:00:17. > :00:23.Stoo we've had some grim weather recently and to make things worse,
:00:23. > :00:30.there's an All Black storm coming. Hurricane Hansom was torn from
:00:30. > :00:36.Scotland and ripped up Italy. Baton down the hatches because it's set
:00:36. > :00:44.to hit Wales. It's time to pull together. We must unite to survive.
:00:44. > :00:47.The fans, the players, the country! And while this nation waits for
:00:47. > :00:55.blackness to descend on Cardiff, Scrum V Live comes from Scotland.
:00:56. > :00:59.It is on nights like that, who you find out who the stars for the
:00:59. > :01:03.future are. Ospreys must visit Murrayfield, where we know
:01:03. > :01:09.Edinburgh can push him into the playoff zone for the first time
:01:09. > :01:13.this season. So the proprois back after a two-week break. Come the
:01:13. > :01:18.Ospreys, to restore Edinburgh pride. The form book suggest they can.
:01:18. > :01:27.They won five in a row and up against a Edinburgh side hovering
:01:27. > :01:31.near the bottom of the table with two wins to their name. Yes, hello,
:01:31. > :01:40.and good evening to a wind swept and rainy Murrayfield in Edinburgh.
:01:40. > :01:46.Scrum V Live is coming live from the Scottish capital. The big news
:01:46. > :01:53.is Dan Carter is out. We'll talk about that at half time. But first,
:01:53. > :01:59.matters in hand, I'm joined by Robert Jones, and Tom Shanklin. A
:01:59. > :02:03.opportunity to pick up points. is a huge opportunity for Ospreys
:02:03. > :02:09.to come away with four or five points. It shows you the strength
:02:09. > :02:13.of their squad, with the likes of Bishop, Bearman and chuck in the
:02:13. > :02:19.silent talents of Walker, mother mother mother, two youngsters with
:02:19. > :02:25.plenty to play for tonight. Murrayfield, Edinburgh, is a huge
:02:25. > :02:31.field, it is so wide, if they get the ball in their hands, they can
:02:31. > :02:35.be dangerous. Hopefully, we'll exploit the wide open spaces. A
:02:35. > :02:40.similar face with Richie Rees? Experienced, a real campaigner, in
:02:40. > :02:44.terms of the RaboDirect Pro 12 and Celtic league, he is busy,
:02:45. > :02:49.industrious player, he is cemented a number nine Jersey, he made it
:02:49. > :02:53.his own, if they have any chance of winning the game he is fundamental
:02:53. > :02:56.to that. He is a key member of the side. Of course, you have Ross Ford,
:02:56. > :03:01.you have Roddy Grant and some experience on side, but it is a
:03:01. > :03:07.very young Edinburgh side. The likes of Richie Rees is so
:03:07. > :03:13.important. OK, the teams are about to enter the field of play. We have
:03:13. > :03:20.had plenty of commentary options for you, they're accessible via the
:03:20. > :03:27.BBC Wales website. Log on, and you can hear Rick O'Shea and Jed Thien
:03:27. > :03:33.in the RedZone, and you have commentary on the BBC website. Here
:03:33. > :03:38.we have Scott Hastings and Gareth Charles. Thanks very much Ross.
:03:38. > :03:45.Conditions better for the moment anyway. The rain, heavy showers we
:03:45. > :03:55.had earlier, have abateed, as Joe Bearman leads the Ospreys out on to
:03:55. > :04:08.
:04:08. > :04:12.Bevington and Lloyd Peers back from duty. Williams making his debut.
:04:12. > :04:20.Bosch Bosch plays for more games for Ospreys tonight than any other
:04:20. > :04:30.player in the region's history. Walker, such a daing remember.
:04:30. > :04:33.
:04:33. > :04:40.Edinburgh side, who want to be climbing up the table, so
:04:40. > :04:50.successful in Europe last year, but struggled in the RaboDirect Pro 12
:04:50. > :04:58.
:04:59. > :05:06.as they are currently, languishing Sean Cox skippering the Edinburgh
:05:06. > :05:12.side. Ross Ford released from international duty, and John Yapp
:05:12. > :05:22.and a couple of South Africanss, Izak van der Westhuizen. Richie
:05:22. > :05:26.
:05:26. > :05:32.Rees a former Osprey up front. Tom Brown, latest cap in June. And a
:05:32. > :05:42.lot of youngsters on the bench, more than 30-somethings, with 50
:05:42. > :05:43.
:05:43. > :05:47.companies, -- caps, like Gough for the Ospreys.
:05:47. > :05:57.David Wilkinson rev, the man in charge this evening, as Ospreys
:05:57. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:08.Scotland in action in Aberdeen Scotland in action in Aberdeen
:06:08. > :06:17.tomorrow. In the home of Scottish rugby, Murrayfield, it is Edinburgh
:06:17. > :06:23.this evening. Rhys Webb looking to bring Tom Isaacs into action early,
:06:23. > :06:33.but well claimed by Stuart McInally and got away from a couple of
:06:33. > :06:40.
:06:40. > :06:45.Osprey defence as well. Luckily for the visitors, they're the ones who
:06:45. > :06:51.get the first penalty. After 40 seconds under the cosh, it may be
:06:51. > :06:55.relief for them as well. Positive start with Stuart McInally taking
:06:55. > :06:59.the ball well. It was the isolated man, and that's
:06:59. > :07:06.why he was penalised for not releasing the ball in the tackle.
:07:06. > :07:09.Ospreys have an opportunity to clear the line. How often do we see,
:07:10. > :07:19.Ford isolated man, no Edinburgh support there, as a result they had
:07:20. > :07:21.
:07:21. > :07:31.to hang on to the ball, wait for the support, but the referee got
:07:31. > :07:39.
:07:39. > :07:45.his line early, and didn't know Morgan slippped for him. Otherwise
:07:45. > :07:50.it would be a different route for him. Webb, again, the tactic, is to
:07:51. > :08:00.bring Isaacs on to the ball. It didn't work the first time but
:08:01. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:14.no runners back to them on this occasion Nicely done there.
:08:15. > :08:24.The tackle was easy in the end for Brown. Let's have a look at Walker.
:08:25. > :08:26.
:08:26. > :08:31.A lot expected from him on the wide spanss of Murrayfield. Bishop, well,
:08:31. > :08:36.a guy winning his 181st appearance for Ospreys S a great record and it
:08:36. > :08:46.is that type of experience that Ospreys want to latch on to this
:08:46. > :08:49.
:08:49. > :08:59.evening. Nicely presented lineout ball. Stowers at the heart of the
:08:59. > :08:59.
:08:59. > :09:05.defence. Stowers with the pick and go around the corner. Walker had
:09:05. > :09:09.drifted over to the right-hand-side, he now makes his way back to
:09:09. > :09:19.customary left-wing position. Ospreys lose the ball and chance
:09:19. > :09:36.
:09:36. > :09:46.scrum half converted to centre. But tonight they're appearing on the
:09:46. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:00.used the turnover, so scrappy play from the Ospreys, but interesting
:10:00. > :10:05.that Ospreys have chosen to kick the first two positions with a high
:10:05. > :10:10.ball, trying to put Edinburgh under a little bit of pressure. There was
:10:10. > :10:16.a heavy rain storm about 45 minutes before kick-off. Maybe the surface
:10:16. > :10:22.is slightly greasy, so looking to capitalise on Edinburgh's mistakes.
:10:22. > :10:30.There you see the towel extra heavy hand, wipe the ball, to make sure
:10:30. > :10:34.the surface of the ball is clean. Good steal by Peers. He will be 22
:10:34. > :10:42.in February, very interestingly, called up to train with the Welsh
:10:42. > :10:52.squad ofrt last couple of weeks, after injury to Jones, he started
:10:52. > :10:52.
:10:52. > :11:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds
:11:40. > :11:50.one game this season, so they're the initial ball carrier. There's
:11:50. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :11:56.so much of that, so does Bearman. David Wilkinson rev sharp at the
:11:56. > :11:59.breakdown area. That time it is against Ryan Bevington, not staying
:12:00. > :12:09.on his feet, going down in support of the ball carrier, Joe Bearman
:12:10. > :12:20.
:12:20. > :12:26.other touch line as opposed to the natural touch line, off his right
:12:26. > :12:35.for the left footer. Nowadays, a lot go to go in on the kicking, to
:12:35. > :12:45.make sure it is a safe touch rather than a spiral. They're looking for
:12:45. > :13:04.
:13:04. > :13:14.initial. Tackle is well low down by Williams. Plenty of width from
:13:14. > :13:15.
:13:15. > :13:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds
:13:57. > :14:02.Edinburgh. Fife, wasn't held Rees stumbled on the ball as he
:14:02. > :14:07.released the phase position there. Rees I was speaking to him last
:14:07. > :14:11.Saturday, and he's enjoyed his experience at Edinburgh, but
:14:11. > :14:17.ultimately Edinburgh have won two games, they've been white washed in
:14:17. > :14:21.the Heineken cup, the team have not fired him with the two winness the
:14:21. > :14:31.Rabo they viewed this game important to get the confidence
:14:31. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:06.back, and it can set them up for is a 30-year-old making ace Rabo
:15:06. > :15:16.direct debut. Injury, Jones jerd and Rees picked up an injury as
:15:16. > :15:17.
:15:17. > :16:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds
:16:02. > :16:12.well. So, tight heads few and far involved in the LV cup, a win over
:16:12. > :16:14.
