GPro 12 - Ospreys V Edinburgh

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Ospreys V Edinburgh

At Liberty Stadium, 4pm. Live on S4C / BBC 2 Scotland
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)
Assistant Referees: Simon Rees, Chris Williams (both WRU)
Citing Commissioner: Denis Jones (WRU)
TMO: Derek Bevan (WRU)

Head to head
24  Played 24
13  Wins 10
10  Losses 13
1    Draws 1
57  Tries 53
34  Conversions 39
71  Penalties 47
4    Drop Goals 1
578 Points 487
24   Avg. Age 25

Ospreys' only defeat in their last six Guinness PRO12 matches was 27-30 to Zebre in Parma in round 21 last season.
Ospreys have won their last four games at Liberty Stadium since Munster were the visitors in February.

The Welshmen have lost their last three fixtures against Scottish opponents, but have never lost four in a row to teams north of the border.

Edinburgh's only victory in their last seven fixtures was 14-13 over Munster in Limerick in round 1, the Scotsmen, therefore, are going for successive away victories in the PRO12 for the first time since November 2009.

Edinburgh won on their most recent visit to Wales: 23-19 over Dragons at Rodney Parade in April, and have not won back-to-back games in Wales since September 2009.

The last four encounters between the two sides have all been won by the home team on the day whilst Edinburgh have not been victorious at Liberty Stadium since a 32-30 win on 25th April 2009.

Teams

Ospreys

15.Dan Evans
14.Jeff Hassler
13.Johnny Spratt
12 Josh Matevesi
11.Hanno Dirksen
10.Dan Biggar
9.Rhys Webb
8.Dan Baker
7.Justin Tips
6.James King
5.Rynier Bernardo
4.AWJ
3.Aaron Jarvis
2.Scott Baldwin
1.Nicky Smith
Subs
Parry,Dunc,Arhip,Ardron,Allen,Roberts,Davies,Grabham.

Edinburgh

15. Jack CUTHBERT
14. Nick McLENNAN
13. Phil BURLEIGH
12. Andries STRAUSS
11. Tim VISSER
10. Tom HEATHCOTE
9. Sam HIDALGO-CLYNE


1. Alasdair DICKINSON
2. James HILTERBRAND
3. W P NEL
4. Fraser McKENZIE
5. Anton BRESLER
6. Mike COMAN (captain)
7. Hamish WATSON
8.Cornell DU PREEZ

Substitutes
16. Neil COCHRANE
17. Rory SUTHERLAND
18. John ANDRESS
19. Ollie ATKINS
20. Tomas LEONARDI
21. Grayson HART
22. Sam BEARD
23. Greig TONKS

That was better from Edinburgh but should have had more than 3 points. Good by Heathcote taking the ball right up to the line

Anyone got a BBC Scotland stream that can be watched outside Scotland? I'm not loving the Welsh commentary

Oh FFS!

Such basic ruck defending - you know the 9 is going to go for it!

Although the way things are going it may be more productive to just not watch it!

Well you can't say that was not coming. Ospreys are playing some good rugby and are taking their chances.

So will Rhys Webb get the ospreys a bonus point by himself!?

Surely that clear out from Tipuric was from the side?

Still poor defending from Strauss..

Sam HC, visser and Leonardi look like the only ones who care. I am getting so frustrated.

Strauss is honking

Edinburgh not going to win this if they keep giving it away their lineout. Stop throwing it to the back!

Guys i'm underwhelmed by Bresler

Is Leonardi the only one caring in that Edinburgh pack?

"Like taking candy from a bairn" - Peter Wright's commentary is so refreshing and honest.

What has happened to the team that really took it to Munster on that first game, there is just nothing there today at all

This is pathetic.

Commentators curse, great try. Visser was quality

Well you have to say that was somewhat against the run of play! Edinburgh needed it though, great backing up by Watson!

Well thats some lucky try! great play by Visser and good support from Watson

Great try what a hack by Tim

Tekkers!

You know Visser comes from a soccer country just by watching this try.

Solomans needs to give them a real rocket at half time. Why is everything so halfhearted and slow?

I'd bring Tonks on

On the other hand i'm surprised by the Ospreys form, i thought they could be the worst Welsh side, how wrong i was.

We're really poor in defence. Even du Preez has stopped caring

Terrible tackling again

Strauss at fault again

FML

This is as bad as I have ever seen from Edinburgh

Nah, 45-0 at home to Saracens was worse

Edinburgh started this match with 3 Scottish born players and with just 2 on the bench. 5 out of 22.
So much for playing home bred players.
Laughable really.

Looks like the have started to play for pride now..why cant they be proud at the start of a game...

Makes no difference to the outcome but that should have been a penalty try

Clear penalty try gone a begging there

So this exact date last year we lost 44-10 to the Ospreys...

Ok ok ok. I'm a forward. I was told if you are going to tackle someone you run into them. Why is Cuthbert running backwards when trying to tackle????

When your luck is going against you, the decisions will!

Clearly a forward pass.

Great throw by the quarter back and the Swansea wild eagles get the touch down in the corner

RDW_Scotland wrote:When your luck is going against you, the decisions will!

Clearly a forward pass.

if it's so clearly forward to you then you must have Superman's x-Ray vision. Stop moaning.

So Solomon's how's that pre season working out for you?

If the home crowd are laughing that the ref gave it, you've got to wonder.

This is truly pathetic - a winger bouncing a prop

You know you are in trouble when Grant cant even tackle

Don't worry, solomans is "trying to build a club, not a team".

How many more excuses are we going to get?
I feel bad for Leonardi only player who gives a toss

That was very poor by Edinburgh. They look much worse than Dragons yesterday; I thought they were lazy until I seen this.

GLove39 wrote:So Solomon's how's that pre season working out for you?

Well they are now able to fall off tackles for a full 80 minutes now.

There really is nothing else to say, this is a game with virtually no redeeming features for Edinburgh at all

I've stopped watching.

Me too

Just the latest in a long line of gubbings across both the UK and Ireland this season. Anyone else noticing the one-sided nature of the games? It's all attack.

Argybargy wrote:

GLove39 wrote:So Solomon's how's that pre season working out for you?

Well they are now able to fall off tackles for a full 80 minutes now.