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.

He dropped it didn't he?

Ospreys dominant for 60minutes, and now they are going to lose.

Floods kicking has been woeful

Yes SKY Manu is injured but how about you show the game!!!

How many rucks have Tigers entered off their feet in the 10mins??

nathan wrote:

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!

Meh, tad dramatic maybe but only fractionally compared to your little rants

A tale of two benches for me.

Morris could just have put his old club out of it. Ex Leinster Academy.

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

its not just the kicks - they should and could have had more tries.

tigers have realised the ref is giving no time on the floor and adapted well. Tigers have been very professional and without significant cheating / gamesmanship have taken control of the game.

Scoped wrote:

nathan wrote:

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!

Meh, tad dramatic maybe but only fractionally compared to your little rants

What can I say, I'm passionate, I'm not insulting anyone.....

Walker showed his defensive weakness for that try.

wales606 wrote:Ospreys dominant for 60minutes, and now they are going to lose.

The difference between a team with a deep squad and one ravaged by injuries shows the most on the bench

Lovely break by the ospreys.

Oooooooosh!

Try or no try that was fantastic from Walker

Mon Ospreys! A converted try will do it.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

Excellent Ospreys! Good effort even if he didn't score.

score update? given up on streams, bloody windows 8

Interesting last 5!

Shane Williams eat your heart out.

Just teach the boy to tackle and where to stand and he will make an international yet.

Try of the HC?

listening to this on the radio, such drama!

What a day to have an off day with the boot Biggar!

welshy6 wrote:score update? given up on streams, bloody windows 8

Lol, dodgy stream and you blame windows 8 lol

Absolutely awful with the boot today isn't he. Very unlike Biggar.

4 tackles evaded by Walker.

Biggar misses the touchline conversion, gutting.

nathan wrote:

welshy6 wrote:score update? given up on streams, bloody windows 8

Lol, dodgy stream and you blame windows 8 lol

15 all, 2 minutes left

Jesus what is it with these two ...cant we just have a boring game for once?

Not great rugby, but great drama

Morgannwg wrote:Absolutely awful with the boot today isn't he. Very unlike Biggar.

The misses have all been fairly difficult kicks that he might only get 70% of the time, just all the 30%s showed up today.

Walker is some player. Man. What feet. What speed.

Biggar has cost O´s a decent win here.

This is why Biggar should not play for Wales, he is a Choker

nathan wrote:

welshy6 wrote:score update? given up on streams, bloody windows 8

Lol, dodgy stream and you blame windows 8 lol

yep, flash player isin't working and windows 8 is so complicated I cant find where flash player is never mind update it!

Looks like the bookies had it right with the sides down as scratch

Last time honest, but the ref shouts for tigers players to roll away yet ospreys players are allowed longer to roll away.

Draw

Makes for a great last weekend!

Well done Ospreys you go away with nothing in Europe again. How many more players do you need to nick?

I was one of the many who thought why the hell did the Ospreys sign Khan?

But WOW talk about eating my words,the guy is immense

so Leicester need to beat Toulouse to go through (and have nothing silly happen like Toulouse picking up two BPs in defeat). Makes for a cracking last week-end.

Ospreys really should have won this one comfortably, but that's Leicester's strength, hanging in there, and pouncing when they get their chance.

viewtothegym wrote:This is why Biggar should not play for Wales, he is a Choker

Yeah, because the 2 finals he has played in he has lost...right?

No wait, pretty sure he was man of the match in both of them and lead his team to beat Leinster in Leinster.

Equally he was superb against Toulouse, home and away.

If he shouldn't play for Wales because of one bad kicking day then we are in trouble - since we can't pick Preistland, Hook or Stephen Jones ever again. I think Patchell has had a fairly poor place kicking day too.

Not to mention the fact that Halfpenny is the place kicker for Wales, and bar his place kicker, Biggar had a decent game - not quite the excellent performances he has been putting in recently.

wales606 wrote:

Morgannwg wrote:Absolutely awful with the boot today isn't he. Very unlike Biggar.