:16:14. > :16:19.Gloucester and an exciting prospect for the Welsh region. Still only 20.
:16:19. > :16:29.Biggar, injured, but they're hoping he will be fit enough to face
:16:29. > :16:46.
:16:46. > :16:49.Australia next week. He got a real Ospreys? A loss pass, the angle of
:16:50. > :16:56.running and that's the second error Ospreys have had. The first was
:16:56. > :17:00.from Andrew Bishop when he overran the pass, another jove run. Players,
:17:00. > :17:05.we were talk before the start of the game, how important
:17:05. > :17:09.concentration and focus is, both occasions, that the man was
:17:09. > :17:14.receiving the ball overrun the pass, and suddenly you creep on the ball
:17:14. > :17:24.because it's not delivered swiftly. These errors, not only frustrate
:17:24. > :17:34.
:17:34. > :17:42.Murrayfield. It is a cold night but often difficult when you've only
:17:42. > :17:52.three or four thousand supporters, to create an atmosphere, in a
:17:52. > :18:01.
:18:01. > :18:08.take on Tonga, and Scotland desperate to finish oft Autumn
:18:08. > :18:14.campaign to get them up in the Six Nations.
:18:14. > :18:19.They've beat Samoa, Fiji and took the Of as traila, but all that
:18:19. > :18:27.optimism hoped for in the Autumn series against South Africa,
:18:27. > :18:31.there's glimpses the way they've built the team but from the
:18:31. > :18:35.Scotland perspective, the mistakes. Australia is one of the top teams
:18:35. > :18:43.of delivering and putting away teams. Wales tomorrow, after last
:18:43. > :18:50.Friday, there sure will be concerns, but real optimism when Warbutons
:18:50. > :18:59.laid down the marker, saying "we can beat Australia". We've been
:18:59. > :19:03.hoping since 1953, that's the unfortunate thing. A scrum is
:19:03. > :19:08.already turning into a bit of a mess, in the opening dozen minutes,
:19:08. > :19:14.that's the third or fourth one that's gone down. Interesting, you
:19:14. > :19:19.say we've been waiting 1953, Scotland have yet to beat New
:19:19. > :19:26.Zealand. I've played, and got chosen a couple of occasions but it
:19:26. > :19:31.was always the You want to take, so Wales will expect that. Back to
:19:31. > :19:36.this game, between Ospreys and Edinburgh. An opportunity for Ford
:19:36. > :19:46.to feed the lineout. And for Edinburgh to build phases of
:19:46. > :19:59.
:19:59. > :20:06.chasing, what a tackle by Rees. Full back Greig Tonks is getting
:20:06. > :20:12.there, but Rees did so well to bring Morgan down. It is inch-
:20:12. > :20:16.perfect but good cover. We've seen a number of errors, off the back of
:20:16. > :20:21.the line. Here is Richie Rees on to Stuart McInally, and Matthew Morgan,
:20:21. > :20:23.read it well, he is showing the pace there, but Richie Rees what a
:20:23. > :20:30.super tackle to put his man on the deck.
:20:30. > :20:40.But it is the errors costing these teams, not only possession, but
:20:40. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:09.ball. Richie Rees won't thank Isaacs for that. A penalty decision
:21:09. > :21:15.
:21:15. > :21:21.hold of the ball there. In comes his opposite man, Rhys Webb tries
:21:21. > :21:27.to get the ball. There seems to be a bit of stamp on Richie Rees'
:21:27. > :21:37.shoulder, but the referee was right there, have to let go of the ball.
:21:37. > :21:46.
:21:46. > :21:51.Frustration creeping in from Richie between the posts. After a scrappy
:21:51. > :22:00.error in the first quarter of an hour, Matthew Morgan gets the first
:22:00. > :22:10.points. First time this evening we'll look for you in the crowd.
:22:10. > :22:11.
:22:12. > :22:16.Thank you very much. So I'm just in respect to Bill
:22:16. > :22:19.McClaren. There's barely 2,000 for people here. It makes it more
:22:19. > :22:24.difficult, it's a great stadium on international day when it is full,
:22:24. > :22:29.but the atmosphere is lost with the 3,000 people here. It is similar to
:22:29. > :22:34.the Blues at the city stadium, it is the Edinburgh team I feel sorry
:22:34. > :22:38.for. As a rugby player, you feed off the crowd, you lose it here.
:22:38. > :22:42.What wins games like this, preinternational, not in Vogue,
:22:42. > :22:47.people forgot the game is on. weather is a big factor tonight.
:22:48. > :22:52.The ball is greasy, a lot of knock- ons and loose play. The biggest
:22:52. > :22:57.threat is the defence. That's going to win the game tonight. You can't
:22:57. > :23:05.throw long balls, they're so good at it, they trained so hard, that
:23:05. > :23:15.will be the difference. Elsewhere, Dragons, 3-0 down. Find a seat!
:23:15. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:29.Thanks. Thanks Phil. Dangerous ball. I think you could feel the smack in
:23:29. > :23:34.the ribs. It was a tentative grab to say the least. Interesting
:23:34. > :23:39.watching Gregor Hunter, it is the loopy high ball, that does nobody
:23:39. > :23:49.any favours. Edinburgh's game is slick-passing game. We've seen
:23:49. > :23:52.
:23:52. > :24:02.glimpses of it tonight. First look at Visser, who signed early on this
:24:02. > :24:07.
:24:07. > :24:12.to the try line. Regional club, or international level as well by the
:24:12. > :24:17.look of him. Andrew Bishop making up for the ten
:24:17. > :24:22.metre line and straight through as the defence tries to fan out in
:24:22. > :24:32.midfield and close down runners. That's James King, one on either
:24:32. > :24:36.
:24:36. > :24:44.side this evening. Second row, and Edinburgh, both have James King.
:24:44. > :24:52.real glimpse of Isaacs' handoff and pace. It is the first time Ospreys
:24:52. > :25:02.managed to get the ball through with confidence. Shrugs off the
:25:02. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:19.need to go for the back door pass there, and word of apology to Tom
:25:19. > :25:26.Isaacs. They call it out of the bread basket. Point delivered
:25:26. > :25:34.doesn't have basketballing skills, good sideburns though! Such a
:25:34. > :25:44.feature, suspect it, a lot of the players support the good cause of
:25:44. > :26:06.
:26:06. > :26:16.Movember. He looks like a music captain. Should have good hands
:26:16. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:45.left footer, kicking to the left touch line, so finds a good touch.
:26:45. > :26:51.There's the offending hand. often wonder why players do that,
:26:51. > :26:56.they're on the deck, scrum half has ball in hand, of comes the hand,
:26:56. > :27:05.let them have it, and it is the things that drives coaches crazy
:27:05. > :27:15.isn't it? Well, vest vest vest is the go-to man in the Edinburgh
:27:15. > :27:25.
:27:25. > :27:35.lineout. Stuart McInally looking to trailer. King upended by Sam Lewis.
:27:35. > :27:50.
:27:50. > :27:55.with a clearout, back to Hunter. King blind pass over the shoulder.
:27:55. > :28:01.Stuart McInally was there The testing time for the Ospreys is
:28:01. > :28:11.Edinburgh go through the phases retaining the ball well. As soon as
:28:11. > :28:15.
:28:15. > :28:25.I said that, they lost it, but illegally so. The offences are
:28:25. > :28:48.
:28:48. > :28:54.they're putting the ball on the Ospreys side, and that's the
:28:54. > :29:00.second-handing offence, rucks, when the ball has gone down.
:29:00. > :29:10.Gregor Hunter has an opportunity to tie the game here. So again, a
:29:10. > :29:10.
:29:10. > :29:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds
:29:51. > :30:01.little discipline creeping into the afternoon, 5.15, is Wales and New
:30:01. > :30:02.
:30:02. > :30:12.Zealand. Scarlets and Munster on Sunday afternoon. Highlights all
:30:12. > :30:20.the events on the weekend at 5.15 on Sunday evening. Poor skill there,
:30:20. > :30:24.from the Ospreys. Eli Walker just overrunning the pass here, it's a
:30:24. > :30:28.combination of both things, the man overrunning and being aware of the
:30:28. > :30:35.fact of where the running man is, the support.
:30:35. > :30:45.And a lack of concentration from both sides. It's been an error-
:30:45. > :30:45.
:30:45. > :32:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds
:32:41. > :32:45.off his hand. The knock-on turns up the ball so well. I've been
:32:45. > :32:50.watching Fussell's positioning, he hugs the touch line so he puts
:32:50. > :33:00.pressure on the opposition kicking alignment and so Fussell's
:33:00. > :33:29.
:33:29. > :33:36.alignment absolutely superb, out of first tackle in. Walker, picking up
:33:36. > :33:46.pace from a standing start. It is fairly static from the Ospreys at
:33:46. > :33:46.
:33:46. > :33:55.the moment. Finding it tough work to get across that game line.
:33:56. > :34:05.Sprotsprot looking to see, from a - - Spratt looking to see a different
:34:06. > :34:17.
:34:17. > :34:22.form, still catched outside the phases but getting little reward
:34:22. > :34:28.for it at the moment. The reason is it is slow ball, you can't work off
:34:28. > :34:36.the platform, it sets the alignment off on the picture and then to come
:34:36. > :34:42.up and meet the tackler. Tifplt's all been happening outside
:34:42. > :34:52.the Edinburgh 22. But they're confident enough not to put too
:34:52. > :34:54.
