyle Traynor
2 Steven Lawrie
3 Lewis Niven
4 Grant Gilchrist
5 Esteban Lozada
6 Sean Cox
7 Roddy Grant
8 David Denton

Substitutes
16 Andrew Kelly
17 Robin Hislop
18 Shaun Knight
19 Steven Turnbull
20 Hamish Watson
21 Chris Leck
22 Jim Thompson
23 Lee Jones

Hunter replaces (Good)Godman at stand-off, Matt Scott starts at OC again, and Tom Brown is at fullback after his impressive pre-season. Simon Webster keeps Lee Jones on the bench in the backline, and Tim Visser will be hoping to cross the whitewash again.

In the forwards, young Grant Gilchrist, recently returned from his sojourn in NZ (one of three recipients of this year's MacPhail Trust scholarship), and Steven Lawrie is again preferred to Andy Kelly at hooker

What's Tom Brown like As? I've heard that he is one to look out for.

Thanks Asbo

Ospreys team above.

Cariadwr, nae worries

Pete, he's just out of U20s but is highly rated - he's keeping Jim Thompson out of the side so must be doing something right

Asbo - you staying up for the Scotland game tonight?

What time is the game on and is it S4C or BBC2 ?

BBC2W 7.30

I think the Ospreys will rip Edinburgh a new one to be honest, they were poor against the Blues and they fell apart in the second half. I can see the Ospreys going to town.

This game is being shown on S4C Cymro. Coverage starts at 6:10 with kick off at 6:30.

Diolch Cari

That really is a young team!

Anyone on here watching the game? Crowd looks pretty small! Not that I can talk being an Edinburgh fan...

Hey all. I've been poorly this afternoon so I've got out of bed to watch the match. Missed the first 20 minutes. Not happy with that scoreline at the moment.

Decent game so far! Ospreys pack have a lot more grunt than Edinburgh's - especially in the scrum.

Should be an entertaining game

Ten all...that's more like it, but the O's should be getting ahead considering their performance last week.

Come on Ospreys! They're on the attack now. Too slow getting the ball out mind.

Lovely drop goal attempt from Biggar but the officials say it missed so it's disallowed.

Arrgh!!! Great run from Tipuric but he loses the ball before he can touchdown. No try.

DONKEY!

Horrendous defence from Edinburgh. How did he manage to mess that up so badly??

God knows RDW, it's not even raining so the ball's not like soap!

Penalty 13 - 10.

If the O's lose by less than 3, Biggar is going to be very annoyed, that DG went over.

I thought it went over Wales, but I guess it was too high for some people...

Have to say I'm really impressed so far with our new signing - Sean Cox. He's added a lot of grunt and toughness to a very lightweight pack

RDW - who's Edinburgh's no.2 today? I fancy him...

Good kick from edinburgh makes it 13 all at HT.

Fancy him as a player or for his looks?

Steve Lawrie - he played for us when he was younger but we let him go and he moved to Doncaster. He has come back this season!

eh...don't know much about him as a player RDW

Cari wrote:RDW - who's Edinburgh's no.2 today? I fancy him...

What would Bowe think - siding with the opposition

Edinburgh are putting up a fight, the O's will have to work had for the BPW the Blues got against Edinburgh last week.

Awh Tommy knows he's top of the list Wales....

Biggar's penalty attempt after two minutes goes wide. Must be a bad day for rugby kickers today...

Edinburgh inch ahead with a penalty 13 - 16.

Ospreys follow with their own penalty so we're even again at 16 all.

Dear oh dear. Ospreys pinged for obstruction twice. Shame they were on the attack as well.

Awh they're substituting Lawes...booooo!

Jebus, this ref isn't missing anything is he...

Can't believe that Embra are putting up this much of a fight or are the Os just playing poorly?

The O's aren't playing very well Asbo...but Edinburgh are taking advantage of that to be fair.

Ospreys edge ahead with a penalty 19 - 16.

Very scrappy game this....lots of errors on both sides. Another good opportunity fluffed by the O's there.

Ospreys go for another penalty kick. Over cooks it again. Balls. Still 19 - 16.

Oh there's a fecking surprise. Ian Evans gets a yellow. Made no effort to let the player down safely. Don't know how the crowd can boo that.

19 all after the penalty.

Laidlaw MOTM - deserved in a poor performance from the O's.

Argh! drama in the dying minutes - it looked like it would get lost. Tipuric has possibly got a try....TMO...YES!!!!

26 - 19. FT

As an aside I have to say the O's fans have been appalling. Booing constantly - even when Laidlaw was announced as MOTM. Disgusting.

Well done Ospreys!

I hope Tipuric goes to the world cup to.replace Ryan Jones even for just experience.

Oh Tipuric you beauty

well could we have made that any harder for ourselves!!!!

Tough one to take that - we at least deserved a draw! Rubbish tackling by Edinburgh all game though!

Commiserations Edinburgh - very close. They get the LBP though?

Not a great performance from the O's I have to say, but they scraped a win. Well done Tipuric. almost got two tries tonight.

Cari wrote:Argh! drama in the dying minutes - it looked like it would get lost. Tipuric has possibly got a try....TMO...YES!!!!

26 - 19. FT

As an aside I have to say the O's fans have been appalling. Booing constantly - even when Laidlaw was announced as MOTM. Disgusting.

Tipuric made up for the earlier knock on.

I agree that the O's crowd were awful, booing the opposition and their own players (Biggar in particular)

A poor performance from the O's and a draw might have been the fair result.

I really feel for Edinburgh there, but credit to the O's for fighting for the win right to the very end. Didn't watch the whole game, but from the 20mins I did see, looked very error strewn. Guess both sides will be looking for a much better performance in their next match!