Ospreys v Glasgow Warriors, 29 November

by **George Carlin** Mon 25 Nov 2013, 10:31 am

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Ospreys v Glasgow Warriors

Friday 29th November 2013, KO 19:05
Liberty Stadium

Referee: Dudley Phillips (IRFU, 38th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Neil Hennessy, Sean Brickell (both WRU)
Citing Commissioner: Ray Wilton (WRU)
TMO: Derek Bevan (WRU)

LIVE on BBC Wales and BBA ALBA

A. Teams:

I. Ospreys

15 Richard Fussell
14 Hanno Dirksen
13 Tom Isaacs
12 Ben John
11 Jeff Hassler
10 Sam Davies
9 Tito Tebaldi

1 Duncan Jones (Capt)
2 Scott Baldwin
3 Aaron Jarvis
4 Lloyd Peers
5 James King
6 Tyler Ardron
7 Sam Lewis
8 Morgan Allen

REPLACEMENTS:

16 Matthew Dwyer
17 Marc Thomas
18 Dan Suter
19 Graham Knoop
20 Arthur Ellis
21 Rhys Webb
22 Matthew Morgan
23 Aisea Natoga

II. Glasgow

15. Stuart Hogg
14. Tommy Seymour
13. Mark Bennett
12. Sean Lamont
11. DTH Van der Merwe
10. Ruaridh Jackson
9. Chris Cusiter

1. Ryan Grant
2. Pat MacArthur
3. Ed Kalman
4. Jonny Gray
5. Al Kellock (Captain)
6. Rob Harley
7. Tyrone Holmes
8. Josh Strauss

REPLACEMENTS:

16. Dougie Hall
17. Gordon Reid
18. Jon Welsh
19. Tom Ryder
20. James Eddie
21. Ryan Wilson
22. Henry Pyrgos
23. Finn Russell

B. Form - head to head

21 Played 21
11 Wins 8
8 Losses 11
2 Draws 2
52 Tries 37
35 Conversions 26
50 Penalties 55
6 Drop Goals 1
498 Points 405
24 Avg. Age 25

C. Form - last season:

Fri 14 September 2012, 19:05
Ospreys 10 - 28 Glasgow Warriors
Liberty Stadium

Fri 19 April 2013, 19:35
Glasgow Warriors 35 - 17 Ospreys
Scotstoun Stadium

D. Parliamo Glasgow:

Alphabetty Spaghetti - D.T.H. van der Merwe, wing
Angel - Gabriel Ascarate, centre
Angela - Jon Welsh, prop
Barry - Byron McGuigan, wing
Big Boab - (see Ginger Tackle Monster, the)
Big Mike - (see Coo, the)
Big Naka - Leone Nakarawa, lock/loosie
Bluto - Josh Strauss, loosie/no.8
Centre, the - (see Lesser Messiah, the)
Coo, the - Michael Cusack, prop
Cooseetah - (see Cus)
Cus - Chris Cusiter, scrum half
DTH - (see Alphabetty Spaghetti)
Flippy - (see Toonie)
Fozzy - Christopher Fusaro, loosie
Furra Lineeeee - Peter Horne, centre
Ginger Tackle Monster, the - Rob Harley, loosie
Guns - Tim Swinson, lock
Henners - Henry Pyrgos, scrum half
Hoggy - Stuart Hogg, full back/wing/centre
Ickle Jon - Jonny Gray, lock
Jedi - James Eddie, loosie
Lesser Messiah, the - Richie Vernon, loosie/no.8
Mark of Nazareth - (see Messiah, the)
Meatball, the - Duncan Weir, fly half
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- Mark Bennett, centre
Niko - Nikola Matawalu, scrum half
Niko's Mate - Jerry Yanuyanutawa, prop
No Maits - Sean Maitland, wing
Rhubarb - Ruaridh Jackson, fly half
Ruck Inspector, the - Alastair Kellock, lock
Schlong - Sean Lamont, centre/wing
Sherlock - Tyrone Holmes, loosie
Shrek - Gordon Reid, prop
Toonie - Gregor Peter John Townsend MBE, head coach
Wee P - Pat MacArthur, hooker
Weegie from Fiji, the - (see Niko)

E. Team representatives this week - economists:

Ospreys - Clive William John Granger, winner of Nobel Prize for Economics, born in Swansea (1934)
Glasgow - Adam Smith, pioneer of political economy, born Kirkaldy (1723)

by Welsh Magician Thu 28 Nov 2013, 5:47 pm

If Glasgow don't win comfortably I will be shocked.

by VinceWLB Thu 28 Nov 2013, 7:22 pm

Interesting to see that for the 2nd consecutive week Kalman is prefered over Welsh at tighthead, can't say i have been impressed by Welsh at TH since his comeback, with Low doing well Grant struggling at LH and when Cusack comes back, i don't see the point in keeping Welsh at TH, he can be a destructive LH.

by funnyExiledScot Fri 29 Nov 2013, 12:30 pm

Welsh does seem to be slipping down the pecking order. Completely ignored by Scotland in favour of Murray Low, and now Glasgow don't seem to rate him either.