:34:54. > :35:04.many in the tackling area and wait for the next one to come along.
:35:04. > :35:19.
:35:19. > :35:29.then the other. Walker doing something at last. Lewis trying to
:35:29. > :35:41.
:35:41. > :35:47.one thing you can say. It is all about patience now, can they build
:35:47. > :35:53.and find the chink in the Edinburgh defence. It is all about discipline
:35:53. > :35:57.for Edinburgh, not giving away a penalty after working so hard.
:35:57. > :36:06.They've let the Ospreys have the ball and confident in their defence
:36:06. > :36:16.capabilities for the last few minutes, and 25 phases now. Again a
:36:16. > :36:18.
:36:18. > :36:28.show and go from Rhys Webb. Bevington takes it on. He was
:36:28. > :36:31.
:36:31. > :36:41.closer but lost after all that effort. And Richie Rees bangs it
:36:41. > :37:00.
:37:00. > :37:04.I thought that was done before he hit the deck. Well I was very, very
:37:04. > :37:14.surprised, Dougie Fife is standing on his feet, he rips the ball out,
:37:14. > :37:15.
:37:15. > :37:21.there was nothing wrong with that. Tackle assist is still allowed to
:37:21. > :37:29.meet the tackle, that was perplexing. Still he doesn't go
:37:29. > :37:34.down, he's on his feet. But here's the 27th phases of
:37:34. > :37:44.possession, and then the turn yof, well, again, you look at that, Nick
:37:44. > :37:44.
:37:44. > :37:50.Park is down on the ball. Perhaps the penalty should have been there?
:37:50. > :37:55.The Ospreys may feel justice was eventually done. But it leaves
:37:55. > :38:00.Matthew Morgan with a considerably more difficult penalty attempt.
:38:00. > :38:07.Good strike. Excellent kick by Matthew Morgan and on the half-hour
:38:07. > :38:11.park, Ospreys edge their way back ahead. We often feel they go
:38:11. > :38:17.through 27 phases of possession, you have to have something from
:38:17. > :38:22.that pressure, there was a turnover from Edinburgh but loose kick from
:38:22. > :38:26.Richie Rees allowed Walker to get in and get team-mates involved and
:38:26. > :38:31.eventually it was that, what was determined not releasing from the
:38:31. > :38:41.tackle which allowed the Ospreys to nail their second penalty of the
:38:41. > :38:53.
:38:53. > :38:57.game. Tonks angled it towards the far touch line. 27 phases for the
:38:57. > :39:06.Ospreys, a lot in the Edinburgh 22, but one penalty how demoralising
:39:06. > :39:11.would that be? Not demoralising, they're doing the right things, but,
:39:11. > :39:18.you'd like to expect them to come away a little bit more, they have a
:39:18. > :39:24.penalty on the 40-metre line, and it will be tight. How important is
:39:24. > :39:28.if if they got a sniff you have to put it away. Anyone in the RedZone,
:39:28. > :39:36.you need to come away with something, this game is full of
:39:36. > :39:41.mistakes and turnovers and it is how you react to them. Back to you.
:39:41. > :39:51.Thanks guys. The stakes could determine the outcome of this game.
:39:51. > :40:05.
:40:05. > :40:13.We need a little bit of magic from turned to Hunter and Richie Rees in
:40:13. > :40:23.support. That's the way to do it, Edinburgh! Make the ball do the
:40:23. > :40:25.
:40:25. > :40:30.work, great passing and they get one.
:40:30. > :40:35.It all stems from the lineout, of the top to John Houston, he got
:40:36. > :40:41.overturn up to the ten yard line, that allowed the outside backs
:40:41. > :40:46.space, because it was Nel, that took the ball on. This is good
:40:46. > :40:51.handling from Tonks, inside pass, out of the tackle and then Gregor
:40:51. > :40:56.Hunter got his hand to the ball to Richie Rees and Nel with hands on
:40:56. > :41:00.the ball, second time in the movement and eventually the
:41:00. > :41:06.continuity game, that Edinburgh are famed for, eventually got them over
:41:06. > :41:10.the line. The first try, and that will give Edinburgh confidence.
:41:10. > :41:14.Lovely pass initially from Hunter to Dougie Fife, and then the return
:41:15. > :41:20.ball and good support work all around. I'm sure Richie Rees half
:41:20. > :41:30.fans yeeed going for the corner, but Bishop was closing in on him
:41:30. > :41:30.
:41:30. > :41:37.and Willem Nel former Cheetah's prop, gets his second of the season.
:41:37. > :41:47.Funny one by Hunter, swerveed one way and then the other. But not
:41:47. > :41:52.
:41:52. > :42:02.adding to the 5 from the try. tongs into Hunter, - Tonks into
:42:02. > :42:10.
:42:10. > :42:20.Hunter, excellent play from the was blocking whose path is the
:42:20. > :42:29.
:42:29. > :42:39.David Wilkinson rev, by the sound of the crowd, it will be a
:42:39. > :42:39.
:42:39. > :43:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds
:43:38. > :43:44.it could have gone the other way. It was the confidential the side of
:43:44. > :43:49.the touch line was that Jonathan Spratt impeded Sep Visser, so here
:43:49. > :43:54.is Visser, he blocks the angle of running, but hand goes up
:43:54. > :44:02.immediately. It is not clever play by Sep Visser, he goes straight for
:44:02. > :44:12.his man. Yes, Jonathan Spratt ran the angle. Bishop, sorry. Ran the
:44:12. > :44:16.
:44:16. > :44:21.deliberately blocked but the hand was definitely around the face and
:44:21. > :44:27.that was charged by Webb. Everybody's missed the loose ball.
:44:27. > :44:37.So here is a chance for the Ospreys, surely. Edinburgh defence have
:44:37. > :44:48.
:44:48. > :44:58.play. They're not adverse to bumping off defenders, you can see
:44:58. > :45:03.
:45:03. > :45:06.it with Bearman. Lewis. Quick ball is what they're looking for. Quick
:45:06. > :45:10.release is what they should have given.
:45:10. > :45:17.Webb, Bishop, mother mother mother is there.
:45:17. > :45:26.- Matthew Morgan is there, not the way they planneded it, but they'll
:45:26. > :45:35.take it anyway, and Matthew Morgan put the Ospreys back ahead. The
:45:35. > :45:45.Rees, and well, we've seen how sharp that Rhys Webb looked today,
:45:45. > :45:46.
:45:46. > :45:52.nobody got the ball, but eventually it was James King. You can see four
:45:52. > :45:58.men of, but Matthew Morgan in under the posts. The Edinburgh defence
:45:58. > :46:02.slightly at sixes and sevens, all the way from the charge down kick
:46:03. > :46:12.and eventually, even though the jove lap was shuned, it was close
:46:13. > :46:25.
:46:25. > :46:33.five-point gap now with half time approaching. Ospreys backs coach,
:46:33. > :46:39.how much of a relief is that try? when we were under pressure for
:46:39. > :46:43.long phases for play, so to get that one back, was most pleasing.
:46:43. > :46:48.atmosphere, at pitchside, what did you say to the players? We spoke
:46:48. > :46:52.about creating our own atmosphere, a great group training well and
:46:52. > :46:59.creating something amongst ourselves. Cheers. Good awareness
:46:59. > :47:07.from Rhys Webb, from the kick-off, knew how close he was to the touch
:47:07. > :47:17.line and stepped over, before receiving it, which put the Ospreys
:47:17. > :47:24.Webb, probeing away? Very much so. One of the outstanding performances
:47:24. > :47:34.actually across both teams. And obviously got his match in Richie
:47:34. > :47:38.
:47:38. > :47:48.the quick tap and go, to up the Tempo of the game. Sam Lewis third
:47:48. > :47:57.
:47:57. > :48:07.member of the back row getting time approaching, it will be safety
:48:07. > :48:15.
:48:15. > :48:19.a believer in watching players, and one player that has been standing
:48:19. > :48:25.out, he hits the target for the turnover, look at the way he steals
:48:25. > :48:31.the ball there, excellent play by the Edinburgh open side. No time
:48:31. > :48:36.for the lineout. Matthew Morgan has got all of the Ospreys points in
:48:36. > :48:41.the first half after the penalty, got the try, and ended with the one
:48:41. > :48:45.that scored was bi-Nel, Ospreys will be relieved they did get that
:48:45. > :48:55.score, because they'll have thought they worked hard enough to be ahead,
:48:55. > :48:59.and that's what they are, at half time. Ospreys ran out to a muted
:48:59. > :49:02.Murrayfield, about 3,000 people here in the Scottish capital, they
:49:02. > :49:08.nudgeed away through Matthew Morgan with the first kick of the game.
:49:08. > :49:13.Edinburgh kept in touch with one of their own. And Matthew Morgan beat
:49:13. > :49:18.the Ospreys into a 6-3, until slick handling from the backs and
:49:18. > :49:23.forwards in the move, Willem Nel the prop finishing off a slick move
:49:23. > :49:29.indeed. And on the stroke of half time, Matthew Morgan hit back the
:49:29. > :49:39.score of all the Ospreys points this evening. Ospreys in the lead
:49:39. > :49:44.
