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They are the joint most successful side in the history of the Pro12 | :00:23. | :00:29. | |
with four trophies to the unions. But they are in trouble. Out of the | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
play-offs and barring a miracle, of the top tier in Europe. Down on | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
their luck, they would receive no sympathy in a layer of the Dragons. | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
The men are frequent have their own problems to contend with. The late | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
18, of just four. Reputations are on the line. The ospreys have become | :00:52. | :01:02. | |
accustomed to success in this fixture. Dan Biggar and company have | :01:03. | :01:08. | |
won it in a row against the Dragons whose home and away. The Dragons are | :01:09. | :01:16. | |
on their worst ever losing run. What can the captain do to inspire them. | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
This is unfamiliar territory for the ospreys. They have never finished | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
seventh and they have never failed to qualify for the Champions Cup. It | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
is more familiar for the Dragons. They have finished in the bottom | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
half of the table for the last 12 years in a row. How they would love | :01:35. | :01:43. | |
to bloody Ospreys tonight. Welcome to the show. Pyrotechnic scrum-half | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
around us. I joined by Martyn Williams. Two teams that spirit for | :01:48. | :01:52. | |
victory. He has the most to lose and why? I think for both teams it is a | :01:53. | :02:01. | |
big game. Ospreys have had a disappointing campaign. They were | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
brilliant in Europe, had a lot of injuries. This is just a blip for | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
the Ospreys. It is huge for Dragons. They have had a per season. It is a | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
home game and they want to go out with a bang. I think they need this | :02:17. | :02:24. | |
otherwise it will be another year for the Dragons where they have | :02:25. | :02:27. | |
underachieved. There is more in it for the Dragons. A massive night for | :02:28. | :02:36. | |
Faletau. The captain's armband for what might be his last game in front | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
of the home fans. He has been a sensation. These actions rather than | :02:43. | :02:48. | |
words. It is unfair to say to the rest of the Dragons, ... It is such | :02:49. | :02:58. | |
a shame for the Dragons to lose their one world-class player. We | :02:59. | :03:04. | |
wish them the best. People missing here. Sean, you came here many times | :03:05. | :03:14. | |
with the Ospreys as a coach. There always seems to be a bit of extra | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
tension between these two sides. The Dragons have only ever finished | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
above the Ospreys once and it is an uncomfortable place to come. It is | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
an uncomfortable place for coaches and supporters. They are all up for | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
this tonight. The Ospreys have two women in it. They have shown their | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
support as a response from the defeat last week. For the Dragons, | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
it has been a disappointing season. Their pride is at stake. They have | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
gone for development and with that comes error. Amos had a good season | :03:45. | :03:52. | |
in try scoring form but he loses the ball too easily. It always seems to | :03:53. | :03:58. | |
be in the attacking areas. Tonight they need to be more direct against | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
an organised Ospreys defence. Be directed in the midfield. Get your | :04:02. | :04:08. | |
forwards on the corner. Easy Lewis Evans controlling the often and when | :04:09. | :04:11. | |
you get through the phases, build pressure in the 22 and he can put | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
the likes of Amos in spaces where he is up against forwards. They will | :04:17. | :04:22. | |
know this. This is how they used to use Shane Williams. He is not there | :04:23. | :04:26. | |
yet but he is getting there. They will be banged up for this one | :04:27. | :04:31. | |
tonight. Let's find out what Lyn Jones as to say. The final scheduled | :04:32. | :04:40. | |
home game of the season. How important with a win before the game | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
and the fans? It has been a good and not so good season for us. Our home | :04:47. | :04:52. | |
form has been good but it is important we finish with a victory | :04:53. | :04:54. | |
because our performances have been excellent here and the supporters | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
have been excellent. The boys need a tap on the back. We had last week | :05:02. | :05:07. | |
after the defeat that there aren't too many more meals to go in the | :05:08. | :05:10. | |
European cough and that you are still in it but you need bonus | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
points. We go flat out from the start? We have prepared for a night | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
of positive rugby. We spoke with Dan on the field about the way we would | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
like to go and aspects of the first half. We have got to go for them. | :05:27. | :05:32. | |
Interesting that from Griff Rhys. He said they will be chasing that bonus | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
point early because unless they get points they have no chance of | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
qualifying for Europe. Hopefully we will see a fast game. There is | :05:42. | :05:48. | |
tension between these two teams so hopefully we will see a lot of | :05:49. | :05:52. | |
tries. We are looking at two youngsters. A win against Morton. | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
They are both runners. Great in open play. 7000 varied vocal fans here at | :05:59. | :06:09. | |
Rodney Parade insisting it is a massive night. Can the Dragons Brent | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
and the game losing streak to an end tonight? | :06:14. | :07:13. | |
Bernardo. Rhys Webb get the captaincy as the half-backs look to | :07:14. | :07:20. | |
put their stamp on the game. Ericsson will be in at the end. -- | :07:21. | :07:29. | |
Derksen. We all know how important Dan Biggar is in any team he plays | :07:30. | :07:31. | |
for. Dan Biggar is in any team he plays | :07:32. | :09:09. | |
played exceptionally well since he has been here. A very interesting | :09:10. | :09:19. | |
game. Possession still in Dragon hands. Lewis Evans with a ball. -- a | :09:20. | :09:35. | |
short ball. They were lucky to get away with that. That was a very | :09:36. | :09:46. | |
basic handling error. You have got to cut your errors out. You cannot | :09:47. | :09:52. | |
just hand position over. That is a bread and butter take for Jones | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
there, just fumbled it. As I said, there is not much difference between | :09:59. | :10:02. | |
these two sides of this year. They just haven't got over the line, the | :10:03. | :10:13. | |
Dragons. So many 1-point defeat. It will come down to the composure. | :10:14. | :10:15. | |
That could be crucial. The Dragons scrummaged very well | :10:16. | :10:32. | |
indeed against the Scottish front row who were playing in Sunday. | :10:33. | :10:39. | |
Ospreys were in all kinds of trouble against the Scarlet 's. Two changes | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
upfront. Paul James has had eye surgery and we wish him well for a | :10:46. | :10:51. | |
speedy recovery. Nicky Smith on the loose side. Dmitri Arhip taking over | :10:52. | :10:53. | |
from Jarvis on the tight head. It looks as though he will allow | :10:54. | :11:19. | |
them to play on. A cryptic. Strip out to Derksen. | :11:20. | :11:39. | |
The Ospreys are certainly extorting very purposefully. They look as | :11:40. | :11:50. | |
though they mean business. A good tackle on Sam Underhill. Phil Price | :11:51. | :11:56. | |
leading the way. A good inside ball from Biggar. Rhys Webb was away and | :11:57. | :12:05. | |
stop Bernardo takes the contact as the Ospreys build up the phases and | :12:06. | :12:12. | |
the pressure. Very impressive Ali Cracknell. He is 22 next month. Each | :12:13. | :12:27. | |
sewerage wins a view more yards, 84 metres. Webb arrives to get the ball | :12:28. | :12:35. | |
out to Biggar. On the outside. They worked the space stuff that is a | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
superb try. So patient, so many faces, so correct and in the end, an | :12:43. | :12:48. | |
easy in. They created overlaps early on. Good ball carrying out the | :12:49. | :12:59. | |
forwards. -- by the forwards. A lovely finish. Take and give. Really | :13:00. | :13:10. | |
