Ulster v Ospreys 1st October 2016

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Ulster v Ospreys


Venue- Kingspan Stadium, Belfast
Date- Saturday 1st October 2016, 18.30 Kick Off
Shown on Sky Sports
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU, 29th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Sean Brickell (WRU), Paul Haycock (IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Eddie Wigglesworth (IRFU)
TMO: Gareth Simmonds (WRU)

Ulster: C Piutau, C Gilroy, J Payne, D Cave, L Ludik, P Jackson, P Marshall; : K McCall, R Best, R Ah You, A O'Connor, F van der Merwe (capt), I Henderson, S Reidy, R Wilson.

Replacements: J Andrew, C Black, R Kane, K Treadwell, R Diack, R Pienaar, B Herron, T Bowe.

Ospreys: D Evans, J Hassler, B John, J Matavesi, E Walker, D Biggar, R Webb; N Smith, S Parry, D Arhip, B Davies, A Wyn Jones (capt), J King, J Tipuric, D Baker.

Replacements: S Baldwin, P James, M Fia, R Thornton, O Cracknell, T Ardron, S Davies, T Habberfield.

Notch wrote:Also thought Jackson played well, one kick overcooked but the way he's reading the game now and the decisions he's making, he looks like an international 10 having a average game not an average player playing decent. Just concerned with a few place kicks he should have nailed.

But that's just like, my opinion man

Commiserations to wayne and the other Ospreys fans on here. A great bunch of lads and your team was very unlucky tonight in a close game

Did you meet up with some of our supporters tonight Notch, if you did was Gary one of them and thanks for the response.

Didn't meet with them, but certainly heard them!

Ludik is playing like a man possessed these days but great to win a game like that, definitely a harder edge to Ulster this season and grinding out wins like that are not something we saw in years gone by

Notch wrote:Didn't meet with them, but certainly heard them!

Notch the person I mentioned goes to every game we play pre and in season home or away for years and years, and he doesn't even live in Wales, travels from Birmingham, FANTASTIC SUPPORTER.

Shame we couldn't hang on for the win. Thought the pen on Cracknell was harsh as he was scrambling away after being held but the Ospreys cannot defend for 60 odd mins and expect to win at Ulster. We had our chances but lacked composure with the line at our mercy. Some positives to take into the blues game on Fri..

Breadvan wrote:Shame we couldn't hang on for the win. Thought the pen on Cracknell was harsh as he was scrambling away after being held but the Ospreys cannot defend for 60 odd mins and expect to win at Ulster. We had our chances but lacked composure with the line at our mercy. Some positives to take into the blues game on Fri..

Up until that point I thought Whitehouse had been quite generous to Ospreys in regards to it as he penalised van Der Merwe almost immediately early on for the same thing yet seemed to allow a bit more leeway for Ospreys