:49:44. > :49:49.at half time. first 35 minutes, but exploded into
:49:49. > :49:53.life now? Just when the game has come to life, it's half time, it's
:49:53. > :49:56.come to life, it's half time, it's a shame.. There's not much space,
:49:56. > :50:00.both defences have been well organised. The Ospreys tried to
:50:00. > :50:06.score at the end, because they put a lot of pressure on Edinburgh
:50:06. > :50:10.through the first half. Defence is very much on top, Edinburgh defence
:50:10. > :50:15.proving difficult to breach, it was Edinburgh which scored with a
:50:15. > :50:20.cracking try? Both defences is good. It was a case of isolating the two
:50:20. > :50:24.forwards, with the Ospreys, and then it is a case of Visser, great
:50:24. > :50:32.handling and support work, and obviously, of for a very well
:50:32. > :50:35.worked try. The important thing was the lineout. You can see that
:50:35. > :50:40.Baldwin, it is backs against forwards, and quality handling. We
:50:40. > :50:44.haven't seen much tf, unfortunately, but the last ten minutes it's
:50:44. > :50:49.started to come alive. It is instinctive, to expect a player to
:50:49. > :50:57.be there, especially when you break the line, you get defenders flood
:50:57. > :51:01.in, and suddenly there's room inside. Hard for Ospreys, but they
:51:01. > :51:05.struck back? 27 phases, at one point and there's a lot of room
:51:05. > :51:11.outside here. And I was shouting, the ball had to go wide, you can
:51:11. > :51:18.see what Bishop is trying to do, but the offload kills the Edinburgh
:51:18. > :51:23.attack. Offloads are so key. We see with New Zealand the offload game
:51:23. > :51:27.they play, defence can't set. A great line for Morgan. They've gone
:51:27. > :51:35.through a number of phases, weather isn't good in terms of ball
:51:35. > :51:39.handling, they've kept it tight but patience paid dividends. We spoke
:51:39. > :51:44.of Richie Rees and he put on a show tonight. He's had a busy night,
:51:44. > :51:48.particularly in defence? He has been busy and veryous, again,
:51:48. > :51:54.interception, he shows great pace here. And Matthew Morgan is a quick
:51:54. > :51:58.man, there's only one thing he can do, and that's the ankle tap,
:51:58. > :52:05.prevented a try, a good scrum half, understand, where he needs to be.
:52:05. > :52:11.And again, showing awareness, and pace. He saves another try scoring
:52:11. > :52:18.Ospreys attack. We mentioned it a few moments ago, the Edinburgh
:52:18. > :52:23.defence, well structured, virtually impossible to break down, 27 phases
:52:23. > :52:28.and the Ospreys barely moved forward, it is a well-structured
:52:28. > :52:32.defence isn't it? Both defences are well structured, there's not a lot
:52:32. > :52:36.of room on wide at all. So both Ospreys and Edinburgh have to run
:52:36. > :52:41.off nine and create the space. The way you create space is by running
:52:41. > :52:46.off nine and turning the ball into quick ball, that draws defenders
:52:46. > :52:53.this. It has been tight, and whatever defence comes out on top,
:52:53. > :52:56.will win today. I agree, it isn't a classic, it's come to life in the
:52:56. > :53:02.last ten minutes, we expect more, there is talent and pace there. As
:53:02. > :53:07.the game breaks up, the likes of Walker, and Matthew Morgan, we'll
:53:07. > :53:16.probably see more. The second half is coming up soon, and plenty more
:53:16. > :53:20.coming over the weekend. Sport Wales follows us as 9pm. Justin
:53:20. > :53:26.will offer frank Wales on Wales V New Zealand, and respects to Gary
:53:26. > :53:36.Speed who died a year ago. We have a big event tomorrow, Wales versus
:53:36. > :53:51.
:53:51. > :54:01.New Zealand, a big Test on BBC One, Now, we've not beaten New Zealand
:54:01. > :54:07.for a long and painful, 59 years. Jed has taken a glance on how we've
:54:07. > :54:12.faired since. It was in 53 and on black and white TV when we've taken
:54:12. > :54:16.a win, Wales you were living the dream. 20 Years on when the side
:54:16. > :54:22.beards were long, the try you recall wasn't for your shirt at all,
:54:22. > :54:27.because it is not in this shot, just a tapy on the spot, and if
:54:27. > :54:32.just a tapy on the spot, and if that's not a forward pass! Then our
:54:32. > :54:38.mate, in 1978, that wasn't a dive that you saw, or not a good one
:54:38. > :54:44.anyway. In the 80s, with the world at our feet, who came Falton the
:54:44. > :54:48.Welsh destruction complete. On high, the long road, what your boyos,
:54:48. > :54:55.changed code. In the 90s, Wales needed clout, so we had a look
:54:55. > :55:01.about, and cleaned out the shelf and had the borrows as your save
:55:01. > :55:08.yours. Whether Welsh you took on the lot, false profits, fake blood
:55:08. > :55:14.lines, and a backpacker by Sinko, and in the noughties rolled in,
:55:14. > :55:24.something new to begin, thanks to Hanson girth round and portly. We
:55:24. > :55:25.
:55:25. > :55:29.felt Mojo, and boy look at you G wearing All Black, you beat All
:55:29. > :55:34.Blacks. We played the dragon would slain, to blacker and best. Now
:55:34. > :55:43.under Gattland, you see the Welsh side by side and eyes are flameing
:55:43. > :55:49.for victory. Remember one thing, when you all start to sing. Fade
:55:49. > :55:59.the black. Unmistakable and unique perspective of Jed there. That's
:55:59. > :56:16.
:56:17. > :56:22.available on-line and on the red call leaping into this? He played
:56:22. > :56:27.well, possibly, at 15, Wales should have played him, it is where he's
:56:27. > :56:34.comfortable at. It's a big ask for the wing. He played most rugby at
:56:34. > :56:38.15, it koob simpler to put Harper. You can be exposed, I like the look
:56:38. > :56:42.of this team. And whatever, performance is key this weekend,
:56:42. > :56:47.whatever the result. One of the big talking point is the return of
:56:47. > :56:52.Jonathan Davies at 13, he is much missed with a join injury, how much
:56:52. > :56:58.of his return boost Wales' chances? It will boost them, because he's
:56:58. > :57:08.probably the best midfield player, we have alongside Jamie Roberts, to
:57:08. > :57:08.
:57:08. > :57:12.me, Priestland is good, he needs to play flatter and offer more of an
:57:12. > :57:17.attacking play around him. Wales, there's no expectation on Wales
:57:17. > :57:21.tomorrow. They go into this game more relaxed in some ways, and
:57:21. > :57:23.hopefully they'll perform. They have to go out there. I expect a
:57:23. > :57:28.committed performance and better performance from Wales. Let's have
:57:28. > :57:32.a look at the New Zealand team. That was announced early this week,
:57:32. > :57:39.it is formidable look at 15. They've experimented in the first
:57:39. > :57:47.two tests on tour so far. Big news this evening, is that Dan Carter
:57:47. > :57:52.has withdrawn from the New Zealand side. Cruden takes his play. It is
:57:52. > :57:56.not a weakling? That's a massive team. That's a team full of world
:57:56. > :58:00.class players. It shows Wales a sign of respect, they're picking
:58:00. > :58:04.the strongest team against them. We've always caused problems in the
:58:04. > :58:09.past, and they should be wary of Wales because these boys the Welsh
:58:09. > :58:14.teams, they're big, fit and strong, they lack a little confidence, but
:58:14. > :58:18.as soon as that comes together, it is not a foregone conclusion, but
:58:18. > :58:22.performance is key this weekend. I mentioned earlier it's been
:58:22. > :58:27.nearly 60 long years since we beat New Zealand but we have come close
:58:28. > :58:37.on a couple of occasions never more so than back in 2004.
:58:38. > :58:39.
:58:39. > :58:49.COMMENTATOR: They must have numbers, Stephen Jones, Gareth on the inside,
:58:49. > :58:50.
:58:50. > :58:54.Shanklin! Altogether more in suit, here you are? 25-26 the score, how
:58:54. > :59:03.gutted were you to come that close and fall in the final Hurd snl That
:59:03. > :59:08.was our best chance we've had in years. The hair started to go with
:59:08. > :59:12.my pace. Both teams come off that field shattered, we had given our
:59:12. > :59:17.all, unfortunately it wasn't enough. We played the All Blacks, two or
:59:17. > :59:22.three times a year, and we've always seemed to perform in one
:59:22. > :59:29.half, whether it is the first or second, the key to play the top
:59:29. > :59:34.teams is to perform for 80 minutes. You can't put your foot off the gas.
:59:34. > :59:39.That's what they do, they're consistent, and have a mentality,
:59:39. > :59:43.whether they're down or out, at any stage they work their way back.
:59:43. > :59:49.haven't beaten them in 59 years and Wales are desperate to, but on the
:59:49. > :59:58.other side of the coin, New Zealand, will want to keep their record,
:59:58. > :00:05.keep the 59 after beating to Wales. We can return to the encounter now,
:00:05. > :00:15.and Ospreys have 40 minutes to push the playoff zone and maintain the
:00:15. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:44.Thien is available on the touch of a button, you can listen to their
:00:44. > :00:49.commentary. Welsh language commentary is available to our
:00:50. > :00:56.website, too. But let's return to Scott Hastings and Gareth Charles.