good working of the ball. A good play from the feedback, coming in. | :13:11. | :13:20. | |
The Dragons got nowhere near the ball in the tackle area. The Ospreys | :13:21. | :13:25. | |
dominated. The carries were outstanding. Very unlike the | :13:26. | :13:29. | |
Dragons. They usually cause some slow ball. Real effective cleaning | :13:30. | :13:35. | |
out by the Ospreys. They have the turnover king. Very effective from | :13:36. | :13:40. | |
the Ospreys. The ball so well produced, so quick and the Ospreys | :13:41. | :13:49. | |
looked on top of their game. Just shading the left-hand side from Dan | :13:50. | :13:55. | |
Biggar. The tackling there was very solid. Stop it there. This is a | :13:56. | :14:04. | |
problem. You have a man they are coming in not sure where it is | :14:05. | :14:10. | |
happening and he is caught. One in one out. A simple try. | :14:11. | :14:24. | |
A nice little swerve to get past Derksen. | :14:25. | :14:42. | |
That was a high tackle so they have got a free play. He took his two | :14:43. | :14:56. | |
tries very well last Sunday. Underhill nearly got the turnover. | :14:57. | :15:03. | |
Dragons need to take a leaf from the Osprey's book. Carry the ball. They | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
got over the gain line. When the opportunity came they just didn't | :15:11. | :15:14. | |
have the numbers on the left-hand side. He has penalised some | :15:15. | :15:21. | |
Underhill. He wasn't supporting his own body weight. It shows intent. | :15:22. | :15:28. | |
That was a very capable penalty from Jones. | :15:29. | :15:53. | |
You are obstructing. A cheap penalty to give away. They lost possession | :15:54. | :16:03. | |
when they came in the first time and now BBC penalty. -- now it is a | :16:04. | :16:12. | |
penalty. You would usually get away with that. At least they know now. | :16:13. | :16:23. | |
Very technical, isn't it? He got away with the first one, | :16:24. | :16:53. | |
didn't get away with the second one. Just too many errors by the Dragons | :16:54. | :17:00. | |
so far in the first seven minutes. I don't understand why he doesn't go | :17:01. | :17:05. | |
in the air for that because once he gets off the ground, Dirksen cannot | :17:06. | :17:09. | |
get anywhere near him. Just protect yourself by going airborne. | :17:10. | :17:23. | |
The Ospreys look slick so far. They are doing everything at Pierce. Dan | :17:24. | :17:33. | |
Biggar just got the ball, kicked it. They want to play high tempo no | :17:34. | :17:38. | |
doubt. Just watch Rhys Webb tonight. How quick does he get every play and | :17:39. | :17:45. | |
get the ball away? It gives Dan Biggar a bit more time. The Ospreys | :17:46. | :17:52. | |
were interesting. Now then. Tyler Morgan on the | :17:53. | :18:17. | |
outside. Morgan. Amos. They have beaten him. That is superbly done. | :18:18. | :18:22. | |
Tyler Morgan and Dan Biggar all the way. They sent Amos over. That is a | :18:23. | :18:33. | |
brilliant try. It comes from the quick play in the ruck. This is the | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
opportunity. There it goes. Give and take. A brilliant take there. Give | :18:39. | :18:47. | |
and take. A brilliant finish. Basic rugby done exceptionally well. Great | :18:48. | :18:53. | |
speed by Tyler Morgan. Miscommunication with Owen Watkin | :18:54. | :19:01. | |
and Dirksen. Watkins is held back. They take it really well. A good | :19:02. | :19:06. | |
play by Mayer. Great gas by Tyler Morgan. Biggar did his very best to | :19:07. | :19:14. | |
compete against the two on one but it was perfectly done by Tyler | :19:15. | :19:21. | |
Morgan. And the conversion just not thrown enough. Ten minutes, a try | :19:22. | :19:27. | |
apiece and the game is starting to get going. Pretty give and take. He | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
has got to hold Dirksen. That is the main job there for the feedback. | :19:35. | :19:41. | |
Mayer has got to hold him and the same situation with vigour. | :19:42. | :19:52. | |
We thought we might have a game on our hands tonight. Lovely one-handed | :19:53. | :20:02. | |
pass. Faletau. You must wanted the cake. The ball back in the hands of | :20:03. | :20:12. | |
Matavesi. As it is, it is beer man setting the Ospreys. Dan Evans to | :20:13. | :20:24. | |
Biggar. Dirksen using space. A cross comes Faletau. Figure was screaming | :20:25. | :20:28. | |
for the return ball. Faletau had it covered. Brilliant play by Faletau. | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
Great play by the Ospreys. Ali Cracknell. What a great start to | :20:35. | :20:40. | |
this team. Quality rugby from both teams. Tyler Morgan's tackle was | :20:41. | :20:59. | |
great work. The smallest man on the feedback so, so effective at | :21:00. | :21:08. | |
breakdown. If he misses the tackle, the Ospreys are 40 or 50 yard break. | :21:09. | :21:21. | |
It was well read. Just running on there. Stop it there. Just watch. | :21:22. | :21:31. | |
They go one, two, three, four and you have all these guys on the other | :21:32. | :21:35. | |
side. What a finish. A lot of people want to bring a | :21:36. | :21:54. | |
quicker game back, but this is what it is about. A good steam by Sam | :21:55. | :22:06. | |
Underhill at the line. The Ospreys will be very disappointed having had | :22:07. | :22:09. | |
the penalty not to be able to reclaim possession. Those are the | :22:10. | :22:23. | |
errors. Those little things make a huge difference. Apologies for any | :22:24. | :22:31. | |
bad language picked up. Good thinking by Biggar. Dragged down by | :22:32. | :22:38. | |
Faletau. It was Hayek said the referee. Let's have a look at that | :22:39. | :22:53. | |
high tackle again. Rhys Webb really wants to keep the pace. Dan Biggar | :22:54. | :23:00. | |
is up for this tonight. He is shouting at everybody. That is what | :23:01. | :23:04. | |
you want in a derby. Passionate, five replay. He is up for this one | :23:05. | :23:15. | |
tonight, Dan Biggar. This is the penalty. Faletau tackled. There is | :23:16. | :23:33. | |
the knock-on. I am not sure that is right. That is ridiculous. It is a | :23:34. | :23:40. | |
contact sport, boys, come on. He hasn't actually taken his head off, | :23:41. | :23:48. | |
has he? That is a brilliant tackle because he is looking for the | :23:49. | :23:54. | |
off-load. If someone comes at you, all you do is put the hand down as | :23:55. | :23:57. | |
Faletau did there and go over the top. That is not the high tackle. It | :23:58. | :24:15. | |
is the letter of the law yes, OK. He wasn't hurt. No one was screaming | :24:16. | :24:29. | |
for a penalty. Well, Dan Biggar was. A good position for the Ospreys. | :24:30. | :24:36. | |
Plenty of options. Very brave from the Dragons. | :24:37. | :24:47. | |
The Dragons had to be a little bit more aggressive in defence than they | :24:48. | :24:55. | |
have been. Underhill leads the next charge for the Ospreys. He wins the | :24:56. | :25:02. | |
contact you again. Arhip weights. He is shown on. Biggar, Matavesi. They | :25:03. | :25:14. | |
are fighting for the ball. Triggered off by Cracknell. Biggar looks one | :25:15. | :25:15. | |
weight than the other. I will have to have a look at that | :25:16. | :25:35. | |
again. A cryptic by Webb? No, not allowed. | :25:36. | :25:47. | |
Can it all down now boys. Go and have a word with him. The penalty is | :25:48. | :26:07. | |
here for not rolling. Did you have the word? Time is still off. The | :26:08. | :26:16. | |
work will be whatever. Keep going. -- word. | :26:17. | :26:31. | |
I want to see that showed out. -- shoulder. They want to see this kind | :26:32. | :26:47. | |
of measured aggression on the field. Back to a conventional setup behind | :26:48. | :26:48. | |
the scrum. As he flew back, the last but one | :26:49. | :27:12. | |
player, there is Dan Evans. I would like to see him stand where he will | :27:13. | :27:15. | |
not come in and change the angle of attack as he is doing it. Unless he | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
comes in on an answer -- inside ball, he will not offer anything to | :27:21. | :27:29. | |
the defensive line. Interesting the move Jones over to this blindside as | :27:30. | :27:31. | |
well. Webb to Biggar. Matavesi on the | :27:32. | :27:54. | |
crash ball. The line speed is up so you have nothing to play with. Just | :27:55. | :28:01. | |
about managed to hang onto it, the Ospreys. | :28:02. | :28:13. | |
Webb to Biggar. A deep pass to Owen Watkin. Matavesi almost created the | :28:14. | :28:27. | |
gap for him. They have managed to reach it. Again, they just dominated | :28:28. | :28:34. | |
the tackle area. They are so quick you cannot defend it. Rhys Webb get | :28:35. | :28:44. | |
the try. All the pressure, in the end, results in the second Ospreys | :28:45. | :28:51. | |
try. This evidence go a little too high year and he gets out of the | :28:52. | :28:54. | |
tackle. Gets the ball down eventually. Just watch how quickly | :28:55. | :29:06. | |
they recycled the ball. The tackle is too high by Liz Evans. He | :29:07. | :29:11. | |
wriggles out and scorers. It is the pace of the recycling. Rhys Webb is | :29:12. | :29:19. | |
so good at that. He is so strong, so powerful. Just managed to get the | :29:20. | :29:26. | |
point of the ball down for a second and that will do. | :29:27. | :29:39. | |
Biggar succeeds with a conversion and as we approach midway through | :29:40. | :29:44. | |
