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.

I've seen Tuilagi 3 times this game, and for 2 of them he was giving away a penalty.

Sublime by Fussel.

wales606 wrote:I thought Walker was dire last season, but fair play, he has become an outstanding attacking winger to replace Shane

Aye..!

I remember when he was offered a contract but Phillips was released with Owen the coaches took loads of abuse for it on here.

Wow this game has me captivated! My gf's sister is at this game, her first rugby game, great way to be introduced to rugby!

wales606 wrote:I've seen Tuilagi 3 times this game, and for 2 of them he was giving away a penalty.

We haven't seen enough ball, kicking too much away.

maestegmafia wrote:

wales606 wrote:I thought Walker was dire last season, but fair play, he has become an outstanding attacking winger to replace Shane

Aye..!

I remember when he was offered a contract but Phillips was released with Owen the coaches took loads of abuse for it on here.

Yep

Similarly, I am starting to think that Fussell has actually become a good player.

Red seems to be picking imaginary scrum rules out of an imaginary hat

Mon Ospreys!

maestegmafia wrote:Red seems to be picking imaginary scrum rules out of an imaginary hat

Not binding has always been a rule mate.

Yeah, have to say I'm not familiar with this ref but his scrum officiating seems pretty much bang on.

hi can someone post me a link, none of the ones I know seem to work on my laptop :/

Ref is shocking along with his assistants, guess the ERC have to keep the English cubs sweet with the threats of pulling out.

This ref is pathetic at the breakdown for both teams.

Hibbard is excellent, he really should be starting for Wales - I rate him far more than Rees or Owens.

Agreed Nathan there is no consistency whatsoever.

viewtothegym wrote:Ref is shocking along with his assistants, guess the ERC have to keep the English cubs sweet with the threats of pulling out.

Lol, that's what the think is happening in the game, the ref is favouring the tigers. Hahahahahaha

nathan wrote:This ref is pathetic at the breakdown for both teams.

Disagree - very tight but consistent.

And Hibbard goes off injured with what looks like another shoulder injury.

I hope Hibbard and R.Jones are fit for the 6Ns

I'm usually quick to criticise a refs mistakes but he seems fairly decent and fair from what I've seen.

What specifically is it you dont like?

TJ wrote:

nathan wrote:This ref is pathetic at the breakdown for both teams.

Disagree - very tight but consistent.

Not at all, that turnover was identical to Coles where he was pinged.

Bigger gives the ref some talk and he does nothing. Tigers do it and get done for it.

Like this now imaginary knock ons

Apart from Coles was off his feet then tried to pick the ball up, the Os player was on his feet and was not allowed to pick the ball up then was hit by more tigers and pushed off his feet. Marginal but correct

Honestly nathan its not. Cole was initially flat on his stomach before getting to his feet. Hibbard was close to being off feet but no where near what Cole was

Adam jones Bevington and Hibbard have completely outplayed tigers

TJ wrote:Apart from Coles was off his feet then tried to pick the ball up, the Os player was on his feet and was not allowed to pick the ball up then was hit by more tigers and pushed off his feet. Marginal but correct

Not at all, his firearms we're leaning on the floor just like Coles.

Blwdi Biggar hit the post third time

Hits the post AGAIN, unbelievable.

Biggar backed down and apologised immediately as opposed to the Leicester lock who was much more aggressive and persistant. Stop with the one-eyedness, its not healthy.

Straight off there feet, ref does nothing....

And again - consistent but tight - Os penalised for holding on

Scoped wrote:Biggar backed down and apologised immediately as opposed to the Leicester lock who was much more aggressive and persistant. Stop with the one-eyedness, its not healthy.

Backing down means nothing, I am one eyed by the way. Get used to it!

If Tigers get something from this game it will be a travesty. Only one team playing rugby here.

Thats a very depressing admission to hear nathan.

Gibson wrote:If Tigers get something from this game it will be a travesty. Only one team playing rugby here.

Score line flattered the tigers last game too.

The Ospreys are really unlucky, 12 points lost off the boot and now there is nothing between the two.

Gibson wrote:If Tigers get something from this game it will be a travesty. Only one team playing rugby here.

Os did not score the points when they had the opportunities. You cannot do that against a team like Tigers who will always get a good patch in a game

Scoped wrote:Thats a very depressing admission to hear nathan.

Not really, everyone is!

Sheesh. O´s will regret all those missed chances now.

Tigers will win this now I think

Ospreys are really missing Ryan Jones in this second half

TJ wrote:

Gibson wrote:If Tigers get something from this game it will be a travesty. Only one team playing rugby here.

Os did not score the points when they had the opportunities. You cannot do that against a team like Tigers who will always get a good patch in a game

Totally agree. Like now. Tigers will push for the win now. Tails are up.

wales606 wrote:The Ospreys are really unlucky, 12 points lost off the boot and now there is nothing between the two.

Having a sh1t kicker isnt bad luck, its a weakness in the side

nathan wrote:

Scoped wrote:Thats a very depressing admission to hear nathan.

Not really, everyone is!

At least he recognises it - many do not

Never write Leicester off. Tuilagi has looked a bit out of sorts today.

Too an extent but to be unapologeticaly one eyed in face of the facts is a tad pathetic. One step from a creationist

TJ wrote:

nathan wrote:

Scoped wrote:Thats a very depressing admission to hear nathan.

Not really, everyone is!

At least he recognises it - many do not

Hey I'm honest, I'll be normal again after the game!

Scoped wrote:Too an extent but to be unapologeticaly one eyed in face of the facts is a tad pathetic. One step from a creationist

Lo,, your taking it a bit far mate!

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:

wales606 wrote:The Ospreys are really unlucky, 12 points lost off the boot and now there is nothing between the two.

Having a sh1t kicker isnt bad luck, its a weakness in the side

He is a 90% kicker, he is just having a bad game.

Its not like the Scarlets continuing to let Preistland kick at less than 50%

Oh dear Ospreys how obvious was it that the ball was going down the blind side. Deserved losers.