:00:56. > :01:02.No changes to either side during the interval. The one change in the
:01:02. > :01:11.first half cease Houston for King, he's called up to the Scottish
:01:11. > :01:16.sevens squad, he will be leaving to go to Dubai, and South Africa. Just
:01:16. > :01:24.a warmer environment as opposed to Murrayfield. He will appreciate the
:01:24. > :01:30.warm climbs - climes all the more. But at the moment it is the Ospreys
:01:30. > :01:39.who kick off the second half with a five-point lead, thanks to Matthew
:01:39. > :01:44.Morgan. The game is very much balanced along the side two scrum
:01:44. > :01:49.halfs, Richie Rees and Rhys Webb, I feel that Rhys Webb just edged it,
:01:49. > :01:53.he's given Ospreys room, he's in behind the Edinburgh defence, so it
:01:54. > :02:02.will be interesting to see how each coach rallied his team at half time
:02:02. > :02:12.and what reaction the teams will have. Well again, poorly delivered
:02:12. > :02:30.
:02:30. > :02:40.ball. The Ospreys getting in each Brown took it in the previous ruck.
:02:40. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:49.Completely misread. A comedy of errors to start the second half.
:02:49. > :02:56.Well the kick went up there, but, the commentators curse, Webb fooled
:02:56. > :03:02.by that ball, and it's come good for Edinburgh. I suppose if that's
:03:02. > :03:07.a knock-on, technically it is an offside isn't it, because it didn't
:03:07. > :03:12.touch anybody. There was problems in the scrum in the first 40
:03:12. > :03:22.minutes, so hopefully, referee, David Wilkinson rev will sort this
:03:22. > :03:40.
:03:40. > :03:50.What is so crucial in the engagement is that everybody is
:03:50. > :03:54.looking for the edge in that third row. It is all about the hit,
:03:54. > :03:59.getting the hit on each other, if that doesn't go well, it tends to
:03:59. > :04:09.go down. You've got the added complication
:04:09. > :04:11.
:04:11. > :04:19.that Yapp is six foot two, and Peers is five foot eight. It's gone
:04:19. > :04:29.against David Wilkinson, his first card in RaboDirect Pro 12, yellow
:04:29. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:52.Wilkinson rev will react on the scrum, and Williams sent to sin bin
:04:52. > :05:17.
:05:17. > :05:27.for not binding on his man, his gap, drifting and it is staying
:05:27. > :06:05.
:06:05. > :06:11.tap. Certainly Rhys Webb was aware the opportunity was on, but I must
:06:11. > :06:17.say, Sean Cox in with a tackle, he was right up, and aware as well.
:06:17. > :06:21.And forced the error. Edinburgh of course the extra man will be
:06:21. > :06:30.desperate to score, especially with Gregor Hunter having just missed
:06:30. > :06:38.that Ben nationality. - penalty. Ospreys have had to take off a back
:06:38. > :06:48.row player to get on the replacement prop. And it is another
:06:48. > :06:53.
:06:53. > :07:03.debutante, dear me, they're making his club rugby with Swansea, and
:07:03. > :07:14.
:07:14. > :07:18.the tight head, but tight head on a seven-man scrum. That was always
:07:18. > :07:27.going to ask a lot. The pressure came on. Look at the left-hand-side
:07:27. > :07:33.scrum, the pressure's on, well that's a tough baptism of fire, for
:07:33. > :07:36.the youngster, Nicky Thomas. Gregor Hunter has an opportunity, they
:07:36. > :07:46.will receive the kick-off, are the Edinburgh players thinking
:07:46. > :07:55.
:07:55. > :08:00.territory, divet the next scrum? -- one straight down the middle and
:08:00. > :08:05.Edinburgh looking to make a one-man advantage work in their favour.
:08:05. > :08:15.They're back within a kick. If you're 0 years of age plus VAT,
:08:15. > :08:21.scoring a trytor Scotland when they beat Wales 34-18, Jim Colder, we're
:08:21. > :08:25.at the Murphy field stadium, there's moves afoot, of changing
:08:25. > :08:31.the name of the stadium, are you in favour? Scottish rugby needs refer
:08:31. > :08:37.I pound it can raise, if it can get, it would have to be something worth
:08:37. > :08:42.the money. It is iconic name, but if we can pull in revenues to help
:08:42. > :08:48.the team, I'm on for that. place seven times against New
:08:48. > :08:53.Zealand, Scotland played and did well, how do you see Wales doing?
:08:53. > :08:57.Wales W Gattland back, it will have a catalyst effect, you don't become
:08:57. > :09:01.a bad team overnight, so I'm sure Wales will run them well, but All
:09:01. > :09:05.Blacks are All Blacks, they're going well, and they picked the
:09:05. > :09:15.strongest team it looks like on paper. New Zealand to win, but
:09:15. > :09:16.
:09:16. > :09:21.Wales will give a good account for themselves. Back to 1982 try there,
:09:21. > :09:29.memories. He plucked it out of the air and start running, I started
:09:29. > :09:34.running for the try line, I'm not the fastest guy, but I got there,
:09:34. > :09:39.Alan TOames had the pass, he chose to give it from the boy from the
:09:39. > :09:47.city, so it was a great, a big result for Scotland that particular
:09:47. > :09:55.day, we hadn't won in Wales for 1 years, so I remember Eddie Butler
:09:55. > :10:05.crying in the toilet. That's enough. There he is. Scotland legend,
:10:05. > :10:05.
:10:05. > :10:11.Colder. Back to you. Must remind him of that, when I see him
:10:11. > :10:15.tomorrow. Sean Cox driving on, and Edinburgh seem to have the bit
:10:15. > :10:25.between their teeth at the moment. One-man advantage, back in striking
:10:25. > :10:27.
:10:27. > :10:33.distance, and they're the ones taking it to the Ospreys. Oh great
:10:33. > :10:38.run from Fife, he timed it superbly, waited and wait and it hit the ball
:10:38. > :10:42.well and causing problems. There's an overlap, should have gone wide,
:10:42. > :10:47.massive overlap, two men were defending for the Ospreys. Now
:10:47. > :10:54.they've a few more numbers back, that will help. Not out of trouble
:10:54. > :11:00.yet. Yapp was there to receive the pass, from Richie Rees. Desperate
:11:00. > :11:10.defence, they're hanging on by their fingernails. The ball comes
:11:10. > :11:11.
:11:11. > :11:21.back again and out wide. Houston, spilt. Pressure relieved. Multi-
:11:21. > :11:22.
:11:22. > :11:29.imphases for Edinburgh, look at this ening angle, they recycleed
:11:29. > :11:34.the possession, but it was another loopy pass from Gregor Hunter, just
:11:34. > :11:42.as his advantage was called over. And Houston, he won't want to see
:11:42. > :11:49.that on the replay. But tipple Edinburgh, they spread defences but
:11:49. > :11:56.wonderful angle from Fife. Watch Richard Fussell get back on his
:11:56. > :12:06.feet, catches Rees, he was offside but on that occasion the Ospreys
:12:06. > :12:10.
:12:10. > :12:17.come quickly enough for the Ospreys, and they have another three minutes
:12:17. > :12:27.to go, only conceded the one penalty so far. Andrew Bishop, as
:12:27. > :12:29.
:12:29. > :12:33.he often does, takes on the role of temporary flanker. I'm sure
:12:33. > :12:43.Edinburgh will be having a word in the referee's ear, that the scrum
:12:43. > :12:50.
:12:50. > :12:55.is collapsing on the far side. is Ross Ford down, the hooker.
:12:56. > :12:59.Surprised, that he was dropped from the Scottish squad? It is a
:12:59. > :13:03.difficult one to tell, Ross Ford hasn't played well, he will be the
:13:03. > :13:13.first one to admit but doesn't give another combination for Scotland,
:13:13. > :13:18.it probably does, but allows to find his bearings again and play.
:13:18. > :13:21.There's a lot still to come from him, and he carried the ball well
:13:21. > :13:26.on occasions, but sometimes that lineout throw cost him dear.
:13:26. > :13:33.Sometimes as a player, if you not nailed your best game to the posts,
:13:33. > :13:43.you will want to get out there, and be given another shot. New
:13:43. > :13:49.
:13:49. > :13:57.combinations, up in Aberdeen scrummaging hooker. Obviously in
:13:57. > :14:07.discomfort at the moment. Ospreys looking to add balance and
:14:07. > :14:12.
:14:12. > :14:18.experience, bringing on Gough. Ford looks to be struggling, that could
:14:18. > :14:24.be the end of the road for him. He's in a bit of pain. Obviously
:14:24. > :14:34.the scrum, when it went down, it was awkward wasn't it.
:14:34. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:47.Eli Walker, will be on there. Alum Walker on as Ford's
:14:47. > :15:24.
:15:24. > :15:29.referee's Mike how confident Edinburgh are in the scrum.
:15:29. > :15:39.They have to attack the scrum again, and down it goes again, and same
:15:39. > :15:39.
:15:39. > :15:49.result again. Time against Bevington rather than on the Osprey
:15:49. > :15:54.
:15:54. > :16:00.tight head. That's what Edinburgh want, get within kicking range for
:16:00. > :16:07.Gregor Hunter. The advantage costing Ospreys here, but Hunter,
:16:07. > :16:17.he missed one, got one, but on this occasion, it collapsed on the other
:16:17. > :16:30.