the first-half, the Ospreys lead by 12 five. Deservedly so. They have | :29:45. | :29:56. | |
dominated possession. Through the mistakes of the Dragons they have | :29:57. | :29:57. | |
taken advantage. Here's a good player, Cracknell. | :29:58. | :30:29. | |
We couldn't easily have named him man of the match. He has been | :30:30. | :30:35. | |
outstanding. A good prospect for the Ospreys. Here's another one. Owen | :30:36. | :30:49. | |
Watkin. They are playing with such pace, such quickly recycled ball, | :30:50. | :30:52. | |
stretching the defence one way then the other, and Webb again with that | :30:53. | :31:00. | |
break through the middle. Baldwin links up with Dan Biggar. Matavesi. | :31:01. | :31:14. | |
That is a yellow card as well. Down to 40. He could have produced red | :31:15. | :31:18. | |
for the tackle. -- down to 14. At full speed and normal place, it | :31:19. | :31:49. | |
looked like a definite yellow for me. -- normal pace. This is the | :31:50. | :32:02. | |
tackle. And the clash of heads, to boot. That is a great tackle. That | :32:03. | :32:14. | |
is what your No. 8 is to do, let me tell you. He's a tough cookie, Rhys | :32:15. | :32:23. | |
Webb, he is up, he has shaken up. That is a great shot. | :32:24. | :32:34. | |
Again, going for the posts, extra man. Here is a testing line-out for | :32:35. | :32:46. | |
the Dragons. It will be interesting to see how they defend this, | :32:47. | :32:50. | |
Dragons, they stayed away from the line-out last time, which worked. | :32:51. | :33:01. | |
Standing off again. Ospreys don't know what to do. Smith and Underhill | :33:02. | :33:10. | |
together. Webb two Dan Biggar. What can only angle. | :33:11. | :33:27. | |
John Lacey said he was right in line. | :33:28. | :33:54. | |
Lewis Evans moves up to partner Matthew Screech in the second row. | :33:55. | :34:23. | |
You must stay stable. Just hold little bit, please, and you keep | :34:24. | :34:40. | |
stable. Tyler Morgan in the red scrum cap on the far side of the | :34:41. | :34:47. | |
scrum. As the Dragons look to clear the decks. | :34:48. | :35:48. | |
scrum. As the Dragons look to clear hands of Pretorius. And it has | :35:49. | :35:48. | |
worked out for him. Great hands of Pretorius. And it has | :35:49. | :35:53. | |
to Jones. hands of Pretorius. And it has | :35:54. | :36:55. | |
Ospreys, and when the Dragons have got the ball, they are bossing it, | :36:56. | :37:05. | |
the forward pack, at the minute. That will come round and he is the | :37:06. | :37:08. | |
one who gives away the penalty, and relief at last for the Dragons. | :37:09. | :37:18. | |
The ball safely out of play. Let's go and find Phil Steele. How | :37:19. | :37:30. | |
pleasing is this tempo for you, you said you were going to go all out | :37:31. | :37:36. | |
from the start's yes, we are looking to see how dangerous the Dragons | :37:37. | :37:40. | |
are. As a neutral rugby man it is not a bad game. I hope so, who said | :37:41. | :37:47. | |
in the week, two big clubs with loss of quality Welsh players out there. | :37:48. | :38:01. | |
Confusion amongst the Dragons' ranks. It fell into the hands of | :38:02. | :38:11. | |
Phil Price. An unorthodox exit from defence. | :38:12. | :38:18. | |
Four minutes left before Landman comes back on. It slips out | :38:19. | :38:35. | |
unnoticed. They will fancy a long shot at goal from here, from | :38:36. | :38:42. | |
halfway. I would kill the clock, I think. If he calls the line-out, the | :38:43. | :38:50. | |
main source opposition from the line-out, I think that there's a | :38:51. | :38:54. | |
good decision from Faletau. Just delay the clock. He has gone off at | :38:55. | :39:00. | |
the last line-out, so a good decision. The last move of the game | :39:01. | :39:05. | |
against Edinburgh on Sunday, the clock had gone red and they got a | :39:06. | :39:10. | |
penalty in a similar position, a quick tap and knock-on, game over. | :39:11. | :39:17. | |
They could have gone for the wrong penalty. Wet conditions. If the | :39:18. | :39:26. | |
kicker did fancy it. Just about, but just about is good | :39:27. | :39:50. | |
enough. And the penalty brings them back within four. Just, just managed | :39:51. | :40:00. | |
to get over, didn't it? Very, very good strike. | :40:01. | :40:14. | |
Missed completely by Screech. Baldwin. Who would want to be a | :40:15. | :40:27. | |
coach's good penalty, then doesn't take the restart. Good support, good | :40:28. | :40:44. | |
clearing. Playing well for the Swiss, six and seven, -- for the | :40:45. | :40:55. | |
Ospreys. Dan Biggar, to Baldwin. Unlucky. He almost got the pass in. | :40:56. | :41:16. | |
Time-out's yes? OK. He has taken him off the ball. That is what Rhys Webb | :41:17. | :41:50. | |
was complaining about that John Lacey has decided that it is a | :41:51. | :41:55. | |
collision between players. It is a tough call, isn't it, because they | :41:56. | :42:02. | |
have got to commit to the tackle. He is the outside carrier. I am not | :42:03. | :42:08. | |
sure. If he was in the inside seven, but on the outside, that is a | :42:09. | :42:12. | |
penalty. That is a penalty for me. Lewis knows that he is nowhere near | :42:13. | :42:19. | |
the ball. That is a definite penalty and lucky for it not to be a yellow | :42:20. | :42:20. | |
card. It has been a very interesting first | :42:21. | :42:37. | |
half-hour. Takes the wind out of your sails, | :42:38. | :42:59. | |
that does. The last thing you want to be doing is coming down for the | :43:00. | :43:01. | |
scrum. We just highlighted it before the | :43:02. | :43:23. | |
game. Those unforced errors. It makes such a difference, because you | :43:24. | :43:28. | |
lose the ball and you hand over possession. And what they do with | :43:29. | :43:35. | |
the possession, then, because they have had so many close defeats, just | :43:36. | :43:41. | |
cutting those errors out for the Dragons, possibly, you know, it is a | :43:42. | :43:43. | |
must. Landman will be back on shortly. | :43:44. | :44:00. | |
Dragons don't want to concede on the pressure in the scrum. Faletau does | :44:01. | :44:05. | |
brilliantly. Sitting down, getting that one back. They need to get it | :44:06. | :44:18. | |
off the park, the Dragons now. He has missed touch, though. One more | :44:19. | :44:32. | |
attack against 14. Dan Biggar, to Hasler, Matavesi hugging the | :44:33. | :44:43. | |
touchline is Owen Watkin. And again, Nic Cudd wins the penalty. So sharp | :44:44. | :44:49. | |
over the ball. Well played from Nic Cudd again. Landman should appear on | :44:50. | :45:01. | |
screen any second. There he is. Apologise as to the referee. And | :45:02. | :45:10. | |
Phil has now got some Dragons company. Casey Jones, the coach of | :45:11. | :45:18. | |
the Dragons. Is is the old thing, possession. Yes he has rushed it | :45:19. | :45:25. | |
there. It is our own errors. Full credit to the Ospreys, they are | :45:26. | :45:29. | |
coming in hard and having a crack. Trying to get the Fairplay points. | :45:30. | :45:32. | |
They are looking to be in the top six. I am sure that they would | :45:33. | :45:36. | |
rather lose having really given it a crack. Is that the half-time talk, | :45:37. | :45:43. | |
cut out the errors? We have not got into a position to give ourselves a | :45:44. | :45:51. | |
chance. We know that they are working hard, the Ospreys. We need | :45:52. | :45:54. | |
to be better. We need to show what we can do with the ball but | :45:55. | :45:59. | |
unfortunately we have not had a lot of it. | :46:00. | :46:12. | |
Drifting, and taken by Dorian Jones. Play continues. Meyer stays down. | :46:13. | :46:36. | |
When the full-back is down, you make the most of it. My is still down. -- | :46:37. | :46:56. | |
Meyer is still down. He went flying past Nicky Smith. Just by the | :46:57. | :47:07. | |
injured player, as well. There's a few feisty tackles going in. The | :47:08. | :47:20. | |
little dink by Dorian Jones. A Muskens Chase. He watches the bounds | :47:21. | :47:26. | |
and in the end he is happy to let it go out of play. -- Amos gives chase. | :47:27. | :47:35. | |
Let's have a look at the challenge on my. -- on my pity. At normal | :47:36. | :47:48. | |
speed, not at slow motion. Hasler, the try scorer for the Ospreys | :47:49. | :47:52. | |
hobbles off. Sam Davies comes on to replace him. | :47:53. | :48:11. | |
Sam Davies will go to full-back. A free ball for Nic Cudd. Dorian Jones | :48:12. | :48:21. | |
onto Tyler Morgan. A little bit of miscommunication and allowing used | :48:22. | :48:26. | |
to come in. Just keep possession and build the pressure. -- allowing | :48:27. | :48:28. | |
Hughes. Good pass from Dorian Jones. Morgan | :48:29. | :48:46. | |
had not really looked outside him and was looking at the defenders | :48:47. | :48:50. | |
making the tackle. The work that Matavesi did to get across, the | :48:51. | :48:53. | |
overlap was not on any way. Just keep the ball and take the tackle, | :48:54. | :48:58. | |
build the pressure. Less than five minutes of the first half remaining | :48:59. | :49:00. | |
and there is no letup at all. Derksen. Bearman comes round to | :49:01. | :49:28. | |
support blindside. Bigger, through on. -- to Underhill. Sam Davies, and | :49:29. | :49:42. | |
that is spilled by Adam Beard. He wasn't expecting it. That is the | :49:43. | :49:53. | |
difference. Because they haven't got the ball-carriers. There is no | :49:54. | :49:55. | |
