Tigers vs Ospreys - HEC Round 2

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Tigers v Ospreys Sunday the 21st October 2012

Kick Off at 15:00
Welford Road

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Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Assistant referees: Cédric Marchat (France), Eric Soulan (France)

Television match official: Bernard Dal Maso (France)


Form
Statistics for Leicester Tigers vs Ospreys

Games played: 6 5.50%
Games won by Leicester Tigers: 3 50.00%
Games lost by Leicester Tigers: 2 33.33%
Games drawn: 1 16.67%
Most wins in a row for Leicester Tigers over Ospreys: 3
Most losses in a row for Leicester Tigers to Ospreys: 1
Largest points for Leicester Tigers: 32 32 - 32
Largest points against Leicester Tigers: 32 32 - 32
Largest winning margin for Leicester Tigers: 18 30 - 12
Largest losing margin for Leicester Tigers: 6 15 - 9
Total points for Leicester Tigers: 112
Total points against Leicester Tigers: 97
Average points for Leicester Tigers per game: 18.67
Average points against Leicester Tigers per game: 16.17
Average points difference per game between Leicester Tigers and Ospreys: 2.50

Leicester Tigers

15 Scott Hamilton 14 Niall Morris 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi 12 Anthony Allen 11 Vereniki Goneva 10 Toby Flood 9 Ben Youngs 1 Logovi'i Mulipola
2 Tom Youngs 3 Dan Cole 4 Graham Kitchener 5 Geoff Parling 6 Steve Mafi 7 Thomas Waldrom 8 Jordan Crane (c)

Replacements
16 George Chuter, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Martin Castrogiovanni, 19 Louis Deacon, 20 Richard Thorpe, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 George Ford, 23 Matt Smith



Ospreys:

Richard Fussell; Hanno Dirksen, Andrew Bishop, Ashley Beck, Eli Walker; Dan Biggar, Kahn Fotuali'i; Ryan Bevington, Richard Hibbard, Adam Jones, Alun Wyn Jones (capt), Ian Evans, Ryan Jones, Jonathan Thomas, Justin Tipuric.
Replacements: Matthew Dwyer; Duncan Jones, Aaron Jarvis, George Stowers, Joe Bearman, Rhys Webb, Matthew Morgan, Tom Isaacs.

I should have known better, you're right.

formerly known as Sam wrote:

Shame the Tigers don't have more English lads, Well done Ospreys only Three Non Welsh players

10 English players in the Tigers starting 15, 8 are capped and the other two are capped at England Saxon level. 6 of the 8 replacements are also English and include last seasons England under 20 captain.

I think the pop about Ford is also spot on.

That's a matter of opinion. He's being given some game time but is also not being risked so that he will be fully fit for an extended run when Flood is away with England and over the busy Xmas period.

I think the point made, there are 13 WELSH players in the starting 15 for the Ospreys they are fielding more Welsh players than Wales. In the Leicester starting 15 there is an Irish player, two Samoans, two Kiwi's, a Fijian and an Argentinian. I may have got the nationalities wrong but I count 7 non ENGLISH players in the starting 15.

No need to hold some kind of smug moral high ground about home grown players. It's a club competition. As an O's fan I couldn't care less as long as we're competitive in this game and get a result. View, your quickly becoming the Welsh hersh mate...

Breadvan wrote:No need to hold some kind of smug moral high ground about home grown players. It's a club competition. As an O's fan I couldn't care less as long as we're competitive in this game and get a result. View, your quickly becoming the Welsh hersh mate...

+1

Win the blydi cup, and then you can claim the moral high ground.

These two teams have had some good battles in recent seasons though.

Breadvan wrote:No need to hold some kind of smug moral high ground about home grown players. It's a club competition. As an O's fan I couldn't care less as long as we're competitive in this game and get a result. View, your quickly becoming the Welsh hersh mate...

Exactly, and other teams have even less NQP's in their teams anyway.

I always thought View was HERSH...

In the Leicester starting 15 there is an Irish player, two Samoans, two Kiwi's, a Fijian and an Argentinian. I may have got the nationalities wrong but I count 7 non ENGLISH players in the starting 15.

In the starting 15 there is Mulipola - Samoan, Mafi - Tongan, Goneva - Fijian, Morris - Irish and Hamilton - Kiwi. Of the rest all but Tom Youngs and Kitchener have been capped by England with T Youngs and Kitchener being capped by the Saxons.