:16:30. > :16:36.They've taken full advantage of the sin bining, because this the ten
:16:36. > :16:41.minutes, Ospreys are down to 14 men. They've had two penalties and
:16:41. > :16:47.they've got themselves back ahead. Very much Gregor Hunter taking
:16:47. > :16:52.advantage there of the extra man he had. He had three penalties, he got
:16:52. > :16:57.two of them, and there's Williams, keeping warm in the dug out for the
:16:57. > :17:02.last ten minutes. How can they respond Edinburgh, edging in the
:17:02. > :17:12.lead by a single point. Still very much to play for here in
:17:12. > :17:12.
:17:12. > :18:00.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds
:18:00. > :18:10.skipper, Sean Cox. Played a lot of rugby in the second row this it
:18:10. > :18:47.
:18:47. > :18:52.from the counter. Interesting Tonks finding Fussell at full back for
:18:52. > :18:58.Ospreys, and always looking to do that little bit extra, Fussell, but
:18:58. > :19:05.dislodgeed the ball there, it was a good tackle there by Fife. Fife who
:19:05. > :19:12.is starting to have more influence there, he grey-angled earlier in
:19:12. > :19:22.the second half. His first league at the start of the season, he came
:19:22. > :19:33.
:19:33. > :19:43.off the bench in three of the past with both captains, if not both
:19:43. > :20:13.
:20:13. > :20:17.doubt, if the scrums keep collapsing, more yellow cards will
:20:17. > :20:27.be issued, we've seen one, and there will abnew face in the next
:20:27. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:08.scrum, because Jones is coming on, than going down. Grant looking to
:21:08. > :21:18.see if there's a chance, just to go in a little trundle, and Nel
:21:18. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:46.had, covered well with Tonks, lovely inside ball to Parker.
:21:46. > :21:56.McInally, man and ball, well-timed tackle but offside. Advantage being
:21:56. > :22:13.
:22:13. > :22:21.the end - it fact another penalty, off-side decision Well, Lewis, this
:22:21. > :22:28.was the tat, he gave the ball the turnover, it was a weak kick
:22:28. > :22:34.interest Morgan, didn't change the lines, that was meat to the
:22:34. > :22:38.opposite team, and big tackle that came on, Stuart McInally but Lewis
:22:38. > :22:43.was a judge to be from an offside position, the time Visser got the
:22:43. > :22:47.ball, it fizzleed out and no advantage played and referee,
:22:47. > :22:57.brought play back in. Again, another important kick for Gregor
:22:57. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:04.Hunter. Edinburgh, chipping away, and every three points added gets
:23:04. > :23:08.them closer to safety. That is three more, the third second-half
:23:08. > :23:15.penalty for Gregor Hunter. The Ospreys have to chase the game
:23:15. > :23:21.in the final quarter. Couple of score updates, been
:23:21. > :23:31.following the dragons, 14-3, they lead, Leinster lead, and it is a
:23:31. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :23:35.result, Leinster hanging on, 16-15, Dunn condones and you are on now.
:23:35. > :23:38.It's going to come down to the last 20 minutes, you need the
:23:38. > :23:42.experienced players on the field, these players have been in the
:23:42. > :23:48.situation before, and they know, at the moment, there's ill discipline,
:23:48. > :23:55.which is costing us points. What about the fact you have the two big
:23:55. > :23:59.boys, is that premeditate or tactic thinking? I think it is as a game,
:23:59. > :24:03.of the score line, dictates substitutions, and they want the
:24:04. > :24:08.experience on the field, because it looks like it will be a tight 20
:24:08. > :24:17.minutes. Great banter, there's brilliant banter between Rick
:24:17. > :24:21.O'Shea and Jed T, great fun. Thanks, interesting to see that you
:24:21. > :24:29.haven't got too far away from the pie van either, that's experience
:24:29. > :24:37.coming into play as well. Dear me. Walker, and then didn't play the
:24:37. > :24:43.whistle and giving possession back to John Yapp. This nice inside ball
:24:43. > :24:47.to Parker, good interplay, and getting the ball away from the
:24:47. > :24:53.tackle. Good hands from Stuart McInally. No doubting who are the
:24:53. > :25:03.ones dictateing the game in the second half. There could be space
:25:03. > :25:07.outlet. Lovely kick but wouldn't sit up for Tom Brown. That was
:25:07. > :25:10.enterprising play from Edinburgh on the one side and almost got a try
:25:10. > :25:14.on the other. Interesting again, position of Richard Fussell to put
:25:14. > :25:18.the pressure on Tom Brown, look at Fussell, clearing down the space,
:25:18. > :25:26.Butchs his man, but always down this near side, wasn't it great
:25:26. > :25:30.hands by Edinburgh. On the wide out, just the interlinking play, and
:25:30. > :25:35.hasn't Parker handled the ball well in the last ten minutes. Richie
:25:35. > :25:44.Rees knew where the space was, and here is where it ended, but Fussell
:25:44. > :25:49.put his man under pressure. Good play by the Ospreys full back.
:25:49. > :25:55.kept the Ospreys within the score. But they have to shor up the scrum
:25:55. > :26:03.now, just a couple of metre away, a couple of metres from their try
:26:03. > :26:09.line. Sincere interesting, because the experienced head of Jones has
:26:09. > :26:13.come on, and for me, Nel has popped up in the last two skrums, Williams
:26:13. > :26:18.has not reacted with you the more experienced man, is certainly
:26:18. > :26:28.making his mark on the scrum. Watch again, can Nel stay down, because
:26:28. > :26:36.if he doesn't and his head pops T should be a penalty for the Ospreys.
:26:36. > :26:44.57 caps for Wales, Duncan Jones, last of them three years ago. Up it
:26:44. > :26:54.goes again and that's exactly what haste haste haste db Scott Hastings
:26:54. > :26:59.
:26:59. > :27:05.from the loose end, with you missed touch by the Ospreys, they can't
:27:05. > :27:15.afford that, because they're under pressure. They still are, Visser
:27:15. > :27:21.
:27:21. > :27:26.gets space. Held on after the tackle. Good work by Fife. He is
:27:26. > :27:32.getting congratulations from his team-mates. Here's the kick from
:27:32. > :27:37.Visser. Excellently recovered by Webb. Rhys Webb goes back down here.
:27:37. > :27:43.I felt Walker, if he booted the ball down the pitch, that would
:27:43. > :27:47.relieved all the pressure, and as a result he's taken the ball into
:27:47. > :27:50.contact and given Edinburgh another opportunity. Just a lack of
:27:50. > :27:58.experience from Walker, where he had an opportunity to clear his
:27:58. > :28:04.lines, and as a result he's put his team under pressure. Here we see it
:28:04. > :28:12.again, Eli Walker, he clears the space, Edinburgh has had so much
:28:12. > :28:16.pressure in the last ten minutes sore so. Fife has given Hunter this
:28:16. > :28:21.opportunity, that's a super kick, the best of the evening, by Gregor
:28:22. > :28:31.Hunter and now the gap is widening. Ospreys need to convert the try, to
:28:31. > :28:41.get back on level terms. He's kicked well, five penalty from
:28:41. > :28:51.Hunter hundred. He kicked it. He is kicking Edinburgh into a winning
:28:51. > :28:56.
:28:56. > :29:06.performance now. Ross Jones comes on to the right-wing.
:29:06. > :29:12.
:29:12. > :29:16.Isaacs departs. Ospreys have to do something in the final 16 minutes.
:29:16. > :29:21.Second half penalty, look at that, incredible. That's rethrect the in
:29:21. > :29:31.the way that slowly but surely, Edinburgh, through the boot of
:29:31. > :29:43.
:29:43. > :29:53.Hunter have turned a 17-8 deficit they have the space and time if
:29:53. > :30:08.
:30:08. > :30:15.Hunter's kicked the charge down and the way is clear. If it bounces,
:30:15. > :30:25.the slip helps. Oh he does his best to get there, but he is so close,
:30:25. > :30:28.
:30:28. > :30:35.just short. Skipper, Bearman, Grant comes out of the traps in a tackle.
:30:35. > :30:45.Now the defence reformed. And the penalty goes against the Ospreys,
:30:45. > :30:46.
:30:46. > :30:49.and that little bit of luck, didn't go their way. Well the charge down
:30:49. > :30:55.here, Matthew Morgan hit a real opportunity, did he, the shape of
:30:55. > :31:01.the rugby ball, but the defence of Edinburgh scramble well. Look how
:31:01. > :31:06.many men they got back then, and then the defence, King floping down
:31:06. > :31:11.on his man, and the referee, he didn't have alternative, he had to
:31:11. > :31:15.give the penalty and Ospreys, well that was almost a lifeline hand
:31:15. > :31:20.today them. Hunter with a charge down kick, almost gave an
:31:20. > :31:30.opportunity to Matthew Morgan. Edinburgh can thank Parker, because
:31:30. > :31:50.
:31:50. > :32:00.he grabbed Morgan back by his short aren't enough. Greig Tonks,
:32:00. > :32:02.
:32:02. > :32:11.scrambles away, Morgan is there. Lewis.
:32:11. > :32:17.The Ospreys have to strike quickly. Matthew Morgan, a wit of confusion,
:32:17. > :32:25.and picked up by Yapp, now they have to get back quickly. Edinburgh,
:32:25. > :32:35.the crowd urging them to look for the wide open spaces Very important
:32:35. > :32:57.
:32:57. > :33:05.tackle by King. And it could be a good offload, King got the tackle.
