Connacht v Ospreys

15TH FEBRUARY 2013 19:45

Preview: Ospreys have won their last five RaboDirect PRO12 contests since losing 13-23 to Edinburgh at Murrayfield on 23 November. Ospreys have a good history against the Irish provinces but have certainly lost more than twice since may 2011!

Ospreys have won their last nine encounters with Connacht since the Irishmen were victorious, 24-20, at the Sportsground on 9 May 2008.

At Sportsground, 7.45pm. Live on TG4

Referee: Guiseppe Vivarini (FIR, 5th competition game) Assistant Referees: Michael Black, Will O'Connor (both IRFU) Citing Commissioner: Tom McCormack (IRFU) TMO: Jude Quinn (IRFU)

TEAMS
Connacht: Robbie Henshaw, Tiernan O'Halloran, Eoin Griffin, Kyle Tonetti, Danie Poolman, Dan Parks, Kieran Marmion, Brett Wilkinson, Jason Harris-Wright, Nathan White (capt), Michael Swift, Mick Kearney, John Muldoon, Willie Faloon, Eoin McKeon.

Replacements: Ethienne Reynecke, Rodney Ah You, Ronan Loughney, Andrew Browne, Johnny O'Connor, Paul O'Donohoe, Miah Nikora, Gavin Duffy

Ospreys: Richard Fussell, Tom Habberfield, Tom Isaacs, Jonathan Spratt, Ben John, Matthew Morgan, Kahn Fotuali'i; Duncan Jones, Scott Baldwin, Cai Griffiths, Alun Wyn Jones, (Capt), James King, Joe Bearman, Sam Lewis, Morgan Allen

Replacements: Matthew Dwyer, Marc Thomas, Dmitri Arhip, Lloyd Peers, Jonathan Thomas, Arthur Ellis/Sam Davies, Rhys Webb, Ross Jones

How does everyone see this one going?

Im pretty sure we've lost to Irish provinces more. We lost to Ulster at the start of this season George? Wish they wouldn't play habberfield in the wing. Seems a waste.

Another win for Ospreys. And keep Sam Davies so he doesn't feature for the U20s again.

georgestowersbiceps wrote:. Ospreys only two defeats by an Irish province since May 2011 have both been at the hands of Munster.

Ulster have beaten Ospreys twice in that period once at home and once away.

Connacht look close to a full team but sadly i think Os might take this one by less then seven.

If you put McSharry and Carr (who is returning I believe) into that back line
you have serious attacking potental

Apologies. That'll learn me for copying and pasting. Removed.

Wasn't having a go George. Anyone have any links to the game?

It's on in Irish. want to know the score on the half hour mark?

Yes please jen

13 7 at half time. just watching the end of the ilster game.

That's to Connacht.

Will give you an update in a few minutes. Ulster finally got their bp v zebre with 7 mins to go.

Cheers butty. Dragons 3 - 58 Glasgow if ur interested.

16 7 now 48 minutes gone.

sheephead wrote:Cheers butty. Dragons 3 - 58 Glasgow if ur interested.

saw that. big game next week between glasgow and ulster. and there were people writing glasgow off in the playoffs

16 7 still. Connacht lineout in Os 22. 55 gone

Couple of mins Connacht attack then knock on

62 gone. Same score. Os don't look lime scoring yet anyway.

Is the game on RTE Jen?

Tg4

McKeown looks class. Future irish No.8

I also was surprised at how Tonetti played. He looks a good prospect in the midfield. Poolman is a great find.

Yeah on TG clatter. you couldn't watch that up there. your ears would melt at the sound of Conemara Irish.

Now 16 10.

I have happy memories of holidays in Connemara.



Got to be better than that ScrumV lot!

Connacht doing their best to blow this. failing so far. 7 to go

Pen Connacht. c'maaan Dan

19 10. 5 to go.

Sorry my phone died there. Had to switch on the PC.

Dan Parks dropped a goal to make it 22 10. Os had a player carded at the death for a tip tackle. Finished 22 10 Os get nothing.

Well done Connacht! Lets hope they can push on from this as they are really lacking consistancy.

Well done the Westies!

We softened them up for you last week mind!

James King with the yellow

Good result. Hopefully move up the table now.

Bad news, but cheers Jen x =D

Well done lads!

Well played Connacht looked a good turnout in Galway as well.

Well played Connacht. That was a very good win...!

I am more than a little butter and dissappointed in the Ospreys. But much of that is due to Connachts ability.

I see Ah You has been taken off (uninjured) after only 10 min on the pitch, indeed i'm pretty sure Connacht would have lost has he stayed on, the scrum was getting mullered.

Surely this was the last time we saw him in a Connacht shirt.

VinceWLB wrote:I see Ah You has been taken off (uninjured) after only 10 min on the pitch, indeed i'm pretty sure Connacht would have lost has he stayed on, the scrum was getting mullered.

Surely this was the last time we saw him in a Connacht shirt.

Yep ,Rodney is pretty awful. Connacht fans hate to see him anywhere near the Eagles team let alone the Senior team. Buckley must be injured?

Also Duncan Jones seemed to have the upper hand on Loughney. It was only that Wilkinson was way ontop of his fella. Its dissapointing because Hagan took Jones apart last time we played the Os. I though Loughneys scrummaging was getting better.

Don't know why Buckley wasn't there but it proved to be a huge miss.

Duncan Jones has a weird technique, i have seen him giving troubles to Census Johnstone this year, i think it's all about matchups and generally he is very hard to deal with.

I didn't see the game, but fair play to Connacht. If the FT score is anything to go by they got a good win at home and deprived Ospreys (unless it was their own doing) of a LBP. O's could've done with a BP as well. There's only one point between Leinster, Ospreys and Scarlets on the table. As it stands, O's are just about in the top four but that could well change later today.