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Stoo we've had some grim weather recently and to make things worse,

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there's an All Black storm coming. Hurricane Hansom was torn from

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Scotland and ripped up Italy. Baton down the hatches because it's set

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to hit Wales. It's time to pull together. We must unite to survive.

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The fans, the players, the country! And while this nation waits for

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blackness to descend on Cardiff, Scrum V Live comes from Scotland.

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It is on nights like that, who you find out who the stars for the

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future are. Ospreys must visit Murrayfield, where we know

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Edinburgh can push him into the playoff zone for the first time

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this season. So the proprois back after a two-week break. Come the

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Ospreys, to restore Edinburgh pride. The form book suggest they can.

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They won five in a row and up against a Edinburgh side hovering

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near the bottom of the table with two wins to their name. Yes, hello,

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and good evening to a wind swept and rainy Murrayfield in Edinburgh.

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Scrum V Live is coming live from the Scottish capital. The big news

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is Dan Carter is out. We'll talk about that at half time. But first,

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matters in hand, I'm joined by Robert Jones, and Tom Shanklin. A

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opportunity to pick up points. is a huge opportunity for Ospreys

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to come away with four or five points. It shows you the strength

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of their squad, with the likes of Bishop, Bearman and chuck in the

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silent talents of Walker, mother mother mother, two youngsters with

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plenty to play for tonight. Murrayfield, Edinburgh, is a huge

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field, it is so wide, if they get the ball in their hands, they can

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be dangerous. Hopefully, we'll exploit the wide open spaces. A

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similar face with Richie Rees? Experienced, a real campaigner, in

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terms of the RaboDirect Pro 12 and Celtic league, he is busy,

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industrious player, he is cemented a number nine Jersey, he made it

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his own, if they have any chance of winning the game he is fundamental

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to that. He is a key member of the side. Of course, you have Ross Ford,

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you have Roddy Grant and some experience on side, but it is a

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very young Edinburgh side. The likes of Richie Rees is so

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important. OK, the teams are about to enter the field of play. We have

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had plenty of commentary options for you, they're accessible via the

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BBC Wales website. Log on, and you can hear Rick O'Shea and Jed Thien

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in the RedZone, and you have commentary on the BBC website. Here

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we have Scott Hastings and Gareth Charles. Thanks very much Ross.

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Conditions better for the moment anyway. The rain, heavy showers we

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had earlier, have abateed, as Joe Bearman leads the Ospreys out on to

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Bevington and Lloyd Peers back from duty. Williams making his debut.

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Bosch Bosch plays for more games for Ospreys tonight than any other

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player in the region's history. Walker, such a daing remember.

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Edinburgh side, who want to be climbing up the table, so

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successful in Europe last year, but struggled in the RaboDirect Pro 12

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as they are currently, languishing Sean Cox skippering the Edinburgh

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side. Ross Ford released from international duty, and John Yapp

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and a couple of South Africanss, Izak van der Westhuizen. Richie

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Rees a former Osprey up front. Tom Brown, latest cap in June. And a

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lot of youngsters on the bench, more than 30-somethings, with 50

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companies, -- caps, like Gough for the Ospreys.

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David Wilkinson rev, the man in charge this evening, as Ospreys

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Scotland in action in Aberdeen Scotland in action in Aberdeen

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tomorrow. In the home of Scottish rugby, Murrayfield, it is Edinburgh

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this evening. Rhys Webb looking to bring Tom Isaacs into action early,

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but well claimed by Stuart McInally and got away from a couple of

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Osprey defence as well. Luckily for the visitors, they're the ones who

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get the first penalty. After 40 seconds under the cosh, it may be

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relief for them as well. Positive start with Stuart McInally taking

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the ball well. It was the isolated man, and that's

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why he was penalised for not releasing the ball in the tackle.

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Ospreys have an opportunity to clear the line. How often do we see,

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Ford isolated man, no Edinburgh support there, as a result they had

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to hang on to the ball, wait for the support, but the referee got

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his line early, and didn't know Morgan slippped for him. Otherwise

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it would be a different route for him. Webb, again, the tactic, is to

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bring Isaacs on to the ball. It didn't work the first time but

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no runners back to them on this occasion Nicely done there.

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The tackle was easy in the end for Brown. Let's have a look at Walker.

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A lot expected from him on the wide spanss of Murrayfield. Bishop, well,

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a guy winning his 181st appearance for Ospreys S a great record and it

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is that type of experience that Ospreys want to latch on to this

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evening. Nicely presented lineout ball. Stowers at the heart of the

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defence. Stowers with the pick and go around the corner. Walker had

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drifted over to the right-hand-side, he now makes his way back to

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customary left-wing position. Ospreys lose the ball and chance

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scrum half converted to centre. But tonight they're appearing on the

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used the turnover, so scrappy play from the Ospreys, but interesting

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that Ospreys have chosen to kick the first two positions with a high

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ball, trying to put Edinburgh under a little bit of pressure. There was

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a heavy rain storm about 45 minutes before kick-off. Maybe the surface

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is slightly greasy, so looking to capitalise on Edinburgh's mistakes.