option for the scrum-half but to kick. Pressure by Elliot Dee. Amos | :49:56. | :50:08. | |
goes the long way round. Offside, though. Ospreys. | :50:09. | :50:19. | |
You cannot tackle and then stop. Both teams keeping up this tempo. It | :50:20. | :50:40. | |
is a fast game. A lot of mistakes creeping in for both sides. | :50:41. | :50:51. | |
It is going to take its toll by the end. Cracknell and Underhill are | :50:52. | :50:58. | |
playing really well as a partnership. He got his hands on | :50:59. | :51:18. | |
that one. Matavesi is in the way. A big couple of minutes here for the | :51:19. | :51:24. | |
Dragons to hold out. Lovely hands, bringing in Hanno Dirksen. Good | :51:25. | :51:34. | |
tackle, good pressure from the Dragons, the fencer with. -- | :51:35. | :51:51. | |
defensively. Very good move. Derksen, and they look from the | :51:52. | :51:58. | |
centre, one past two Matavesi. He just overruns it a little bit, | :51:59. | :52:03. | |
Matavesi, and the right decision by Derksen to hold onto it. The first | :52:04. | :52:13. | |
knock-on was by a Dragons player. Maybe a little bit fortunate for the | :52:14. | :52:22. | |
Ospreys. They are standing very wide and flat for the length of the pass, | :52:23. | :52:27. | |
putting yourself on the pressure because of the line speed. -- under | :52:28. | :52:35. | |
pressure. Big scrum, this, for Dragons. | :52:36. | :52:43. | |
One more chance for the Ospreys before half-time. They are looking | :52:44. | :53:01. | |
for a third. Baldwin. Webb. Cracknell was carried to within a | :53:02. | :53:04. | |
couple of metres, and Webb has another go himself. He got there | :53:05. | :53:13. | |
last time, hasn't quite this time. Olly Cracknell goes lower. So did | :53:14. | :53:18. | |
the Dragons defenders. Now they have got men on the outside, Watkin | :53:19. | :53:23. | |
delays it, but still has time to find Dan Evans in the corner. | :53:24. | :53:29. | |
Ospreys have a third try right on half-time. Just so many numbers. A | :53:30. | :53:39. | |
lovely, lovely ball out by Watkin. It is the right option as well. Just | :53:40. | :53:43. | |
watch. So many numbers chasing across. Adam Hughes has got to come | :53:44. | :53:56. | |
in. That is a lovely ball. Again, the Blitz defence, but too many | :53:57. | :54:08. | |
numbers. Easy, easy finish. Dan Evans switched onto the wing since | :54:09. | :54:13. | |
Jeff Hassler's injury. He won't get many easier than that. | :54:14. | :54:28. | |
Conversions may not be as important in the grand scheme of things. Dan | :54:29. | :54:34. | |
Biggar will still want to put it over. | :54:35. | :54:43. | |
Lovely kick from Dan Biggar to round off a very successful half for the | :54:44. | :54:53. | |
Ospreys. What a good 40 minutes of rugby that was. Very, exciting | :54:54. | :54:58. | |
rugby, good play but nominated by Ospreys. One great try by the | :54:59. | :55:03. | |
Dragons but they have had very little possession. 40 minutes of | :55:04. | :55:08. | |
enjoyable rugby. Ospreys have three quarters of the job hunt. At | :55:09. | :55:13. | |
half-time it is Dragons eight, Ospreys 19. If you get territory and | :55:14. | :55:20. | |
possession in the second half, can you make a dent? Yes, we want to put | :55:21. | :55:30. | |
up through through, get down and played. And a yellow card, if their | :55:31. | :55:36. | |
cop, Officer? Yes, the erection was stupid from me. Thank you for your | :55:37. | :55:40. | |
time. Have a good orange. Thank you. Jeff Hassler going over. What a | :55:41. | :55:57. | |
response from the Dragons. Great race from Tyler Morgan and a lovely | :55:58. | :56:02. | |
pass from Hal to round things off, then back down the other end, Rhys | :56:03. | :56:06. | |
Webb sniping as always. Bundled over the line. Looks like he was held up | :56:07. | :56:12. | |
but he managed to wrestle that ball to the ground. Landman went to the | :56:13. | :56:16. | |
sin-bin for a professional foul. That allowed Ospreys to get the | :56:17. | :56:21. | |
contract on the stroke of half-time. What a pass from Owen Watkin, | :56:22. | :56:26. | |
beautifully timed pass. And a try from Dan Evans. Ospreys well in | :56:27. | :56:32. | |
control at half-time with 19-8. And the stats tell a similar story. That | :56:33. | :56:39. | |
tells you is that we use getting all the ball in attack and possession | :56:40. | :56:45. | |
and the stats underline that, 75% to the Ospreys. The turnovers having | :56:46. | :56:51. | |
equal, penalties conceded equal as well. But Ospreys are dominating | :56:52. | :56:57. | |
this game in terms of the tackle area and terms possession and in | :56:58. | :57:00. | |
terms of all the statistics we have just seen. They want to give | :57:01. | :57:06. | |
themselves that faint hope of qualifying for Europe and they are | :57:07. | :57:09. | |
three quarters of the way there. They are just controlling | :57:10. | :57:13. | |
everything. The contact area, the kicking game. Just the physicality. | :57:14. | :57:19. | |
At the minute, the Dragons cannot cope with Ospreys' physicality. They | :57:20. | :57:28. | |
thoroughly deserved their lead. On the flip side for the Dragons, | :57:29. | :57:32. | |
everything is coming off scraps. They are working hard, getting a few | :57:33. | :57:36. | |
penalties, still a lovely try, but they cannot control the game like | :57:37. | :57:42. | |
the Ospreys have. It did not take long for the visitors get on the | :57:43. | :57:47. | |
scoreboard. It is a Welsh half-backs, nine and ten, | :57:48. | :57:52. | |
controlling things. First try was textbook. The Dragons defence did | :57:53. | :57:59. | |
help. Some great build-up play. This defender missed to slip off, and he | :58:00. | :58:03. | |
does, to allow Adam Hughes to slip up. He doesn't trust his inside and | :58:04. | :58:07. | |
if they do that, they get a three on three, and it ends up as two against | :58:08. | :58:12. | |
one and it is a great finish. Rhys Webb becomes an extra four. He's | :58:13. | :58:17. | |
really strong. And he has got an eye for the line. He is over the line | :58:18. | :58:23. | |
and seemingly held up but he is allowed, in law, to make the | :58:24. | :58:27. | |
placement and John Lacey knows that. Something to learn for young | :58:28. | :58:30. | |
players. Great composure from Owen Watkin. Their passing skills have | :58:31. | :58:35. | |
been good and they are reaping the rewards in the 22. Super stuff. We | :58:36. | :58:41. | |
spoke about how dominant the Swiss had been in the tackle. That gives | :58:42. | :58:45. | |
the half-backs the time and space they need to control things. Now it | :58:46. | :58:51. | |
all comes from the heart carries. Dan Biggar, perhaps and goes early | :58:52. | :58:57. | |
on. Not wasting any time kicking into the corner. He is really up for | :58:58. | :59:03. | |
this. I like him when he is like this, throwing his arms up in the | :59:04. | :59:06. | |
air, just asking him what, foundation he uses! It is physical. | :59:07. | :59:12. | |
It is a derby game at the end of the day. At the end of the day he is a | :59:13. | :59:19. | |
world-class centre half. Rhys Webb is full of running. When you | :59:20. | :59:24. | |
consider how serious his leg injury was, he has come back as if he | :59:25. | :59:29. | |
wasn't out. He is so powerful and difficult to stop from two or three | :59:30. | :59:36. | |
metres out. Dragons have been living off scraps, but when they get a | :59:37. | :59:39. | |
sniff, they have got the weapons to score tries. We talked about Amos, | :59:40. | :59:46. | |
he finished it off. Delighted to be able to show some basic skill for | :59:47. | :59:50. | |
the viewers. It is an easy thing but so influential in the game. It is | :59:51. | :59:55. | |
the ball in two hands. Watch the build-up Allsop Pretorius first, the | :59:56. | :00:04. | |
ball in two hands. Great from my. Hanno Dirksen has to steal it. All | :00:05. | :00:10. | |
the while, the ball in two hands. For each of the other ball-carriers, | :00:11. | :00:15. | |
it is a textbook strike and brilliant skills from the Dragons. I | :00:16. | :00:20. | |
guess that one man we are all watching tonight, Toby Faletau. At | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
the Dragons that make it to the semifinals and get a home draw, this | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
will be his last time in front of these faithful fans at Rodney | :00:30. | :00:33. | |
Parade. He always gives 100%, whatever shirt he is in, and he is | :00:34. | :00:40. | |
doing it tonight. He has been involved in some big hits. A good | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
hit, there. This is where he has been outstanding. The team has got | :00:46. | :00:51. | |
so much ball at the back. When the scrum is under pressure, he is such | :00:52. | :00:55. | |
a good footballer and he is so skill for a big man, as well. We haven't | :00:56. | :01:00. | |
seen them making the best of the charges but hopefully we will in the | :01:01. | :01:01. | |
second half. Will he be emotional tonight? I | :01:02. | :01:13. | |
doubt it. Deep down he probably will be. He came through the system. He | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
came to the academy. He has had more than 150 games with the Dragons. It | :01:20. | :01:26. | |
is such a shame that Welsh rugby is losing a true world-class player. I | :01:27. | :01:31. | |
