Ospreys v Ulster, Friday 4th October

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Better late than never. Big game. 2 good sides. Let's get it on.

At Liberty Stadium, 7.05pm. Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU, 49th competition game) Assistant Referees: Jon Mason, Wayne Davies (both WRU) Citing Commissioner: Dennis Jones (WRU) TMO: Derek Bevan (WRU)

In the black corner

15 Richard Fussell
14 Jeff Hassler
13 Andrew Bishop
12 Ashley Beck
11 Eli Walker
10 Dan Biggar
9 Tito Tebaldi
1 Ryan Bevington
2 Richard Hibbard
3 Adam Jones
4 Alun Wyn Jones (Capt)
5 Ian Evans
6 Tyler Ardron
7 Justin Tipuric
8 Joe Bearman

REPLACEMENTS

16 Scott Baldwin
17 Duncan Jones
18 Aaron Jarvis
19 James King
20 Sam Lewis
21 Tom Habberfield
22 Matthew Morgan
23 Ben John

In the white corner

(15-9): C Gilroy, A Trimble, J Payne, L Marshall, M Allen, P Jackson, P Marshall; (1-8): T Court, R Best, D Fitzpatrick J Muller (Captain), D Tuohy, R Diack, C Henry, N Williams; Replacements (16-23): R Herring, C Black, B Ross, I Henderson, R Wilson, M Heaney, S Olding, D Cave.

rodders wrote:Well the Ospreys fans can't complain about the ref anyways...  

They are now!  

That Ulster fan in the crowd's getting on TV quite a bit now....

12-9 at 58 minutes.

Suddenly the game's woken up...O's on the attack but Ulster holding firm...

...and they're on the attack.  Could be a try for them now.

Oh nice one Ianto!  Imagine if he'd gone to the bin on his birthday?

12-12 at 64 minutes.

Game on.

SUFTUM!

Gees Fitzgibbon is a muppet.

Fussell is never a first team player with his decision making.
 

Wanna bet Biggar goes for the drop goal now and misses?

He's got his protractor out at the breakdown but can spot a lineout throw that's miles from straight....

Ulster miss out on a potential try there...I bet they're cussing the ref for that decision.

Great kick by Jackson!

Still, Ulster could edge in front now thanks to a daft mistake from our scrumhalf...unless Wee Paddy misses...and he hasn't!!! What a kick!!!

12-15 at 72 minutes.

What a boot, Paddy!!!!! 

3 points won't be enough , there's still time for Fitzgibben to give another half dozen penalties a piece.

Doesn't seem like any team is going to score a try in the next few minutes.

Good crowd, though.

I think Ulster will end our winning streak to be honest...they seem to have had the upper hand this second half.

rodders wrote:Gees Fitzgibbon is a muppet.

Yup. Beaker

I hate it when a ref dictates the games AND the scoreline.

Olding is a class act.

Hey Pete! Long time no see!  

You know, the O's v Ulster fixture works better for each team when they're away it seems...

Yep, what did I tell you?! Jarvis in the bin. Feck!

Pete330v2 wrote:

rodders wrote:Gees Fitzgibbon is a muppet.

Yup. Beaker

I hate it when a ref dictates the games AND the scoreline.

I make this one 27-0 to Fitzgibbon.

Paddy can kick now!

Gees Paddy couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo 2 weeks ago!

If Ulster don't win this, it'll be a blydi miracle.

12-18 at 77 minutes.

Wee Paddy is MOTM too.  

PJ golden boot:yahoo: 

That's a joke of a yellow. There's no way he could move and he wasn't interfering. And I know Fitz penalised an Ulster player in the first half for the same thing.

Oh for crissakes...another binning - don't know who it was for Ulster...

Oh Dear

Padeeeeeeeeee!

Ospreys have two minutes to get something here...gwaaaan Tips!!!

Well to be fair, Fitz in 'consistent' ....

Thank flip

Awwww crap on a stick.  

Great defence, Ulster!! My heart is in my mouth!!

Cari wrote:Oh for crissakes...another binning - don't know who it was for Ulster...

Olding.

Cone on Ulcer. One more scrum.

The Saint wrote:Well to be fair, Fitz in 'consistent' ....

Yeah he's not one eyed, he can't see out of either.

Adam J back on for the scrum...come on O's get a good scrum here now.

For christ sake get that whistle of that muppet.

rodders wrote:

The Saint wrote:Well to be fair, Fitz in 'consistent' ....

Yeah he's not one eyed, he can't see out of either.

 

Thanks Jenny.

Henry didn't get back on side. If it was me, I would have issued a penalty....

Wooooooohooooooo!

   SUFTUM!!

Oh big fat hairy mammoth bol locks. Well done Ulster. You've rained on our parade.

 

12-18 FT

If ever there was a match I never thought we had a chance to win it was this.
I never thought I would thank that eejit Fitzgibbon but hey....
We have one almighty pack and Paddy is the full package after all

SUFTU!!!!
SUFTCAB!!!!

God shocking game, delighted with the win but neither side can take much from that because the ref spoiled it for both. It was a bit like Russian roulette and Ulster came up trumps.

Paddy Jackson's kicking finally comes good. He's a confidence kicker, if he gets the first couple he'll bang them all over, if he misses the first couple he falls to pieces.

I said earlier in this thread I hope we are not talking about the ref, and guess what, Ulster did not come to scrummage and Fitzgibbon fell for it, this ref is a muppet. Well done Ulster though.

LordDowlais wrote:I said earlier in this thread I hope we are not talking about the ref, and guess what, Ulster did not come to scrummage and Fitzgibbon fell for it, this ref is a muppet. Well done Ulster though.

Actually for most of the match I thought we had the upper hand in the scrum. In the first half we were the only team to play attacking rugby, the Ospreys wanted a negative tight game which could have gone either way and they lost.

Tony McWhirter needs a haircut.

Congratulations Ulster. And to think just two weeks ago people were saying it's been a disaster this season!

Artful_Dodger wrote:

LordDowlais wrote:I said earlier in this thread I hope we are not talking about the ref, and guess what, Ulster did not come to scrummage and Fitzgibbon fell for it, this ref is a muppet. Well done Ulster though.

Actually for most of the match I thought we had the upper hand in the scrum.  In the first half we were the only team to play attacking rugby, the Ospreys wanted a negative tight game which could have gone either way and they lost.

Agreed Dodger