The switching of Welsh to tighthead and Low to loosehead doesn't seem have worked particularly well.

by Jenifer McLadyboy Fri 29 Nov 2013, 12:44 pm

Come on Glaspreys! 3 all draw. You know you want to!

by Shifty Fri 29 Nov 2013, 4:23 pm

I have never been at the Liberty stadium and seen the Ospreys beat Glasgow at home. And I have never stayed till the end of a Glasgow game, because each time I have been so disgusted by the pathetic efforts of the Ospreys players I have walked out of the stadium early.
I will also say that Glasgow is the only team I have left early for as well, so it's a very rare occurance!
Last time I left after 60 minutes and we lost 28-10 and we were lucky to keep them down to that score! My brother in law is giving this one a miss, I'll turn up as I haven't missed a game for 3 years, I just hope the team does this time.

Our last win against Glasgow was in March 2010! I get the feeling I'm going to be leaving the stadium and very annoyed man tonight. Crying or Very sad

by Valleyboy Fri 29 Nov 2013, 4:35 pm

I'll be heading down to the Liberty in a couple of hours but not expecting to get anything out of this one. I remember last year's fixture, it was in September and part of a losing run for us, went expecting a win and came home disappointed and with a lesson in not to underestimate the opposition. Glasgow were better than us all over the park, a real solid outfit. O's got better after that but never recovered enough to make the play-offs.
It was a horrrible night, cold and bleak, the rugby from the Ospreys was even worse. There were only about 4 Glasgow fans in there and they made more noise than the 6000 or so home fans ....and they happened to be sat near us, just to rub it in even further.
I'd like to think we could get our own back tonight but can't see it with the players we have missing. Matthew Morgan's been dropped by the look of things, I'm not surprised by that. He seems to excel with 10 minute cameo's but give him a full game to make an impression and he is flakey at best. He's just not making the step up. Agree with the comments from a previous poster too about Rhys Webb, what the hell has happened to him? I think he must be trying too hard to impress and get his place back but nothing is coming off for him. He needs to get his feet back on the floor and get back to basics. Fussell frustrates the hell out of me, how I would love to swap him for Liam Williams!
I'm looking forward to seeing a few players - Morgan Allen seems pretty solid at 8 and I hope to see Dirksen get some ball.
I think Steve Tandy (Coach) is doing alright though, doesn't seem afraid to drop players if they underperform, no matter who they are. Let's hope we perform tonight and I come home surprised again ...for the right reasons this time!

by Breadvan Fri 29 Nov 2013, 4:40 pm

Yeh we have'nt won at home v Glas since that play off game right? Hopes spring eternal. See yous there....

by 21st Century Schizoid Man Fri 29 Nov 2013, 4:51 pm

Welsh Brothers (and sisters) it will depend which Glasgow turns up - anything like last week and you will walk away with 5 easy points. This in a week where your political leaders were in Scotland sticking their unwelcome oar in - thought it was a democracy ? However I had better watch out or RDW will give me a big telling off !

by **Notch** Fri 29 Nov 2013, 4:53 pm

If Biggar was playing I'd probably call this one for the Ospreys, but I feel once again the WRUs controversial fourth Autumn test will hurt the regional sides.

by Shifty Fri 29 Nov 2013, 4:55 pm

21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:Welsh Brothers (and sisters) it will depend which Glasgow turns up - anything like last week and you will walk away with 5 easy points. This in a week where your political leaders were in Scotland sticking their unwelcome oar in - thought it was a democracy ? However I had better watch out or RDW will give me a big telling off !

It's your game, you'll be the only team on the pitch, the Ospreys never want to play against Glasgow!
I'd rather be playing Ulster or Leinster away, than Glasgow at home. Hell I'd even prefer to play Samoa in Cardiff! censored

by **Notch** Fri 29 Nov 2013, 4:57 pm

Don't get me wrong, I like Sam Davies as a player, I just feel this Os side is rather underpowered. Not just at 10; but Biggar can drag teams through poor performances and out the other side.