think he is the most important player in Wales. It is a shame he is | :01:32. | :01:36. | |
leaving the Dragons, but with the professional game the way it is that | :01:37. | :01:44. | |
is how things go. Give us the perspective of the coach on things. | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
Two different dressing rooms, I would imagine. Lyn Jones will be | :01:48. | :01:50. | |
reading the riot act. Yes. would imagine. Lyn Jones will be | :01:51. | :02:16. | |
and send them up the line. That is what it used in the first half to | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
create overlaps on the outside. He will be emphasising that. This is | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
the first of two Welsh derbies this weekend and there is plenty more | :02:27. | :02:34. | |
common on. The Cardiff Devils look forward to a new era. We have a huge | :02:35. | :02:44. | |
era on -- game on Saturday. Then the second big Welsh derby as the | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
Scarlet 's take on the Blues. You can catch but live. On scrum five | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
Sunday we will round up all the action from the Regent and catch up | :02:58. | :02:58. | |
with Amos and action from the Regent and catch up | :02:59. | :04:45. | |
is an interesting one. We talked about this last week. Danny Wilson | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
has gone for three number seven is in the back row. A very mobile pack. | :04:50. | :04:58. | |
Will that work against the Scarlets? The Scarlet had to themselves. They | :04:59. | :05:02. | |
will have to work hard. Danny Wilson has done well when you consider the | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
Blues didn't resemble a rugby team for a couple of seasons and now they | :05:08. | :05:11. | |
at least have something on track. The late discipline and organist. | :05:12. | :05:15. | |
That is great credit to Danny Wilson and they have improved through the | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
season. The Blues have struggled. They did better during the | :05:21. | :05:24. | |
international window, the World Cup. They have done well again during the | :05:25. | :05:29. | |
international season. They are coming to terms with bringing their | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
players back and getting a good standard. This converts are looking | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
strong. I am looking forward to being there and I think it will be a | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
home win and it will be the end of the European hopes for the Blues. | :05:41. | :05:46. | |
Enjoy the game tomorrow. We talked about the changes in the front row. | :05:47. | :05:50. | |
Two for the Blues come on for the Scarlets. Will the Blues have been | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
looking at the Scarlets victory over the Ospreys and thinking we had to | :05:55. | :06:00. | |
beef up a bit here? It is the gold against the new. You cannot get a | :06:01. | :06:04. | |
more experienced front rows -- front row than the Blues. It is also the | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
psyche of an away game. They have been fantastic on the artificial | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
surfaces. They have struggled away from home. When you bring the | :06:15. | :06:22. | |
scrummage in, it is the experience they bring to the younger players. | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
It is about bringing the experiencing as it is the scrummage | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
power. We are looking forward to that. Let's turn our attention back | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
to tonight because the second half is almost upon us. The Dragons have | :06:38. | :06:41. | |
lost eight times in a row to the Ospreys. They had better do | :06:42. | :06:45. | |
something in the next 40 minutes to stop it from being nine. | :06:46. | :07:07. | |
The Dragons will be disappointed after conceding a late try at the | :07:08. | :07:15. | |
end of the first half. A very enjoyable 40 minutes of rugby. Let's | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
hope we will see more of the same in the second half. They have got to | :07:21. | :07:39. | |
slow the Ospreys down. A very inauspicious start to the second | :07:40. | :07:45. | |
half for the Ospreys. A basic error. You don't see it that often from | :07:46. | :07:53. | |
them. Dan Biggar trying to give the forwards every chance to regain | :07:54. | :07:59. | |
possession. They had 75% of the ball in the first half with just half a | :08:00. | :08:01. | |
metre too short. It is all about keeping possession | :08:02. | :08:23. | |
and just building through the phases trying to create the opportunity. It | :08:24. | :08:35. | |
will not happen straightaway. Tyler Morgan with good pace. A very good | :08:36. | :08:43. | |
tackle by Underhill. The first line break and the next thing... | :08:44. | :08:56. | |
Such a good run like Morgan. A brilliant tackle by Underhill. | :08:57. | :09:06. | |
Reading skills by Matavesi. But just sums the Dragons. Lovely, lovely | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
play. Tyler Morgan comes in, a great angle. They just lose the ball. | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
Tyler Morgan has come from the other side, a lovely ball. He beats | :09:18. | :09:25. | |
Bierman and there is a knock-on. Two great tackles by Underhill. Matavesi | :09:26. | :09:38. | |
sorrows and goes. A lovely chap. The two teams starting the second half | :09:39. | :09:41. | |
where they left off the first and shown great attacking intent. | :09:42. | :09:55. | |
Dragons deciding to go to ground in the end. Jones looking for space | :09:56. | :10:02. | |
behind the Ospreys's defence. But is away from Santa visit -- Sam Davies | :10:03. | :10:09. | |
and away from everybody. Quickly taken though by Davis himself to | :10:10. | :10:14. | |
Rhys Webb. Brought down by Adam Hughes. Faletau is living at the | :10:15. | :10:24. | |
moment. That is not good. He is just edging toward the far corner that | :10:25. | :10:30. | |
doesn't look 100%. Nicky Smith with a great run, dragged down by Harris. | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
As if they don't see enough of each other in the scrum. Biggar to | :10:36. | :10:39. | |
Matavesi. He has been on hand so many times in the first three | :10:40. | :10:45. | |
minutes of the second half. Arhip to Cracknell. It lovely lovely bit of | :10:46. | :10:59. | |
rugby from the Ospreys. Warren with a brick. Looks to the outside. Amos. | :11:00. | :11:08. | |
Into the 22. And in the end it is Dirksen who wins the race. That is a | :11:09. | :11:16. | |
brilliant, brilliant counterattack. I was looking at who was in front. | :11:17. | :11:24. | |
They just took them on. As the ball goes wide, there is, chasing across. | :11:25. | :11:28. | |
The forwards inches across because they know they are short on numbers. | :11:29. | :11:33. | |
Step inside. Unfortunately he wasn't there to support because he fell | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
over. The only option for him was to kick. Landman did well to get their | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
blood brilliant, brilliant counter the track by the Dragons. | :11:43. | :11:48. | |
Scintillating rugby all round. -- counterattack. It shows what they | :11:49. | :11:55. | |
can do if they keep the ball. They can do this from hardly anything. A | :11:56. | :11:59. | |
lovely kick by Amos. Fortune favours the brave. Amos gets a second try | :12:00. | :12:12. | |
for the second week running. On that occasion, Sam Davies is caught out | :12:13. | :12:19. | |
of position a little bit. A lovely cake. It lovely finish. He is just a | :12:20. | :12:29. | |
little bit deeper and he puts the kick in. The game, it is through the | :12:30. | :12:49. | |
hands. A lovely finish. Talk about possible match changing moments. It | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
is Faletau again. He can hardly walk, he is limping and then he | :12:54. | :12:56. | |
causes that turnover and from that turnover was the attack. Full credit | :12:57. | :13:05. | |
to the Dragons. From the touchline. Dorian Jones cannot add any extras | :13:06. | :13:10. | |
but they are back with a converted try. | :13:11. | :13:21. | |
We have seen some superb passing by both teams tonight. They needed | :13:22. | :13:31. | |
that, the Dragons. If Ospreys scored first in the second half, that would | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
probably be game over. Arhip departs. | :13:37. | :14:00. | |
Dorian Jones looks to the same corner again. I am not sure how | :14:01. | :14:09. | |
intentional that was but it was very nicely done by Dan Biggar. | :14:10. | :14:57. | |
The Ospreys haven't had to deal with too many syllables perceiving. It is | :14:58. | :15:11. | |
harder to get those passes. We hope at the have time, the Dragons had to | :15:12. | :15:16. | |
slow the Ospreys and they are trying to do that. They are succeeding at | :15:17. | :15:23. | |
the moment. A lovely handover from Sam Davies. Dirksen looking for | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
space behind. Dirksen is there a game. -- again. Matavesi is behind | :15:30. | :15:47. | |
