Ospreys vs Toulouse Round two...!

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Ospreys v Toulouse
KO 13:35 at The Liberty Stadium

December 15, 2012 1:00pm

Live on Sky Sports 1 from 13:00


Ospreys Team

15 Richard Fussell, 14 Ross Jones, 13 Andrew Bishop, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 Eli Walker, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Kahn Fotuali'i (Capt)
1 Ryan Bevington, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 Campbell Johnstone, 4 Ian Gough, 5 James King, 6 Ryan Jones, 7 Justin Tipuric, 8 Joe Bearman

REPLACEMENTs
16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Duncan Jones, 18 Adam Jones, 19 Lloyd Peers, 20 George Stowers, 21 Rhys Webb, 22 Matthew Morgan, 23 Tom Isaacs


Toulouse Team

15 Maxime Médard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Yann David, 12 Gael Fickou, 11 Yoann Huget, 10 Jean-Marc Doussain, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Yoann Maestri, 3 Cencus Johnston, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Vasil Kakovin.

Replacements
16 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 17 Yohan Montes, 18 Roman Millo-Chluski, 19 Yannick Nyanga, 20 Gregory Lamboley, 21 Sébastian Bézy, 22 Yannick Jauzion, 23 Christopher Tolofua

greytiger wrote:

The Ospreys will need Castres to win at home, but lose away to Ulster - which is fairly likely

Ulster play Castres away. They tried that lunatic post-80th minute only to leave by donating the TBP to the home side.

You're right, I would still expect Ulster to win in Castres given their recent results, unfortunately I expect Northampton too aswell.

It would be great to see things align correctly for the orpseys, well done for all your calculations on the permutatutions.

All the Ospreys can do is aim to get two TBP wins.

I was at the game and could not believe the Ospreys did not cover the attackers at the end of the game, as soon as the ball came out my silent words were oh s**t the only guy back was R Jones, like a goalkeeper he made himself big and stopped his man giving enough time for support to arrive.

R Jones eyes were a mess again after the game, he had two forwards on top of him earlier he had his cap ripped off, I not sure if they were going for his eyes or not but the line judge ignored the incident. Really good game I thought Biggar had a very good game and should have been MOTM, I hope Dan gets a chance with Hook in the 6N, with Preistland Wales may have ended up with the wooden spoon (we may still get that reward with Howley and McBryde in charge).

glamorganalun wrote:I was at the game and could not believe the Ospreys did not cover the attackers at the end of the game, as soon as the ball came out my silent words were oh s**t the only guy back was R Jones, like a goalkeeper he made himself big and stopped his man giving enough time for support to arrive.

R Jones eyes were a mess again after the game, he had two forwards on top of him earlier he had his cap ripped off, I not sure if they were going for his eyes or not but the line judge ignored the incident. Really good game I thought Biggar had a very good game and should have been MOTM, I hope Dan gets a chance with Hook in the 6N, with Preistland Wales may have ended up with the wooden spoon (we may still get that reward with Howley and McBryde in charge).

Yeah, the defence in the last minute was poor, they came completely out of line and it almost cost them

wales606 wrote:

glamorganalun wrote:I was at the game and could not believe the Ospreys did not cover the attackers at the end of the game, as soon as the ball came out my silent words were oh s**t the only guy back was R Jones, like a goalkeeper he made himself big and stopped his man giving enough time for support to arrive.

R Jones eyes were a mess again after the game, he had two forwards on top of him earlier he had his cap ripped off, I not sure if they were going for his eyes or not but the line judge ignored the incident. Really good game I thought Biggar had a very good game and should have been MOTM, I hope Dan gets a chance with Hook in the 6N, with Preistland Wales may have ended up with the wooden spoon (we may still get that reward with Howley and McBryde in charge).

Yeah, the defence in the last minute was poor, they came completely out of line and it almost cost them

Poor kick by Biggar put us under pressure at the end there.

maestegmafia wrote:

wales606 wrote:

glamorganalun wrote:I was at the game and could not believe the Ospreys did not cover the attackers at the end of the game, as soon as the ball came out my silent words were oh s**t the only guy back was R Jones, like a goalkeeper he made himself big and stopped his man giving enough time for support to arrive.

