Ulster v Ospreys. Friday 24th February 2012 KO 7.05pm

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Ulster Match Day Squad to face Ospreys, Friday 24th February 2012, Ravenhill (kick-off 7.05pm):
(15-9): S Terblanche; C Gilroy, N Spence, P Wallace, I Whitten; R Pienaar, P Marshall;
(1-8): P McAllister, A Kyriacou, J Afoa, L Stevenson, D Tuohy, C Henry (capt), W Faloon, P Wannenburg;
Replacements (16-23): N Brady, C Black, A Macklin, T Barker, R Diack, I Humphreys, S Danielli, A D'Arcy
Unavailable due to injury:
Declan Fitzpatrick, Jared Payne, Johann Muller, Darren Cave, Ali Birch

Ospreys Team:
15 Richard Fussell
14 Hanno Dirksen
13 Andrew Bishop
12 Stefan Watermeyer
11 Eli Walker
10 Dan Biggar
9 Kahn Fotuali'i
1 Duncan Jones
2 Scott Baldwin
3 Joe Rees
4 Ian Gough
5 James King
6 Tom Smith (Capt)
7 Sam Lewis
8 Joe Bearman

Replacements:
16 Mefin Davies
17 Ryan Bevington
18 Will Taylor
19 Jonathan Thomas/Lloyd Peers
20 George Stowers
21 Rhys Webb
22 Matthew Morgan
23 Ashley Beck

he has got worse as the game has gone on

Yes this ref is to Wales what Dudley Phillips is too Ireland!
That's about the biggest insult I can think of!

WillyGilly wrote:Correct decision rodders. Terrible pass by Marshall though. Pitch looks terrible.

Penalty and yellow card for me Willy. Penalty try is extremely harsh there. Are you at the match?

Discipline surely must be a problem for us this year, we hardly seem to get through the game without either a high penalty count or a yellow, or both.

Actually on the replay that try may be a bit harsh. Foolish pass by Marshmallow though.

Pffft - is all I have to say about everything in this match so far.

The good news is EOS said at the start of the game, that he wants to coach again in Ireland. Hopefully this means he wont end up coming to us lol

Actually after watching the replay I'm not even sure it was a penalty at all. Very marginal.

Mind you the Ospreys haven't thrown a straight lineout or been onside at the rucks all night so they can't complain....

Biggar was definitely trying to play that, no way it was a penalty.

Theres a piece on Terblanche on now, what a fantastic signing he's been! He's having a great game tonight.

As I said earlier our whole set piece is pants tonight. Defense is going well and our attack is disjointed. We need Ulster to keep making mistakes in order to allow us to keep going forward

It doesnt really matter, there is 3 points in it, so both teams can still win it, though Dan Biggar being off wont help us at all.

Fiver says the referee shows at least one more yellow card tonight...

Great tackle Whitten!

Ulster have been putting in some huge tackles

is it just me or does Fotuali'i make Mikey 3 steps look like a fast distributor of the ball????

Whitten having a great game, get that lad a new contract FFS!

Paddy Wallace!

agreed really putting his body on the line, working hard. Ulster showind a sustained period of pressure and they score there 2nd try

TBJ9625 wrote:is it just me or does Fotuali'i make Mikey 3 steps look like a fast distributor of the ball????

Yes he is often like this, he loves talking to his pack to set up a pod, and he takes about 10 seconds to do it, it can be very irritating.

Thoughts on the dream team at halfback?

Nice run by Pedre, a new contract for that man too please!

Biggar back on. This one will go down to the wire I think......

telegraphs everything, get webb on. Fotuali'i/Nutbrown both a waste of money and NWQ place!!!!!!

Lovely kick by Paddy... Gordon D'arcy's not fit to lace that mans boots!

And people wonder why Marshall doesnt start at 9 all the time, jeebus sort that passing out!!!

Nice to see Terblanche playing at the ripe old age of 79!

Great play by Ulster! Great tackle by the Ospreys 9 there!

did Fotuali'i actually use his arms then?

at 79 I'd still have Stef back at the Ospreys instead of Fussell

TBJ9625 wrote:did Fotuali'i actually use his arms then?

Samoan tacklers have arms?

TBJ9625 wrote:did Fotuali'i actually use his arms then?

Aww a minor detail, it was a great hit! Fair play Whittens a big lad.

AlynDavies wrote:

TBJ9625 wrote:did Fotuali'i actually use his arms then?

Samoan tacklers have arms?

Clearly not Alyn lol

Keep her lit lads! SUFTUM!

Ben Blair and Sweeney on.

Wrong thread. Bugger.

Cardiff Dave wrote:Ben Blair and Sweeney on.

Wrong thread. Bugger.

Not on this game :P

well the second half belongs to Ulster. Ospreys seem to have dropped right off the pace. Think this game is now Ulster's to lose!!!!!!

I'll let Ulster be the league champions this season, all I want in return is for you to bury Fussell somewhere in Ireland and never dig him up!

Morgan on at 10 bigger gone to 15

This referee is a madman!

Terblanche is a legend!

Isn't Marshall supposed to be our quick ball merchant?

yes, think Marshall has been poor this evening, but Pienaar has controlled well at 10

Marshall has been pretty poor Willy, hes not getting enough protection in the rucks though.

Not really liking Pienaar at 10 either, hes very predictable.

Rodders, is that because of the posession he's got from Marshall?

Paddy Mac looks wrecked. Needs to be subbed pretty quick.

TBJ9625 wrote:Rodders, is that because of the posession he's got from Marshall?

Maybe but he stands pretty deep and doesn't have much of a short passing game. He's much more effective at 9 I think. His territorial kicking has been pretty poor too.

That's fair, first time I've seen him play 10 for Ulster. (plus I'm a prop, what would I know about half backs???)

She's pretty windy rodders.

walker looks like he dropped it!!!!!

Great run by Walker! Jeebus he dropped it!

Can't call that? Help anyone?

he's given it!!!!!!! exceptionally lucky