everybody. Taking. Matavesi slots it through. Dan Evans could see the try | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
line beckoning in front of them. The touch line beat him first. Lovely | :15:53. | :16:04. | |
down the short side. Create space for the outside man. Dorian Jones | :16:05. | :16:10. | |
went for the glory there and stop went the intercept. | :16:11. | :16:48. | |
That was a great volatile. -- a group headed by Faletau. | :16:49. | :17:26. | |
Ospreys getting possession in the danger area. Smith calling for more | :17:27. | :17:42. | |
defenders in the far corner. Bierman would love to get one against the | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
Dragons. Webb orchestrating events around him. Underhill is ready to | :17:48. | :17:51. | |
go. Lewis Evans comes in to meet them. Vigour, deep pass to Sam | :17:52. | :17:59. | |
Davies, over the top. What can. Great feet from a standing start. | :18:00. | :18:06. | |
Desperate defence from the Dragons. Just about managed to keep them out. | :18:07. | :18:10. | |
This is real pressure now from the Ospreys. Biggar, Jarvis. There is a | :18:11. | :18:20. | |
man on the outside. Some Underhill doesn't need him because he gets | :18:21. | :18:24. | |
over for the Ospreys bonus point try. If what can get a flat pass he | :18:25. | :18:31. | |
scores, they think. They recycle it again. They are patient. They have | :18:32. | :18:40. | |
the numbers on the right-hand side. There is one bit of hesitation. For | :18:41. | :18:48. | |
that split second of hesitation, just watch it. As the ball comes | :18:49. | :18:55. | |
out, if he hits it there, that is it, he stops the movement. The | :18:56. | :18:58. | |
moment of hesitation, is the second, he scores. That is it. The two back | :18:59. | :19:13. | |
row players can get there. He just had to follow through with his | :19:14. | :19:19. | |
decision. The flat-footed Underhill and standing of allows him to get | :19:20. | :19:25. | |
the finish. He stands off, misses the tackle and there is a try. That | :19:26. | :19:33. | |
is what it means to the Ospreys. Being needed maximum points tonight | :19:34. | :19:36. | |
to keep alive their faint hopes of making the top six. They have been | :19:37. | :19:41. | |
in Europe every single year in the top tier competition since their | :19:42. | :19:44. | |
formation. They are in danger of not being there next year. Good ankle | :19:45. | :19:56. | |
again from Underhill. A lovely delayed pass. Sam Davies runs at the | :19:57. | :20:05. | |
defenders. He is enhancing his chances of going to England -- gone | :20:06. | :20:16. | |
to Australia with England. If Underhill catches it it is streaking | :20:17. | :20:17. | |
up the field. It is a real momentum killer for the | :20:18. | :20:38. | |
Ospreys. The Dragons are coming back into the game. A crucial score. The | :20:39. | :20:48. | |
Dragons are just edging possession in the first ten minutes. That has | :20:49. | :20:54. | |
been turned against the Ospreys. The Ospreys have been using their | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
possession so effectively. I feel the crowd has gone flat after that | :21:00. | :21:05. | |
one. Full credit to the Ospreys, it was a nice, controlled play. | :21:06. | :21:13. | |
Shoulders up, feed underneath. Let's go. | :21:14. | :21:28. | |
The match being dominated by the Ospreys. Dragons hanging on in | :21:29. | :21:35. | |
there. They still have some hope. That Beard is offered. -- Adam | :21:36. | :22:31. | |
Beard. The good is missing from the | :22:32. | :22:57. | |
Ospreys. -- Lukaku is missing. -- Luke who is missing. Here comes Adam | :22:58. | :23:08. | |
Warren. Amos as well. Morgan as well. They have been brought down. | :23:09. | :23:17. | |
Was that legal or not? They are still moving. They are still in | :23:18. | :23:23. | |
possession. Great play. Eventually they have been forced down. | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
Underhill did brilliantly there. He was wriggling his way through and he | :23:31. | :23:34. | |
has got his hands on the ball. Brilliant work from Sam Underhill. | :23:35. | :23:46. | |
Initially they looked unstoppable. They should ban this. I don't like | :23:47. | :23:57. | |
it. Some Underhill loses his vote there. Totally legal. Number seven, | :23:58. | :24:04. | |
he is reaching over. He has come from the site a little bit there. He | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
did look at the referee and ask. You take the referee in that position | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
and he played him perfectly. Well done some Underhill. -- you play the | :24:15. | :24:22. | |
referee. Dragons should either score would get into an attacking | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
position. Was he on-site or not? They have got to clear him out | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
either way. They need to get the ball. Charlie Davies replaces | :24:32. | :24:41. | |
Pretorius. There he is. Joining from the Wasps this season. | :24:42. | :25:27. | |
Dragons haven't been able to apply enough sustained pressure. It is the | :25:28. | :25:37. | |
attacks. It is scraps. Unlike the Ospreys who control everything. He | :25:38. | :25:54. | |
nearly got away then, didn't he? Oh great work by Faletau. He needs some | :25:55. | :25:59. | |
close support now. Charlie Davies for Dorian Jones. Adam Hughes. | :26:00. | :26:23. | |
Jarvis gets in there on the act. There are a couple of other games | :26:24. | :26:35. | |
being played this evening which could have a bearing on places. | :26:36. | :26:50. | |
Edinburgh are leading 3-0. They are surprise leaders at half-time. The | :26:51. | :26:55. | |
team leading the championship are losing. Ulster 11-3 in front. | :26:56. | :27:10. | |
They asked my favourites. If they get a home draw that is a tough | :27:11. | :27:18. | |
place to go. You want to try to avoid going to Belfast. They | :27:19. | :27:29. | |
finished their season at the liberty, Ulster. | :27:30. | :27:40. | |
Up comes Adam Hughes and kicks the ball. | :27:41. | :27:57. | |
That is a superb kick by Dorian Jones. We have seen some great | :27:58. | :28:24. | |
attacking rugby but there are no punches being bowled. The tackles | :28:25. | :28:31. | |
are flying in. He stepped into that. That isn't a high tackle, he has | :28:32. | :28:37. | |
docked. That is very similar to the one in the first half. I don't think | :28:38. | :28:46. | |
that is a penalty. It seems that you go anywhere near the top of the | :28:47. | :28:54. | |
shoulder... You have got to hit the shoulder. If it goes on the neck, | :28:55. | :29:06. | |
that shouldn't be a penalty. Underhill gets the tackle. | :29:07. | :29:17. | |
Charlie Davies tries to catch the defence unawares. Landman went for | :29:18. | :29:25. | |
the miracle ball. But a busy pics of the scraps for the Ospreys. A good | :29:26. | :29:47. | |
take. Charlie Davies. He is held up. That will be an Ospreys scrum. It | :29:48. | :29:57. | |
will be just about. If Adam Warren had only spotted shoes outside him. | :29:58. | :30:01. | |
-- spotted shoes. I think he will be a brilliant | :30:02. | :30:14. | |
referee I think he will be a brilliant | :30:15. | :30:58. | |
replaced by another. The new front row for the Ospreys, | :30:59. | :31:03. | |
with been hiding behind their seats as | :31:04. | :31:09. | |
both of them went up for that one. A big cheer from the home crowd. | :31:10. | :32:53. | |
First penalty they have had in a while. Corner. | :32:54. | :33:11. | |
Fine kick. Sport Wales to follow this evening. | :33:12. | :33:30. | |
Then the round-up of the weekend's action and an evaluation of where we | :33:31. | :33:42. | |
are after 19 -- after Round 19 in Scrum V on Sunday. Ed Jackson and | :33:43. | :33:52. | |
neck Crossrail, the two Dragons replacements. -- Nick Crosswell. | :33:53. | :34:09. | |
A series of kicks now going the Dragons' way. | :34:10. | :34:30. | |
Does he release? His hands go past the ball. That is a penalty. Good | :34:31. | :34:43. | |
decision. I think they will try the driving maul again. It started well | :34:44. | :34:51. | |
and finished limply last time. So frustrating. Imagine being a coach. | :34:52. | :35:05. | |
Dan Biggar. Coming back for the line-out knock-on. Dan Biggar has | :35:06. | :35:19. | |
been involved in a very entertaining, very physical game. | :35:20. | :35:25. | |
The coaches will be absolutely killing themselves with this. | :35:26. | :35:33. | |
That absolutely sums it up! Who are the two men in the Muppets?! How | :35:34. | :35:46. | |
much do they age when things like this happen this season. There was | :35:47. | :35:51. | |
nothing you can do. When you turn possession over. Good work by Dan | :35:52. | :35:58. | |
Lydiate. Good pressure. It will be Ospreys | :35:59. | :36:17. | |
line-out. Dragons really putting up a fight. They have had a lot of | :36:18. | :36:23. | |
pressure in this area. They need to get something from it. | :36:24. | :36:35. | |
So much more control, the Ospreys. They are so much better drilled in | :36:36. | :36:50. | |
that line-out area. Morgan. Hughes. Charlie Davies. Taken on by Nick | :36:51. | :36:55. | |
Crosswell. More defenders than attackers on | :36:56. | :37:13. | |
that side. In the end, only found the arms of Gareth Thomas. That was | :37:14. | :37:20. | |