R Jones eyes were a mess again after the game, he had two forwards on top of him earlier he had his cap ripped off, I not sure if they were going for his eyes or not but the line judge ignored the incident. Really good game I thought Biggar had a very good game and should have been MOTM, I hope Dan gets a chance with Hook in the 6N, with Preistland Wales may have ended up with the wooden spoon (we may still get that reward with Howley and McBryde in charge).

Yeah, the defence in the last minute was poor, they came completely out of line and it almost cost them

Poor kick by Biggar put us under pressure at the end there.

From what I remember it was Eli Walker running halfway down the pitch and getting turned over - the support players were to crowded and not expecting a turnover which almost led to a Toulouse length of the field try. I don't know what kick you are talking about?

wales606 wrote:

maestegmafia wrote:

wales606 wrote:

glamorganalun wrote:I was at the game and could not believe the Ospreys did not cover the attackers at the end of the game, as soon as the ball came out my silent words were oh s**t the only guy back was R Jones, like a goalkeeper he made himself big and stopped his man giving enough time for support to arrive.

R Jones eyes were a mess again after the game, he had two forwards on top of him earlier he had his cap ripped off, I not sure if they were going for his eyes or not but the line judge ignored the incident. Really good game I thought Biggar had a very good game and should have been MOTM, I hope Dan gets a chance with Hook in the 6N, with Preistland Wales may have ended up with the wooden spoon (we may still get that reward with Howley and McBryde in charge).

Yeah, the defence in the last minute was poor, they came completely out of line and it almost cost them

Poor kick by Biggar put us under pressure at the end there.

From what I remember it was Eli Walker running halfway down the pitch and getting turned over - the support players were to crowded and not expecting a turnover which almost led to a Toulouse length of the field try. I don't know what kick you are talking about?

I thought we won a scrum and Biggar cleared leading to their counter attack?

It was an Eli Walker break and chip and chase, Huget I think it was won the ball and the O's support piled in in numbers eyeing the turnover for a last score, they failed in the turn over and were left exposed out wide.

PS Biggar tracked back there like a man posessed, he and Bishop were the 2 who saved that try, Jones was like a rabbit in the headlights.

Eli Walker was ok but hardly MOTM, put into space a few times and beat a defender, Biggar and Bishop were superb all game!!

Oh and I think Patchell for the 6N...

maes only reports negatives on biggar, and if he cant find them he makes them up!!!!
hand up maes, you've bad mouthed him for so long now you cant man up and give praise where its due. say goodye to hook maes, he's gone.

No it was Jones who put in the try saving tackle, the guy was amazing all game. But Bigger did track back in fairness to him and helped to slow down the ball for Toulouse. There were so many hero's in that game, If biggar isn't the starting 10 for the 6 nations then something needs to be said higher up the food chain, because he is easily wales stand out consistant OH at the moment. Hibbs was amazinging on his first game back, Kahn is now playing with tempo and what a difference it makes. For probably 70% of that game saturday, the O's were enjoyable to watch. First time I've said that in a long time......oh and long may it continue

TBJ9625 wrote:No it was Jones who put in the try saving tackle, the guy was amazing all game. But Bigger did track back in fairness to him and helped to slow down the ball for Toulouse. There were so many hero's in that game, If biggar isn't the starting 10 for the 6 nations then something needs to be said higher up the food chain, because he is easily wales stand out consistant OH at the moment. Hibbs was amazinging on his first game back, Kahn is now playing with tempo and what a difference it makes. For probably 70% of that game saturday, the O's were enjoyable to watch. First time I've said that in a long time......oh and long may it continue

Totally agree, Maes must have been at a different game, it was Wlaker that made a great run and he had not option to kick I thought the ref could have blown for a penalty for not releasing. Wlaker looks good in attack but defence he is very poor, just watch the previous game in France.

there was a real 'team' feel to the performance, everything clicked, and i agree that if biggar isnt the 10 for the 6ns then there is really something wrong with the management of the welsh team.

it shows what little faith people have in them to make informed decisions.