The misses have all been fairly difficult kicks that he might only get 70% of the time, just all the 30%s showed up today.

Whereas yesterday Farrel was banging them in from the halfway line all day.
Sure its not been easy for Biggar but really a 28% kicking success rate is not acceptable for a Wales wannabe (unless Halfpenny takes that duty off him)
But it does genuinely raise the question, is he a big game player? I know viewtothetroll called him a choker but does this happen on a regular basis in big games or is this a real one off? Im no great Farrell fan but I have to say he has an uncanny ability to bring his best against the biggest challenges, and thats what you need for a test player.

Cracking match - really enjoyed that.

Leicester - professional ( in the real sense) and determined with control when needed. Worked out the ref who was reffing the breakdown tighter than they are used to. Kept their discipline well especially in the second half.

Ospreys - not just the missed kicks - many try chances went missing as well - thats where they lost the game - dominating territory and possession andcutting thru them but you have to score the tries. They didn't and paid the price

viewtothegym wrote:I was one of the many who thought why the hell did the Ospreys sign Khan?

But WOW talk about eating my words,the guy is immense

He was dire for 6 months while Webb was playing very well. But, fair play he is really showing his class recently.

Its a result that does neither team a favour, Tigers could well be out again and Cockerill looking for another job

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:

wales606 wrote:

Morgannwg wrote:Absolutely awful with the boot today isn't he. Very unlike Biggar.

The misses have all been fairly difficult kicks that he might only get 70% of the time, just all the 30%s showed up today.

Whereas yesterday Farrel was banging them in from the halfway line all day.
Sure its not been easy for Biggar but really a 28% kicking success rate is not acceptable for a Wales wannabe (unless Halfpenny takes that duty off him)
But it does genuinely raise the question, is he a big game player? I know viewtothetroll called him a choker but does this happen on a regular basis in big games or is this a real one off? Im no great Farrell fan but I have to say he has an uncanny ability to bring his best against the biggest challenges, and thats what you need for a test player.

I saw Farrell get about the same percentage of kicks away in Munster a few weeks ago.

A great game both teams gave it 100%. If only Biggar had not missed those kicks at goal it would of been a different out come.

Surely Fussell will be Wales Full back for the 6ns. I thought he had a great game, him and Eli Walker 2 of the best players on the field today.

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:

wales606 wrote:

Morgannwg wrote:Absolutely awful with the boot today isn't he. Very unlike Biggar.

The misses have all been fairly difficult kicks that he might only get 70% of the time, just all the 30%s showed up today.

Whereas yesterday Farrel was banging them in from the halfway line all day.
Sure its not been easy for Biggar but really a 28% kicking success rate is not acceptable for a Wales wannabe (unless Halfpenny takes that duty off him)
But it does genuinely raise the question, is he a big game player? I know viewtothetroll called him a choker but does this happen on a regular basis in big games or is this a real one off? Im no great Farrell fan but I have to say he has an uncanny ability to bring his best against the biggest challenges, and thats what you need for a test player.

Good player but still a liability, regardless of the game being big or not so big. That's why we need Steve-o back in the mix this season.

Tigers v Toulouse. Both have to win. That should be some game.

Peter Seabiscuit Wheeler wrote:Its a result that does neither team a favour, Tigers could well be out again and Cockerill looking for another job

Doubtful cockers would be out. There may be a question mark at the end of the season if we win nothing.

So many missed kicks..!!!

not sure about that PSW, even with a win Leicester would have needed to beat Toulouse in the last game, so win or draw was pretty much the same for them (re qualifying only, not potential seedings in the QF). Ospreys needed a BP win to give themselves a chance, but their execution just wasn't good enough.

Talk about bringing on the Cavalry, a fine bunch of Journey men Tigers brought on to help.