a lovely slip from Meyer. He hammers home and the Dragons deserve that. I | :37:21. | :37:25. | |
would like a seedy off-load. Brilliant finish and the brilliant | :37:26. | :37:30. | |
off-load. -- I would like to seedy off-load. That was so quick. | :37:31. | :37:37. | |
That is a brilliant off-load and a brilliant finish. Brilliant angle. | :37:38. | :37:50. | |
What a finish. He is looking at that and he is giving it, you can see it | :37:51. | :37:55. | |
from that angle. Was that obstruction? That is definitely | :37:56. | :38:03. | |
knocked forward, if I am honest. It was done so quickly. It is only when | :38:04. | :38:06. | |
you slow it down. It was a very good hand off. | :38:07. | :38:27. | |
Brilliant finish. Great angle. He knew where he wanted to go. He | :38:28. | :38:36. | |
converts his own try. And a converted try again for the Dragons. | :38:37. | :38:41. | |
Could have been obstruction, could have been forward pass, but it is | :38:42. | :38:46. | |
seven points instead. A great 12 minutes for the Ospreys. Jonathan | :38:47. | :38:51. | |
Spratt comes on to replace Owen Watkin. He was limping on the | :38:52. | :39:06. | |
left-hand side. Good following up again. | :39:07. | :39:17. | |
Nicely judged kick. Another big hit long by Toby Faletau. In his last | :39:18. | :39:34. | |
home game. And his father is now in the company of full-scale. A great | :39:35. | :39:41. | |
man of Gwent, Ebbw Vale fans will recognise him. How emotional has it | :39:42. | :39:44. | |
been for you tonight? Very emotional for me. And how proud are you of | :39:45. | :39:56. | |
Toby? Yes, really proud of him and what he has achieved so far. Do you | :39:57. | :40:00. | |
think he will ever come back to play in Gwent? He has done you proud in | :40:01. | :40:09. | |
every way. Thank you for your time. A proud dad. Seeing his son's last | :40:10. | :40:18. | |
home game. For the moment let's see if he comes back here, after the | :40:19. | :40:26. | |
spell at Bath. Jackson was over it, but the Ospreys arrived. Still no | :40:27. | :40:31. | |
letup in this game, the charge down by Phil Price. They were fortunate. | :40:32. | :40:36. | |
It could have gone anywhere. It was a brilliant pick-up. The crowd has | :40:37. | :40:50. | |
come alive again. It seemed as if that try would have knocked the | :40:51. | :40:53. | |
stuffing out of the Dragons, but no, far from it. They have got another | :40:54. | :40:58. | |
scrum. Ulster have extended their lead, | :40:59. | :41:22. | |
18-3 against Connacht. Fifth against first. The charge down. It is | :41:23. | :41:41. | |
incredible. You look totally dominant then you have that try from | :41:42. | :41:49. | |
Carl Meyer, to set up the finish, and it is game on. | :41:50. | :42:05. | |
Morgan just stretching out. It is only his second game back. And after | :42:06. | :42:12. | |
his efforts for 71 minutes, Sam Underhill departs the scene. He has | :42:13. | :42:18. | |
been very influential for those 71 minutes. He put a good big shift in, | :42:19. | :42:31. | |
didn't he? Big future ahead of him. On comes the openside, Brendon | :42:32. | :42:36. | |
Leonard. I put Dan Biggar at openside now and Brendon Leonard at | :42:37. | :42:43. | |
ten. Josh Matavesi, I wouldn't be surprised to see him coming in. | :42:44. | :42:51. | |
Brendon Leonard is going to pack down at eight in the scrum. Olly | :42:52. | :43:02. | |
Cracknell has played up inside. -- openside. That is good, that is | :43:03. | :43:19. | |
perfect, that is. They all want to be Richie McCaw! Faletau. If he | :43:20. | :43:33. | |
would score the winning try the place would go mad. Harris with the | :43:34. | :43:51. | |
carry. Charlie Davies. Now, the Ospreys are under a little bit of | :43:52. | :43:56. | |
pressure. Lovely pass. To Nick card from cross well. -- Nic Cudd from | :43:57. | :44:08. | |
Crosswell. Play on says the referee. Off the foot of Charlie Davies. | :44:09. | :44:15. | |
Within a couple of metres. Not a great ball to the scrum-half. They | :44:16. | :44:20. | |
have lost their shape a bit now, the Dragons. But they have the ball. | :44:21. | :44:30. | |
Tyler Morgan. Click and go, Faletau, tries to step his way clear. Nick | :44:31. | :44:44. | |
Crosswell in there, ready. Charlie Davies and Tyler Morgan. I thought | :44:45. | :44:55. | |
the defender was gone. Brok Harris. Ospreys may have got the bonus point | :44:56. | :45:02. | |
but they haven't got the win secured yet as the Dragons come at them | :45:03. | :45:06. | |
again. In goes Ed Jackson to support. The penalty goes to Ospreys | :45:07. | :45:12. | |
and after 16 phases, Dragons come away empty-handed. Great work from | :45:13. | :45:19. | |
Rhys Webb initially, to make the tackle. There was a few defenders | :45:20. | :45:29. | |
there. Good defensive system there. Shoot up the line for the defenders. | :45:30. | :45:34. | |
Big call, that is, and a big decision. | :45:35. | :45:52. | |
Nine times this season already Dragons have had a losing bonus | :45:53. | :46:03. | |
point. You can say do this and this, but this is about intent. The intent | :46:04. | :46:06. | |
was there from the start, and this is what we have, a brilliant game | :46:07. | :46:11. | |
with lots of great tries and two sides wanting to play rugby. You | :46:12. | :46:15. | |
don't want to change anything in the game. It is the intent that is | :46:16. | :46:23. | |
important. The mindset, even though they wanted the tries, it hasn't in | :46:24. | :46:28. | |
stupid rugby. It has been really fiercely competitive. And it still | :46:29. | :46:35. | |
is being contested, so much that the Dragons win the scrum. | :46:36. | :47:03. | |
These people will be cheering for Rhys Webb and Dan Biggar in the red | :47:04. | :47:14. | |
of Wales. Contesting for every ball, the Dragons. It is those little | :47:15. | :47:20. | |
things, tiny mistakes along the way that could have cost them again. All | :47:21. | :47:29. | |
six players wearing gauged. -- were engaged. The Dragons last win | :47:30. | :47:40. | |
against the Welsh region was against the Blues on Boxing Day 2014. They | :47:41. | :47:49. | |
have got just under four minutes to get a converted try to end that | :47:50. | :47:57. | |
losing streak. They need to secure this first. Quickly taken. Faletau. | :47:58. | :48:08. | |
The captain leads the way again. Jackson. He's in the hole. He needed | :48:09. | :48:13. | |
somebody on his shoulder. Davies, under pressure. Rhys Webb really all | :48:14. | :48:24. | |
over him. That is great defensive work from the Ospreys skipper. | :48:25. | :48:30. | |
Perfect timing, that is. Comes in on his opposite number. That is where | :48:31. | :48:40. | |
they need GPS run the off-load. There you go, straight through. Puts | :48:41. | :48:46. | |
an aggressive track -- tackle in, holding up. Big decision, that. The | :48:47. | :48:58. | |
clock is against the Dragons. At long last, the Dragons make the | :48:59. | :49:03. | |
change in the scrum, changing the whole front row and block. What an | :49:04. | :49:10. | |
effort that has been from the three who are leaving. A big effort from | :49:11. | :49:27. | |
those three voice. -- boys. Boris Stankovich, and Lloyd Fairbrother | :49:28. | :49:32. | |
coming on to finish the game for the Dragons. Patch, bind, set! -- touch. | :49:33. | :49:52. | |
Great scrum by the Dragons. Ospreys just about getting rid of it. | :49:53. | :50:11. | |
The readjustment, just kept possession there. That is a wicked | :50:12. | :50:24. | |
bounce. Well taken again. Dan Biggar, right in there. Cracknell. | :50:25. | :50:31. | |
Puts it on to Dan Lydiate. He takes the hit and sets it up again for the | :50:32. | :50:40. | |
Ospreys. Jarvis. Time running out now for the Dragons as the Ospreys | :50:41. | :50:47. | |
keep possession with just 90 seconds to go. Cracknell. They just have to | :50:48. | :50:55. | |
see the clock down now, the Ospreys. But they have given away the | :50:56. | :51:00. | |
penalty. And they have got time to go for the touchline, as well. | :51:01. | :51:20. | |
Not to go to much distance here, they have got to go into touch. Safe | :51:21. | :51:33. | |
kick. Last role of the dice. For ten minutes in the second half they look | :51:34. | :51:38. | |
dead and buried. They have had a few issues in the line-out. But the | :51:39. | :51:45. | |
fight in the Dragons has been evident once again at Rodney Parade. | :51:46. | :51:55. | |
This time the line-out is secured. The last chance saloon for the | :51:56. | :52:11. | |
Dragons. Adam Hughes, Rhys Webb gets another good tackle in. And Rhys | :52:12. | :52:20. | |
Webb the skipper with a couple of late tackles leads his side to | :52:21. | :52:27. | |
victory. What a battle it's been. The ball safely out of play. It has | :52:28. | :52:32. | |
been a magnificent game of rugby. Both sides have given it everything. | :52:33. | :52:37. | |
Another losing bonus point for the Dragons and winning bonus point for | :52:38. | :52:44. | |
the Ospreys. Victorious by 26-20. They'll be disappointed. Great | :52:45. | :52:48. | |
performance. By Faletau in his last game here. But Rhys Webb had | :52:49. | :52:54. | |
tremendous game. But Sam Honourable scored a try, effective, he's my | :52:55. | :53:03. | |
Guinness Pro12 man of the match. -- Sam Underhill. They will be hoping | :53:04. | :53:13. | |
that that is not too serious injury with the run-in they have got. Toby | :53:14. | :53:16. | |