Glasgow are not playing all that well, just have a stronger team out overall.

by Breadvan Fri 29 Nov 2013, 4:57 pm

21st Century Schizoid Man wrote:Welsh Brothers (and sisters) ( and English ex-pats )it will depend which Glasgow turns up - anything like last week and you will walk away with 5 easy points. This in a week where your political leaders were in Scotland sticking their unwelcome oar in - thought it was a democracy ? However I had better watch out or RDW will give me a big telling off !

by reallybored Fri 29 Nov 2013, 6:25 pm

Really excited to see this Glasgow team, would prefer Weir but heyho.

Niko injured? Any word on Dunbar?

Shifty, you say the last time the O's beat Glasgow was March 10? Don't believe that, just sounds ridiculous.

by Jenifer McLadyboy Fri 29 Nov 2013, 6:45 pm

Shifty wrote:I have never been at the Liberty stadium and seen the Ospreys beat Glasgow at home. And I have never stayed till the end of a Glasgow game, because each time I have been so disgusted by the pathetic efforts of the Ospreys players I have walked out of the stadium early.
I will also say that Glasgow is the only team I have left early for as well, so it's a very rare occurance!
Last time I left after 60 minutes and we lost 28-10 and we were lucky to keep them down to that score! My brother in law is giving this one a miss, I'll turn up as I haven't missed a game for 3 years, I just hope the team does this time.

Our last win against Glasgow was in March 2010! I get the feeling I'm going to be leaving the stadium and very annoyed man tonight.

wow. did you not beat them in a playoff before you came over and stole the "michael cheika farewell cup" off us?

That would have been in may 10.

You left them to us in the playoffs the last 2 years. and hard to put away they were too.

In between they had a crap season which you must have beaten them during surely?

I may just have to go and look it up....

by thebandwagonsociety Fri 29 Nov 2013, 6:47 pm

What are the fixture makers thinking? This should be one of the marquee fixtures of the season and it is put in the weekend when everyone and their mother knew that Wales were having an extra international. Poor by the Rabo, should have known better. This kind of Scot/Welsh game is one of the fixtures that should be piped across all markets. Any of the matchups between the top 5(ish) teams Glasgow/Osprey/Ulster/Munster/Leinster should be advertised and shouted from the hill tops across all markets.

by Jenifer McLadyboy Fri 29 Nov 2013, 6:56 pm

Just checked.

Yeah there was that playoff in May 10. And then you hammered them 36 7 during their sh1t season in March 11. Probably the one you were thinking of. So you have only lost 4 in a row.

PS you must have missed at least 1 game in the last 3 years Smile

by Jenifer McLadyboy Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:05 pm

reallybored wrote:Really excited to see this Glasgow team, would prefer Weir but heyho.

Niko injured? Any word on Dunbar?

Shifty, you say the last time the O's beat Glasgow was March 10? Don't believe that, just sounds ridiculous.

Fiji playing Babas

by GLove39 Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:11 pm

Nice to see Schlong bounce Tibaldi like that

by Standulstermen Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:20 pm

What's with the music during the game? Jesus wept

by **George Carlin** Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:22 pm

Wee bit disjointed. Like a Village People convention with all these taches.

by Cardiff Dave Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:28 pm

Devereux-esque hand off. Try Os.

by GLove39 Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:28 pm

Has Seymour been taking tackling lessons from Visser? Got brushed off rather easily for the Osperys try

by Jenifer McLadyboy Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:31 pm

Standulstermen wrote:What's with the music during the game? Jesus wept

brass band in the crowd. French do it all the time.

Not for you eh?

by **George Carlin** Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:34 pm

Young Sam having a good start.

by Standulstermen Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:37 pm

Jenifer McLadyboy wrote:
Standulstermen wrote:What's with the music during the game? Jesus wept
brass band in the crowd. French do it all the time.

Not for you eh?

Doesn't sound like a brass band. Sounds like pumped in music Jen. No, I dislike the bands but I could understand that. Definitely sounds like its through the PA though. Ospreys doing well so far. Glasgow will be p1ssed ifthey can't put this O's team away

by Cardiff Dave Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:37 pm

George Carlin wrote:Young Sam having a good start.

The same young Sam who's linked with Racing;
http://www.rugby-transferts.com/top-14/tableau-transferts-rugby-top-14.html

by Jenifer McLadyboy Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:39 pm

There are drummers in the crowd and brass band playing delilah etc. Os always have them.

by **George Carlin** Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:40 pm

Just silly little mistakes from Glasgow who seem likely to break through at any time

by Jenifer McLadyboy Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:40 pm

Never new tommy seymour was born in Nashville.

by Standulstermen Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:42 pm

UJenifer McLadyboy wrote:There are drummers in the crowd and brass band playing delilah etc. Os always have them.