:33:05. > :33:10.Well there was a warning in here, wasn't there. Well I was going to
:33:10. > :33:13.say, the game was very much in the balance. It was whoever was going
:33:13. > :33:18.to make the next mistake, and unfortunately for the Ospreys, it
:33:18. > :33:24.is a big mistake, because that's ten minutes in the sin bin for Sam
:33:24. > :33:33.Lewis. The two yellow cards in this game, the first one on Williams,
:33:33. > :33:43.cost Ospreys almost the match. Edinburgh's turn to bring on fresh
:33:43. > :33:43.
:33:43. > :33:53.legs, for the remaining dozen minutes, Yapp departs, and Jacobsen
:33:53. > :34:18.
:34:18. > :34:22.Edinburgh. They weathered that Mini of the anomalies in the game that
:34:23. > :34:28.the person whose four players behind can hold the ball and not
:34:28. > :34:34.get anybody near him, but it is in the rules and difficult to defend
:34:34. > :34:44.against. Robert McAlpine. Hunter nobody out
:34:44. > :34:52.
:34:52. > :35:02.wide for Edinburgh on the left- defending in their own 22 again,
:35:02. > :35:20.
:35:21. > :35:27.where they spent so much time in of his hands, McAlpine it was.
:35:27. > :35:31.Ospreys being stretched with the man down in Sam Lewis in the sin
:35:31. > :35:38.bin that robed McAlpine, who is on for Parker, showing inexperience
:35:38. > :35:44.there, in the heat of a game, no the protecting the ball in the
:35:44. > :35:50.tackle. Now then, let's see where Phil is hiding. There's reserve
:35:50. > :35:55.seats, Tom, that Morgan effort, would he be better picking it up?
:35:55. > :35:57.Yeah, if he had more time, he had more than he thought, and
:35:57. > :36:03.fortunately that was a great opportunity for Ospreys to get back
:36:03. > :36:08.in the game. A little bit of inexperience there, on Edinburgh's
:36:08. > :36:12.22, putting the ball away, and Ospreys now have to score twice in
:36:12. > :36:18.ten minute, and at the moment they don't look like they can. Edinburgh
:36:18. > :36:25.keeping the territory. They kick goals well, Ospreys have been
:36:25. > :36:33.isolated a few times, and Edinburgh has been good on the ball. Ready
:36:33. > :36:43.for the Mexican wave. Thanks. Amongst the crowd of 3,128, but
:36:43. > :36:43.
:36:43. > :36:53.unfortunately in a 67,000 seater stadium. Great scrum from Ospreys,
:36:53. > :36:56.
:36:56. > :37:02.again the experience coming in there with the Jones. There he is.
:37:02. > :37:12.Putting Willem Nel under pressure, he is getting the head underneath
:37:12. > :37:22.
:37:22. > :37:27.There's ten minutes on the clock, another try and conversion could
:37:27. > :37:37.get them on to level terms. So very much in the balance. But they need
:37:37. > :37:49.
:37:49. > :37:54.the territory, they've been under last scrum collapse. He's OK. Of
:37:54. > :37:59.course, there has been a few skrums gone down, and we've seen Ford with
:37:59. > :38:09.a nasty injury. If it is not set, it is a factor of the game isn't
:38:09. > :38:09.
:38:09. > :38:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds
:38:51. > :38:55.in the last few minutes again. Had the Ospreys had Morgan, just gone
:38:55. > :39:01.in earlier, it could have really set the cat amongst the pigeons for
:39:02. > :39:11.the last few minutes, as it is Ospreys a man short, back fighting
:39:12. > :39:46.
:39:46. > :39:56.enough for scrum half to do anything creative with it. Sean Cox
:39:56. > :40:15.
:40:15. > :40:21.defence goes up and across. The blind passing the hands from Izak
:40:21. > :40:27.van der Westhuizen, nice prop up from the paw. There's a chase and
:40:27. > :40:32.kick for nothing, because it pins the Ospreys back in the 22. There's
:40:32. > :40:35.territory coming in for Richie Rees. When a team is attacking, they're
:40:35. > :40:39.building up the phases of possession well. Stretch the
:40:39. > :40:45.defence, keep the ball in hand. Richie Rees, may be thinking now,
:40:45. > :40:49.if he pins the Ospreys back in their own 22, then he can wrap up
:40:49. > :40:59.the game. Look at the second half territories, that's with a he is
:40:59. > :41:22.
:41:22. > :41:26.by Bishop, but not held, he is away and still going Tonks. Now the
:41:26. > :41:34.alarm bells are ringing for the Ospreys, with the loose pass, gone
:41:34. > :41:40.straight back in Edinburgh hands. Spilt! It's got to be forward, but
:41:40. > :41:47.offside, midfield anyway, no try for Fife but penalty for Edinburgh.
:41:47. > :41:51.They did everything but score! was the early break here. And Tonks
:41:51. > :41:55.decided to go, well, it is a difficult one, because the tackling
:41:55. > :42:00.man has to release the ball, and it was a bit unfortunate for the
:42:00. > :42:06.Ospreys, but good continuity here from Edinburgh. But surely they
:42:06. > :42:12.butchered the chance out wide. It was an offside given, whilst Tom
:42:12. > :42:17.Brown got the ball, he didn't find his man, and Visser spilt the ball
:42:18. > :42:24.as Fife thought he'd gone in the corner. Off-side there, you can see
:42:24. > :42:34.the hand from Williams. Butchered chance, opportunity to score and
:42:34. > :42:43.
:42:43. > :42:48.all for Gregor Hunter. This could take the losing bonus point away
:42:48. > :42:53.from the Ospreys, slides on the wrong side of the posts. So for the
:42:53. > :42:59.moment the Ospreys still have something, to show for their long
:42:59. > :43:09.journey north. Still with an opportunity to draw
:43:09. > :43:15.
:43:15. > :43:25.the game, if Morgan could have a penalty. He convert five of them.
:43:25. > :43:33.Balances off Matthew Morgan, cleaned up by Andrew Bishop. Sam
:43:33. > :43:41.Lewis waiting to cam back on for the Ospreys. But they've lost the
:43:41. > :43:47.ball. Back under pressure again the Ospreys, Fife. Webb has done an
:43:47. > :43:57.awful lot of covering, he knew he was on his own to create space for
:43:57. > :44:19.
:44:19. > :44:24.Rabo direct Man of the Match. Osprey side, full back, I've been
:44:24. > :44:33.impressed with Richard Fussell. For me, the man is the captain for
:44:33. > :44:43.Edinburgh, it is Sean Cox, a lot of hard-grafting work done by the
:44:43. > :44:53.
:44:53. > :45:00.try scorer, one try a piece. There's Cox carrying again, and
:45:00. > :45:08.leading the team forward, as he has done so many times this evening.
:45:08. > :45:18.Improviseation from Rees, to Grant, back in the pocket is Hunter. Goes
:45:18. > :45:29.
:45:29. > :45:37.for the left-footed drop goal, just charge, touched in flight. So
:45:37. > :45:41.that's interesting. Because it was touchdown there, it is a scrum five,
:45:41. > :45:46.so fortuitous for Edinburgh, can they deny the Ospreys a bonus point.
:45:46. > :45:54.This will be the third win for Edinburgh in the season. A much-
:45:54. > :45:59.needed win for Michael Bradley's team. Very unlucky for Jones, he
:45:59. > :46:03.didn't know the bauch wasn't touched. He will have a 22 metre
:46:03. > :46:10.restart, but for now, one final chance for Edinburgh, to take
:46:10. > :46:16.everything away from the Ospreys. They will do, because it is the
:46:16. > :46:24.Osprey scrum that has been penalised. Jones penalised and
:46:24. > :46:30.Edinburgh should go for gold. It is exactly what Cox has done, good
:46:30. > :46:36.thinking from the Edinburgh captain. Well, he made a decisive decision
:46:36. > :46:42.then, and his captaincy and the way he led this team, he is being
:46:42. > :46:47.decisive, his tackling has been excellent, he's led his team. But
:46:47. > :46:57.there you can see, Duncan has come in, but it was all about him coming
:46:57. > :47:01.in at an angle and on that occasion, the penalty went against him. It is
:47:01. > :47:08.the woot of Gregor Hunter that's been the telling factor in the
:47:08. > :47:14.second half. With a final kick of the match. Gregor Hunter makes it a
:47:14. > :47:19.real tough journey for the Ospreys, because that kick takes away the
:47:19. > :47:24.losing bonus point, Edinburgh's first win since September. Ends a
:47:24. > :47:29.winning run of five for the Ospreys, and it is huge disappointment for
:47:29. > :47:35.the champions, and great relief and joy for he had wru. They had the
:47:35. > :47:40.best of the second half by a long, long way, just one try a piece,
:47:40. > :47:46.both in the first half. Nothing at all for the Ospreys in the second
:47:46. > :47:51.half. And as it turns out, rather cruelly at the end, nothing to show
:47:51. > :48:01.for all their efforts. Because it is finished, at Edinburgh,
:48:01. > :48:07.
:48:08. > :48:12.is finished, at Edinburgh, After a tight opening hour, it
:48:12. > :48:20.sprang into life. Home side pu then visitors struck back by Matthew
:48:20. > :48:21.Morgan, who dubbed down a three minutes later. Ospreys were undone
:48:22. > :48:27.minutes later. Ospreys were undone by indiscipline. Two yellow cards
:48:27. > :48:37.costing them dearly, and that was punished about I Gregor Hunter who
:48:37. > :48:57.