Faletau has given everything in his game at Rodney Parade. He could not | :53:17. | :53:21. | |
lead his team to victory but they came mighty close once again. It is | :53:22. | :53:26. | |
a 10th time in the season that the Dragons have had a losing bonus | :53:27. | :53:30. | |
point. But the Ospreys still have faint hopes. They want to be in | :53:31. | :53:36. | |
Europe next season. They want to do all they can because they have | :53:37. | :53:40. | |
secured victory by 26-20 at Rodney Parade. The winning captain, Rhys | :53:41. | :53:47. | |
Webb, is with Phil. It looked like a cracking game to watch. What was it | :53:48. | :53:55. | |
like to play in? A typical derby. It was a massive, massive win for us. | :53:56. | :54:01. | |
And getting the bonus point as well, so let huge result. You need those | :54:02. | :54:08. | |
bonus points. We wanted to play with freedom and we showed that today. We | :54:09. | :54:16. | |
look after the ball. To be fair to the Dragons they came back at the | :54:17. | :54:19. | |
end but credit to the boys, defensively. And this man could have | :54:20. | :54:25. | |
his last game at Rodney Parade. He has been massive for the Dragons | :54:26. | :54:29. | |
over the years and they will be sad to see him go, but I want to wish | :54:30. | :54:35. | |
him all the best. How emotional was that for you if it was to be your | :54:36. | :54:40. | |
last game at Rodney Parade? We gave what all the result today. I spoke | :54:41. | :54:46. | |
to your dad about ten minutes ago. He said it was an emotional | :54:47. | :54:51. | |
occasion. What is it for the rest of the season for you? We have a few | :54:52. | :54:56. | |
more games to go. We will work on that next week towards our next | :54:57. | :55:01. | |
game. What about your future? Do you think you will come back to Gwent | :55:02. | :55:08. | |
one-day? Never say never, I suppose. Well done, you have been a great | :55:09. | :55:11. | |
credit to the Dragons and Welsh rugby. Good luck. Thank you very | :55:12. | :55:21. | |
much. A man of few words, as Martin said at half-time. Toby Faletau. | :55:22. | :55:25. | |
Let's remind ourselves what happened in that second half. He will be | :55:26. | :55:36. | |
restricted at himself for that missed tackle allowing Sam Underhill | :55:37. | :55:40. | |
to get under the posts virtually unopposed. Then Carl Meyer took the | :55:41. | :55:48. | |
forward pass, but a great finish. And at half-time the stats did not | :55:49. | :55:51. | |
make pretty reading for the Dragons. Slightly better at all time with 63% | :55:52. | :55:56. | |
position in the end, the tackle count evens itself up although the | :55:57. | :56:01. | |
Dragons still have to make more than their opponents tonight. Ospreys | :56:02. | :56:05. | |
making far more carries as well. Automatically they were the deserved | :56:06. | :56:10. | |
winners this evening. There now is with having jangling quite a bit in | :56:11. | :56:14. | |
those last five minutes. It means that Ospreys climb one place to | :56:15. | :56:18. | |
eighth in the table, temporarily above the Blues who will take on | :56:19. | :56:23. | |
Scarlets in Llanelli tomorrow. The Dragons remain in 10th where they | :56:24. | :56:26. | |
started the evening. The Ospreys have kept their slim hopes alive of | :56:27. | :56:32. | |
qualifying for the Champions Cup next season. In many ways it is all | :56:33. | :56:38. | |
about that man, Toby Faletau playing what is almost certainly has last | :56:39. | :56:42. | |
game in front of the Rodney Parade faithful. His form never seems to | :56:43. | :56:49. | |
dip. Wherever he plays, whatever jersey he is wearing, he's an | :56:50. | :56:56. | |
absolute talisman. He is Wales' most important and best player. His | :56:57. | :56:59. | |
all-round game is incredible. He gives everything. And the crucial | :57:00. | :57:04. | |
turnover which got the Dragons back into the game. He's so quick for a | :57:05. | :57:14. | |
man. He will be sorely missed. The fans will be frustrated again with | :57:15. | :57:19. | |
the Dragons. You cannot question the heart and commitment of these | :57:20. | :57:25. | |
players but it is lost line-out and Strom 's knock-on is at crucial | :57:26. | :57:27. | |
stages of the game. If they can sharpen that up, they have at ten | :57:28. | :57:34. | |
losing bonus point is this season. Such a frustrating team for the | :57:35. | :57:38. | |
players and for the fans as well. Job done for the Ospreys. They | :57:39. | :57:41. | |
wanted a bonus point to keep alive their European qualifying hopes. | :57:42. | :57:48. | |
Yes, no Justin Tipuric, lots of players missing, lots of experience, | :57:49. | :57:53. | |
but nine and ten dictated the game with their kicking, their passion, | :57:54. | :57:59. | |
the tackles. And they led the way the Welsh half-backs. The Pro12 is | :58:00. | :58:05. | |
criticised a lot for whatever reason but that was a brilliant game of | :58:06. | :58:10. | |
rugby. Lots of great skill on show and a really good game and a good | :58:11. | :58:17. | |
advert for the Pro12. Rhys Webb and Dan Biggar controlling things. That | :58:18. | :58:20. | |
will be pleasing for the Ospreys' back coach. Ross was | :58:21. | :00:20. | |
will be pleasing for the Ospreys' don't think he is ready yet. If I am | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
honest. He's still a little bit more, but he will be an | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
international player, there was no doubt about that. In the Six | :00:28. | :00:31. | |
Nations, outstanding but it is a smart move by Eddie Jones to get him | :00:32. | :00:34. | |
on the plane and get him playing for England. Richard Hill is his mental. | :00:35. | :00:39. | |
You could not ask for a finer mental. Let's go back to Sean and | :00:40. | :00:47. | |
talk about those two Dragons tries, two very well crafted tries and | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
Hallam Amos featured quite heavily in both. | :00:51. | :00:55. | |
They took these two tries really well and came back strong. Amos is | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
on fire, scoring tries for fun. It shows the modern game, this aspect | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
of play is where each score. He has a little bite here. This is great | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
skill from Amos. This chip and chase. He is just a yard off. It is | :01:13. | :01:21. | |
superbly taken. The fine margins are crucial. If they build pressure, I | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
said, went through phases, you might get some mismatches. This proved the | :01:29. | :01:34. | |
case. Alan Travis get blocked a little bit, but he goes for the | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
second row and a slight hip to the hand was well taken. Too little too | :01:40. | :01:42. | |
late and they didn't take their chance and it cost them. I spoke to | :01:43. | :01:49. | |
Amos yesterday as part of the future and we talked about the New Zealand | :01:50. | :01:53. | |
tour and he was keen to deflect attention away from Wales and talk | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
about the dragon plus macro season. He is the incumbent, having played | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
against Italy. He is scoring tries for fun. They must be first choice. | :02:04. | :02:11. | |
Halfpenny is in the mix as well and the back three. If everybody is fit | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
and ready you would expect the back of Halfpenny and Williams. He is | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
definitely knocking on the door. He is still a young man, learning the | :02:21. | :02:26. | |
game. He is an intelligent runner. He makes mistakes, especially | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
defensively, but he has a big future and he will be there in New Zealand. | :02:31. | :02:36. | |
The other two games are still going on. Edinburgh are 17-0 up. It is | :02:37. | :02:49. | |
18-10 to Ulster. Their opponents are leading things at the moment, top of | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
the table. Have a minute left. The question is, after tonight, have the | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
Ospreys recovered from their disc -- defeat to discredit? Can they | :03:01. | :03:04. | |
qualify or is it still a long shot? I think it is a long shot. The teams | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
above them are too good and they need real strange results. They will | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
keep fighting to the end. They have a visa at home and a big game | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
against the Blues. They finish up at Ulster at home. Never read the | :03:21. | :03:28. | |
Ospreys off but it is a big shot. Congratulations to the Ospreys this | :03:29. | :03:31. | |
evening. They came here and completed their mission. They scored | :03:32. | :03:35. | |
four tries and got the bonus point because the Dragons. 26-20, the | :03:36. | :03:41. | |
final score. By doing that, they have not only one they made in a row | :03:42. | :03:44. | |
against the Dragons kept alive their slim, slim hopes of qualifying for | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
Europe next season. We will see soon. | :03:49. | :03:59. |