I can hear the drummers but there was pumped in music at one point while we were waiting for a lineout I thought

by Jenifer McLadyboy Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:44 pm

They are playing the blues bros theme now.

by Cardiff Dave Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:46 pm

Jenifer McLadyboy wrote:
Standulstermen wrote:What's with the music during the game? Jesus wept
brass band in the crowd. French do it all the time.

Not for you eh?

A dozen drummers were tried at CCS to create atmos. Blydi annoying they were and mercifully the idea didn't last long.
The lone bugler was the best except supporters bought him too many drinks at half time. After that he was fecked and couldn't play a note.

by Standulstermen Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:48 pm

Cardiff Dave wrote:
Jenifer McLadyboy wrote:
Standulstermen wrote:What's with the music during the game? Jesus wept
brass band in the crowd. French do it all the time.

Not for you eh?
A dozen drummers were tried at CCS to create atmos. Blydi annoying they were and mercifully the idea didn't last long.
The lone bugler was the best except supporters bought him too many drinks at half time. After that he was fecked and couldn't play a note.

Very good. Ospreys will be very happy with this half

by glamorganalun Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:49 pm

Good performance in the first half for the Ospreys, Glasgow started well but well kept out.

by GLove39 Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:49 pm

I'm sick of seeing misfiring lineouts. Every sodding week during the AI's and now here in the rabo as well.

by **George Carlin** Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:49 pm

What a weird game. Basically kicking tennis, Glasgow look hugely impressive.
Then they make a mistake and Davies clips over a kick.

by TJ Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:51 pm

thebandwagonsociety wrote:What are the fixture makers thinking? This should be one of the marquee fixtures of the season and it is put in the weekend when everyone and their mother knew that Wales were having an extra international. Poor by the Rabo, should have known better. This kind of Scot/Welsh game is one of the fixtures that should be piped across all markets. Any of the matchups between the top 5(ish) teams Glasgow/Osprey/Ulster/Munster/Leinster should be advertised and shouted from the hill tops across all markets.

Yup.

by GLove39 Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:53 pm

Cardiff Dave wrote:/quote]
A dozen drummers were tried at CCS to create atmos. Blydi annoying they were and mercifully the idea didn't last long.
The lone bugler was the best except supporters bought him too many drinks at half time. After that he was fecked and couldn't play a note.

by cakeordeath Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:54 pm

Not going to beat around the bush. The warriors players need a collective boot up the arse.

by LeinsterFan4life Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:54 pm

Is Sam Davies the new ROG?

by Welsh Magician Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:55 pm

What's up with Glasgow so far? Don't they realise we have 17 players missing or what?

by TJ Fri 29 Nov 2013, 7:59 pm

Welsh Magician wrote:What's up with Glasgow so far? Don't they realise we have 17 players missing or what?

Ospreys have been living off scraps. Glasgow keep given them the ball tho.

by cakeordeath Fri 29 Nov 2013, 8:00 pm

Welsh Magician wrote:What's up with Glasgow so far? Don't they realise we have 17 players missing or what?

They are Poopie. It's so frustrating as a warriors supporter, they have scraped by all season and now they have been found out. It's embarrassing

by GLove39 Fri 29 Nov 2013, 8:01 pm

In that advert at for the 1872 cup, Kellock had a 12 on his back? Maybe that'll be Townsends master plan come December? Kellock, angel

midfield?

by LordDowlais Fri 29 Nov 2013, 8:03 pm

I have said this on numerous occasions, Tito Tibaldi is not good enough, he cannot tackle and his decision making is poor at best, it is criminal that he is taking up a WQ place infront of the umpteen WQ scrum halfs the Ospreys have.

by Cardiff Dave Fri 29 Nov 2013, 8:04 pm

Welsh Magician wrote:What's up with Glasgow so far? Don't they realise we have 17 players missing or what?

Tiz only the Rabo mun and in any case they are 13 points in front of Edinburgh.

by cakeordeath Fri 29 Nov 2013, 8:05 pm

I am fed up hearing excuses, the warriors performance is dire. They need to have a good long hard look at themselves.

by LordDowlais Fri 29 Nov 2013, 8:10 pm

Get Tibaldi off NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by GLove39 Fri 29 Nov 2013, 8:10 pm

cakeordeath wrote:I am fed up hearing excuses, the warriors performance is dire. They need to have a good long hard look at themselves.

agree

by glamorganalun Fri 29 Nov 2013, 8:11 pm

The Ospreys 9 is very poor, should get him off before he screws the game up he was responsible for all of Glagow's point so far.

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