Ospreys v Leicester

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Venue: Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Date: Sunday, 13 January
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT

TEAMS

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

REPLACEMENTS
16 Scott Baldwin
17 Duncan Jones
18 Campbell Johnstone
19 Lloyd Peers
20 Sam Lewis/Jonathan Thomas
21 Rhys Webb
22 Matthew Morgan
23 Jonathan Spratt

Leicester Tigers:

15 Mathew Tait
14 Niall Morris
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi
12 Anthony Allen
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Toby Flood
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Louis Deacon (c)
5 Geoff Parling
6 Steve Mafi
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane

Replacements
16 Rob Hawkins
17 Logovi'i Mulipola
18 Martin Castrogiovanni
19 Ed Slater
20 Thomas Waldrom
21 Sam Harrison
22 George Ford
23 Matt Smith

Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

League as it stands;

1 Leicester 4 3 0 1 95 83 2 14
2 Toulouse 4 3 0 1 92 61 1 13
3 Ospreys 4 2 0 2 91 92 1 9
4 Treviso 4 0 0 4 76 118 1 1

Potentially the game of the weekend. Discuss here any pre match, live match and post match chat. Please don't duplicate any topics already discussed on other threads! You know what I'm talking about.

Teams will be updated when available.

any chance of a link too guys?? Ta!

Leicester defense is very solid, the Ospreys could really have done with a try though.

Tigers missing first tackles.

Biggar finally nails it.

3 - 0

It's been all Ospreys for the last 20.

wales606 wrote:Biggar finally nails it.

3 - 0

It's been all Ospreys for the last 20.

Yeah this is the same as at Welford road, hope the second half is the same too!

Bearman is flicking a lot of balls out of the back of his hand, the whole Ospreys team are offloading well

Walker with another chance for the Ospreys, but Tait does well to make the one on one tackle.

Lacey's interpretation of the breakdown is killing tigers, anyone who tries to turnover is off his feet when they are not Cole did some great play and was penalised.

Cracking game! C'mon Ospreys!

He took a dive! He been playing in France!

Noooooop! Well played ospreys!

The Ospreys should not be happy with some of the referees decisions so far. 2 touches given the Leicester rather than the O's, and a flailing leg.

The Ospreys attack looks sharp, but they could use a try.

AND IT COMES FROM BEARMAN

They look very sharp, and Fotuali looks world class

nathan wrote:He took a dive! He been playing in France!

Nonsense - sneaky block that Tait got away with. should have been yellow

Ha! Is that linesman a Liecester fan? Also, Tait should be having a 10 minute rest.

Manu's Boxing Coach wrote:Lacey's interpretation of the breakdown is killing tigers, anyone who tries to turnover is off his feet when they are not Cole did some great play and was penalised.

Even the commentators said he was off his feet

COME ON.great try

Tiperic is looking bloody good!

The Ospreys will want Ryan Jones back as quickly as possible, I hope someone can stitch fast.

10 - 0

wales606 wrote:The Ospreys should not be happy with some of the referees decisions so far. 2 touches given the Leicester rather than the O's, and a flailing leg.

The Ospreys attack looks sharp, but they could use a try.

AND IT COMES FROM BEARMAN

They look very sharp, and Fotuali looks world class

Disagree with the trip, he kicked it too far and looked to take a bit of a dive.

great try. loads of pressure, it had to come. and biggar on target at last

He was never going to recover the kick, regardless you still cannot trip a player

The Ospreys have an ideal gameplan at the moment, they are backing ground up the middle and using width when the defence breaks up and offloading well out of the tackle to tie in the big Leicester midfield.

Could have been a red for Tipuric, no significant contact and he threw himself to the floor.

Moronic kick from Morris who turn it on and score the try they've been threatening.

Lacey's interpretation at the breakdown is erm interesting.

Lovely try from the Ospreys, Tigers need more time and precision in the Ospreys half.

Toulouse lead 12 - 11

The Ospreys would love a big upset, that would make next week very exciting.

formerly known as Sam wrote:Could have been a red for Tipuric, no significant contact and he threw himself to the floor.

Moronic kick from Morris who turn it on and score the try they've been threatening.

Lacey's interpretation at the breakdown is erm interesting.

When you leg gets whacked while running at full pelt, you do tend to fall to the floor. Perhaps we should red card players for breathing while we are at it.

A red sam?! Dont be daft. Either you are trying to wum or you dont understand basic laws of physics

Scoped wrote:A red sam?! Dont be daft. Either you are trying to wum or you dont understand basic laws of physics

Or Rugby :-)

Os have not scored enough for their possession. Tigers will come back at some point.

nathan wrote:

wales606 wrote:

formerly known as Sam wrote:Could have been a red for Tipuric, no significant contact and he threw himself to the floor.

Moronic kick from Morris who turn it on and score the try they've been threatening.

Lacey's interpretation at the breakdown is erm interesting.

When you leg gets whacked while running at full pelt, you do tend to fall to the floor. Perhaps we should red card players for breathing while we are at it.

Whacked? Lol.....

Yep there was contact with Tipuric's leg

TJ wrote:

Scoped wrote:A red sam?! Dont be daft. Either you are trying to wum or you dont understand basic laws of physics

Or Rugby :-)

Os have not scored enough for their possession. Tigers will come back at some point.

Yep, the the O's are looking for a TBP, they really should have taken one more of their opportunities and had 2 tries.

Great half of rugby! more of the same please in the 2nd half

tait clearly stepped into him and turned so his hip knocked Tipuric. tipuric should have just run straight over him tho - the fall was hollywood but it was still a clear foul

Dan Biggar, how much bad luck can a kicker have? 3 kicks at goal and 3 misses.

Ospreys though well deserve their lead so far. looking forward to the second half.

anyone with a link? PM please

Will be an interesting half!

Mad for Chelsea wrote:anyone with a link? PM please

link pmed

ta very much!

Ospreys are good at keeping the ball alive.

Deliberate knock on for contesting a ball in the air.

I don't think I have ever seen that called before

How long till tigers get a yellow?

Straight in the side, should of been a pen to tigers.

Penalty?

Nathan it swas for not moving away. Fully justified and TJ they are no where near a yellow. It hasnt really been that bad.

Now can everyone please open their second eye?

Another high tackle....

Scoped wrote:Nathan it swas for not moving away. Fully justified and TJ they are no where near a yellow. It hasnt really been that bad.

Now can everyone please open their second eye?

Seems a lot of breakdown infringements by Tigers? No?

A few. Iften borderline and rarely in danger areas. Few more in the 22 and then theres an issue.

I thought Walker was dire last season, but fair play, he has become an outstanding attacking winger to replace Shane

Got the link cheers lads...

Fussell playing well there...

Scoped wrote:A few. Iften borderline and rarely in danger areas. Few more in the 22 and then theres an issue.

Fairy snuff

Beautiful play

Ref seems to be allowing the ospreys more time to move at the breakdown.