Ospreys v Connacht Friday 30/09/11 UPDATED

First topic message reminder :

The Ospreys will be looking to continue their winning streak in the Rabo Pro 12 when they host Connacht this Friday at the Liberty Stadium. Kick off is at 7:30pm, but unfortunately it's not being televised.

OSPREYS

15 Barry Davies
14 Richard Fussell
13 Tom Isaacs
12 Andrew Bishop
11 Hanno Dirksen
10 Dan Biggar
9 Rhys Webb


1 Duncan Jones
2 Richard Hibbard
3 Aaron Jarvis
4 Ian Gough
5 Ian Evans
6 Tom Smith
7 Justin Tipuric (Capt)
8 Jonathan Thomas


Replacements:
16 Mefin Davies
17 Cai Griffiths
18 Joe Rees
19 James King
20 Joe Bearman
21 Matthew Morgan
22 Sonny Parker
23 Kristian Phillips

REFEREE: Stefano Penne

CONNACHT:

15 Gavin Duffy (C)
14 Brian Tuohy
13 Eoin Griffin
12 Henry Fa'afili
11 Tiernan O'Halloran
10 Niall O'Connor
9 Frank Murphy

1 Brett Wilkinson
2 Ethienne Reynecke
3 Dylan Rogers
4 Michael Swift
5 Mike McCarthy
6 TJ Anderson
7 Johnny O'Connor
8 John Muldoon

Replacements:
16 Adrian Flavin
17 Ronan Loughney
18 Stewart Maguire
19 Dave Gannon
20 Ray Ofisa
21 Paul O'Donohoe
22 Matthew Jarvis
23 James Loxton

20 - 15, missed kick.

Connacht missed another penalty attempt, sounded like a huge kick though.

Connacht 2m out, but penalised for holding on. Tipuric is back on.

greybeard - according to my commentary it was Gough in the bin and he's been replaced so not back on (probably not a bad thing). 11 minutes to go still 20 - 15.

Ah yes, just saw that. Ignore what I said.

Ospreys have a penalty, look like they're about to deny Connacht what would probably have been a well deserved LBP.

Sounds like a superb kick though.

23 - 15.

I really like this commentator, he's great.

Niall O'Connor just kicked a DG 23 - 18.

Connacht DG!

23 - 18, back in the LBP window. No more than deserved.

The commentator has just given me a shout on the radio!!!!!!!

Biggar kicks a penalty - 26 - 18.

Ah, poor Connacht, after getting within the LBP and all.

They've got it! NOC gets the final penalty kick 26 - 21 FT.

Ah superb. I think everyone goes home happy after that. Ospreys keep their record, Connacht get an LBP few would have thought they would get.

Ospreys go top then, not bad considering the players they are missing. All Welsh player's as well. Have to say well done Ospreys, showing the other regions how it is done, they can now finally shrug off that galacticos aura and now push on as a "team". Things are looking bright for this region especially with the player to return from world cup duty. I think there will be silverware this year.

Well done O's - keep up the good work (but not the indiscipline!). Well done to Connacht as well getting the LBP.

It was a friend of mine who got my shout on the radio the cheeky fecker!

Pretty good night at the liberty, nothing really between the teams, both made silly errors, though the ospreys did carve them open occasionally. lucky we got away with it though. connaght could easily of won that game.

Nice to finally get a good referee as well, very good display, he treated both teams the same and was down the middle.

Has NOC upped his game since he left Ulster? Drop goals? My word.

Five wins from five for the Ospreys .....but I don't think it's anything to get carried away with yet. Four of the games were home games and a few of them were skin of the teeth wins like last night!.
I felt both Ulster and Connacht were better than us with ball in hand and that we were lacking a bit of creativity in making a break.
Good, solid performances though and Biggars kicking has been fantastic ...the home crowd even seem to be warming to him again!

Great start but I'm keeping my feet on the ground because I'm wary that things may even themselves out later in the season.

Looking forward to an evening out at the Brewery field now ...went there for the Tigers game there last year and loved it!!

Valleyboy wrote:Looking forward to an evening out at the Brewery field now ...went there for the Tigers game there last year and loved it!!

Yeah I bet, though we did smash Leicester last time by 50 points, so I'm not suprised people are looking forward to it!