:48:57. > :48:59.We Tom, it was a very disappointing day, we spoke at the start of the
:49:00. > :49:03.programme about the Ospreys coming here, as favourite with the
:49:03. > :49:07.experience they had on the bench and looking into the playoff zone,
:49:07. > :49:12.but the second half they came off second best is this They did, you
:49:12. > :49:16.have to see the players reaction, it shows what it meant to them,
:49:16. > :49:20.they haven't won a game since September and some of the faces
:49:20. > :49:24.were brilliant. They kept the ball well. I thought the contact area,
:49:24. > :49:30.were really good for fighting for the ball, the Ospreys never really
:49:30. > :49:36.got into the second half. They couldn't get themselves out of the
:49:36. > :49:41.own half and kicked their goals well. I thought Gregor Hunter was
:49:41. > :49:45.outstanding. We can go with steel steel steel. Congratulations, it
:49:45. > :49:50.was second half performance that did it, what did you say at half
:49:50. > :49:57.time? It is not just me, the coach got us together and we knew we had
:49:57. > :50:03.to tie newspaper a few areas. We gave cheap penalties away and
:50:03. > :50:11.dropping off tackles, I got brushed off, maybe that's game rostiness,
:50:11. > :50:16.Ospreys have been in the LV cup, so we start in the second half what we
:50:17. > :50:21.could do. It was a badly needed win, how much confidence will that give
:50:21. > :50:29.you? We need today pick up, we were coming off the back of five defeats,
:50:29. > :50:33.plus a Heineken game, we knew how important it was, we have a tricky
:50:33. > :50:40.away game in Connaught, we should have a good mix next week, and we
:50:40. > :50:44.want to build on this one. You have RaboDirect Pro 12 match of the
:50:44. > :50:50.match. It was mentioned the inefficiency, but Ospreys have a
:50:50. > :50:55.lot to blame for needless mistakes and the yellow cards It was
:50:55. > :51:00.disheartening, after the first half, this is suicide really, lost a
:51:00. > :51:05.player to a yellow card and then the game just changes, it is
:51:05. > :51:09.mistake-ridden, the likes of Walker, Rhys Webb who played well, making
:51:09. > :51:13.silly mistakes, it is not just making them, but not reacting to
:51:13. > :51:18.them n fairness to the Edinburgh side, they basically made the most
:51:18. > :51:24.of them. Two yellow cards, that doesn't help when you're down to 14
:51:24. > :51:28.men, for 60 minute, it will are hard work. Ospreys, in the second
:51:28. > :51:38.half, were nowhere near the side of finishing the first half, that's
:51:38. > :51:44.the most disheartening thing. How much of a sick ner was the
:51:44. > :51:49.scrum, that cost you the losing bonus? The scrum went OK, but it
:51:49. > :51:52.was the referee's opinion, I thought the last one was one of our
:51:52. > :51:56.better ones, but obviously it is sickening, we lost a point there,
:51:56. > :52:01.and a lot of mistakes there, that shouldn't have been happening.
:52:01. > :52:06.Yellow cards, how will that effect? Yellow cards were key, 14 man for
:52:06. > :52:11.ten minutes, is hard enough, but then another ten, it adds up, boys
:52:11. > :52:15.are tired. We didn't play on areas we should have, the efficient was
:52:15. > :52:20.there, but performance was poor. Matthew Morgan lovely try, we
:52:20. > :52:23.unlucky at the end of the game when the ball evaded him. How much of a
:52:23. > :52:29.difference two that have made? Obviously a massive difference, he
:52:29. > :52:34.is a big talent coming through. And some nights they go for you,
:52:34. > :52:39.tonight, you would have put your money on T wouldn't make the line
:52:39. > :52:44.tonight. We go back, week's training, pick our heads up, and go
:52:44. > :52:49.fighting for next week, really. Thanks for that. Let's have a look
:52:49. > :52:59.at the table. Ospreys were on a five-game winning streak, and they
:52:59. > :53:10.
:53:10. > :53:16.were hoping victory would propell Zone. Well, Rob, there was a
:53:16. > :53:21.chancetor Ospreys to draw level, Edinburgh won, but they were seven
:53:21. > :53:25.points down, and Matthew Morgan had the chance to score, should he have
:53:25. > :53:29.done better, and was the penalty harsh? Could he have picked it up,
:53:29. > :53:33.that's the question, he almost got to the line, and the great
:53:33. > :53:38.defensive work, they got numbers back there, is this a penalty, ball
:53:38. > :53:43.comes out, obviously, the advantage, with the Ospreys, there's another
:53:43. > :53:47.phase, Bearman goes in, he's driven back, and then it is a case of
:53:47. > :53:52.resetting it, slow ball, you want to drive in. You're talking about
:53:52. > :53:58.two players there, who are not even tackled. There's a support player,
:53:58. > :54:03.they both go to deck, that's not a penalty, no way on earth. It is not
:54:03. > :54:08.a penalty Very poor decision,'s driving forward, both go down, and
:54:08. > :54:13.they're not a penalty, it's a referee's angle of how he sees that.
:54:13. > :54:17.That ball. But, no, when Matthew Morgan is looking at that ball,
:54:17. > :54:21.you're praying it is going to pounce up in your hand, and
:54:22. > :54:28.unfortunately it bounced awkwardly, it is a shame, because there's a
:54:28. > :54:32.massive dead ball area. It could have been a try. Now we have the
:54:32. > :54:35.backs coach. Second half, you lost it, what was the difference did you
:54:35. > :54:39.it, what was the difference did you feel? First half We were pleased
:54:39. > :54:45.how we controlled the game, second half was a flip side and you could
:54:45. > :54:51.point the finger at one or two individual moment that affected the
:54:51. > :54:57.flow of the game, we lost our exposure. Annoyed with the lack of
:54:57. > :55:02.discipline for the two yellows? Yeah, we didn't do favours to the
:55:02. > :55:08.rev, it was general, bit of ill discipline there, across the whole
:55:08. > :55:12.board, not just in the contact area, general application in the game.
:55:12. > :55:16.Ill luck for Matthew, you could have snuck it at the end? We might,
:55:16. > :55:21.but we got what we deserved. Finally the scrum that you conceded
:55:21. > :55:24.the losing bonus point on, how did you see that? Again, we've got
:55:24. > :55:30.frustrations around that area of the game, that's a constant really,
:55:30. > :55:35.and now we just want to attack the scrum and make a difference. You
:55:35. > :55:40.can put full off the wrong side of it. We haven't got a great deal of
:55:40. > :55:45.time left. Let go to tomorrow, we spoke this depth about the two
:55:45. > :55:50.teams, Tom, Colin and Steve said when teams face New Zealand they
:55:50. > :55:54.find an extra gear, they play better, was that the ways when you
:55:55. > :55:59.played? Yeah you do. You're desperately trying to beat these
:55:59. > :56:04.guys, because we haven't done it in such a long time. For Wales, if
:56:04. > :56:10.they want to do well, they have to do something different, they could
:56:10. > :56:15.be naive in attack, thinking the same game plan would work, but you
:56:15. > :56:20.got to try something different, whether having the crack from the
:56:20. > :56:25.22, something to take them by surprise. We have been referenceing
:56:25. > :56:32.them, the IRB rankings are at stake. Wales have dropped to eighth, if
:56:32. > :56:38.they fall out of the top eighth, you could end up in a World Cup
:56:38. > :56:42.you could end up in a World Cup pool, to end up, to come out. Every
:56:42. > :56:45.day matters, it is vital, World Cups are so important these days,
:56:45. > :56:49.Wales need to be there, so they have to put in the prefrplgs and
:56:49. > :56:53.get what they can out of the two games. What do they need to do,
:56:53. > :56:57.we've seen the break down, and commit so few players, and how
:56:58. > :57:01.deadly they are in attack, what does Wales have to do? Based on the
:57:01. > :57:06.last two performances, variety, we need to play a different type of
:57:06. > :57:10.game and make the All Blacks think. At the moment, size again, they're
:57:10. > :57:15.reading us too easily, putting defenders where attackers are
:57:15. > :57:18.running, we're not breaking the game down, we need variety. And
:57:18. > :57:22.hopefully tomorrow, based on the no expectation matter, we'll div out
:57:22. > :57:27.there, and produce performance. briefly, nobody has given them a
:57:27. > :57:33.chance, can they do it is this Possibly they can. It is not - you
:57:33. > :57:38.wouldn't put your house on t I know this team, they can play fantastic
:57:38. > :57:43.rugby. I just hope it is tomorrow. All Blacks are coming to town
:57:43. > :57:47.tomorrow, it is Wales versus the All Blacks, so much riding on this
:57:47. > :57:54.game, no-one is giving Wales a chance. It is into the 24 hours,
:57:54. > :57:58.until the blackness Des sends on Cardiff.
:57:58. > :58:07.# Hello darkness my old friend # I've come to talk to you again
:58:07. > :58:15.# Because a vision softly creeping # Left deceit while ifg sleeping
:58:15. > :58:24.# And the vision that was planted in my brain
:58:24. > :58:34.# Still remains # Within The Sound of Silence
:58:34. > :58:35.
:58:35. > :58:44.# In restless dreams I walked alone # Mirror of cobbled stone
:58:44. > :58:47.# Meet the halo of our street # Turned my collar to the cold and