There are a further two none EQ players on the bench in Castro - Italian and Ayerza - Argentinian but you said starting 15.

Although Tandy is talking a good game tomorrow, I still think an LBP and preventing Tigers getting a TBP would be a great result.

yappysnap wrote:

I always thought View was HERSH...

Difference is that Hersh is occasionally funny....

No he isn't.

Its all relative

I can assure you im not HERSH im no backward west country teenager.

Also im not after laughs or approval like HERSH!
I just deliver hard cold facts keeping it real.

viewtothegym wrote:I can assure you im not HERSH im no backward west country teenager.

Also im not after laughs or approval like HERSH!
I just deliver hard cold facts keeping it real.

Couldn't agree more.

Leicester Heineken Cups 2
Ospreys 0

Another hard cold fact.

Just keepin' it real, like.

Ospreys were a glint in the WRU's eye when Tigers Last won in Europe,
Tigers are slowly becoming the LFC of rugby, fans have to be historians.

Yeah but they have made 2 Finals since then

I'm sure Leicester's two Heineken Cups from back in the day will be incredibly relevant tomorrow. Meaning Ospreys will have it all to do. Let's just hope Wales' 'glamour region' can find their 16th man. Amen.

Tigers are slowly becoming the LFC of rugby, fans have to be historians.

Thankfully we're some way off that. We were last national champs this decade we're not stuck remembering the 70s and 80s.

Should be a good tight game today.

Come on you know im only fooling about, Tigers are a class side and it should be one hell of a contest today.

What's with the kits?

WOW What a soft underbelly Leicester had there, I never thought they be that lapse early on, mind you I didnt think Toulon would get rounded as easily as they did early on too.

Cmon Ospreys let get one up for the Rabo.

Game for one of the better second places then

isnt that offside?

Stunning opening by Ospreys. Best opening of the weekend so far. Leicester could be in for a hiding if this keeps up.

Tipuric is in total control here...

john

Tipuric was the tackler, got to his feet and played the ball, he shouldve been wiped out not pinged.

not that a moment before there was a ruck, ball squirted out and tigers player was coming bk and picked it up. doesnt matter anyway was talking to myself really

i can see the Leicester players getting a right roasting at half time if this continues.

Big kick. 0-10

oh ha ha ha.

Ye I Saw that too, but it was touch and go.

I talk to myself 90% of the time too.

MONSTER KICK

Halfpenny's got competition...

Great statement? Didn't cole slip?

Bristol

You know the wind is behind him, what is it your trying to do?

Tipuric again!!!

This carrying back row of Leicesters are victims to a breakdown man at the minute!!

Poor mistake from Hibbard there.

There is absolutely no excuse for not throwing the ball in at the line out on time. Stupid play.

this is more like it from Leicester. glad to see there using Manu more.

Allen should of straightened up then

Tipuric again...

Warburton is second fiddle to Navidi at the second and Tipuric is the form 7 in europe!!!

Can't see Warburton starting for Wales in AI's.

6. Ryan Jones
7. Tipuric
8. Faladingdong

After reading in this thread about how good the Ospreys scrum was, well there giving a few penalties away.

Having said that, it can be the luck of the draw sometimes with Poite.

Whos your region Bristoltaff?

Poite has no idea what to do in the scrum, Ospreys look like their on top and Poite is blowing the whistle then considering who to ping!!!

thebluesmancometh wrote:Poite has no idea what to do in the scrum, Ospreys look like their on top and Poite is blowing the whistle then considering who to ping!!!

lol, Did you not see the Ospreys front row collapse just then?

Celtic Warriors, but I also like Border Reivers.

scrum goes down. ref thinks for half hour, decides doesnt know how to ref it gives a pen to tigers. fooking bollix

Jones feet went because Vunipoli drove down and got folded in half...

As a ref thats how I saw it.

Tigers really starting to dominate now.

thebluesmancometh wrote:Jones feet went because Vunipoli drove down and got folded in half...

As a ref thats how I saw it.

as a biased tigers fan that isn't how i saw it! lol

So your not actually welsh. Sounds about right from what Ive seen you post.

hahaha

And so you shouldn't nathan, thats nature taking its course!