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There you see the towel extra heavy hand, wipe the ball, to make sure

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the surface of the ball is clean. Good steal by Peers. He will be 22

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in February, very interestingly, called up to train with the Welsh

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squad ofrt last couple of weeks, after injury to Jones, he started

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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one game this season, so they're the initial ball carrier. There's

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so much of that, so does Bearman. David Wilkinson rev sharp at the

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breakdown area. That time it is against Ryan Bevington, not staying

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on his feet, going down in support of the ball carrier, Joe Bearman

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other touch line as opposed to the natural touch line, off his right

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for the left footer. Nowadays, a lot go to go in on the kicking, to

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make sure it is a safe touch rather than a spiral. They're looking for

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initial. Tackle is well low down by Williams. Plenty of width from

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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Edinburgh. Fife, wasn't held Rees stumbled on the ball as he

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released the phase position there. Rees I was speaking to him last

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Saturday, and he's enjoyed his experience at Edinburgh, but

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ultimately Edinburgh have won two games, they've been white washed in

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the Heineken cup, the team have not fired him with the two winness the

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Rabo they viewed this game important to get the confidence

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back, and it can set them up for is a 30-year-old making ace Rabo

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direct debut. Injury, Jones jerd and Rees picked up an injury as

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well. So, tight heads few and far involved in the LV cup, a win over

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Gloucester and an exciting prospect for the Welsh region. Still only 20.

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Biggar, injured, but they're hoping he will be fit enough to face

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Australia next week. He got a real Ospreys? A loss pass, the angle of

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running and that's the second error Ospreys have had. The first was

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from Andrew Bishop when he overran the pass, another jove run. Players,

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we were talk before the start of the game, how important

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concentration and focus is, both occasions, that the man was

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receiving the ball overrun the pass, and suddenly you creep on the ball

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because it's not delivered swiftly. These errors, not only frustrate

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Murrayfield. It is a cold night but often difficult when you've only

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three or four thousand supporters, to create an atmosphere, in a

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take on Tonga, and Scotland desperate to finish oft Autumn

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campaign to get them up in the Six Nations.

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They've beat Samoa, Fiji and took the Of as traila, but all that

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optimism hoped for in the Autumn series against South Africa,

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there's glimpses the way they've built the team but from the

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Scotland perspective, the mistakes. Australia is one of the top teams

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of delivering and putting away teams. Wales tomorrow, after last

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Friday, there sure will be concerns, but real optimism when Warbutons

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laid down the marker, saying "we can beat Australia". We've been

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hoping since 1953, that's the unfortunate thing. A scrum is

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already turning into a bit of a mess, in the opening dozen minutes,

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that's the third or fourth one that's gone down. Interesting, you

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say we've been waiting 1953, Scotland have yet to beat New

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Zealand. I've played, and got chosen a couple of occasions but it

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was always the You want to take, so Wales will expect that. Back to

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this game, between Ospreys and Edinburgh. An opportunity for Ford

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to feed the lineout. And for Edinburgh to build phases of

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chasing, what a tackle by Rees. Full back Greig Tonks is getting

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there, but Rees did so well to bring Morgan down. It is inch-

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perfect but good cover. We've seen a number of errors, off the back of

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the line. Here is Richie Rees on to Stuart McInally, and Matthew Morgan,

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read it well, he is showing the pace there, but Richie Rees what a

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super tackle to put his man on the deck.

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But it is the errors costing these teams, not only possession, but

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ball. Richie Rees won't thank Isaacs for that. A penalty decision

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hold of the ball there. In comes his opposite man, Rhys Webb tries

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to get the ball. There seems to be a bit of stamp on Richie Rees'

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shoulder, but the referee was right there, have to let go of the ball.

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Frustration creeping in from Richie between the posts. After a scrappy

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error in the first quarter of an hour, Matthew Morgan gets the first

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points. First time this evening we'll look for you in the crowd.

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Thank you very much. So I'm just in respect to Bill

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McClaren. There's barely 2,000 for people here. It makes it more

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difficult, it's a great stadium on international day when it is full,

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but the atmosphere is lost with the 3,000 people here. It is similar to

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the Blues at the city stadium, it is the Edinburgh team I feel sorry

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for. As a rugby player, you feed off the crowd, you lose it here.

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What wins games like this, preinternational, not in Vogue,

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people forgot the game is on. weather is a big factor tonight.

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The ball is greasy, a lot of knock- ons and loose play. The biggest

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threat is the defence. That's going to win the game tonight. You can't

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throw long balls, they're so good at it, they trained so hard, that

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will be the difference. Elsewhere, Dragons, 3-0 down. Find a seat!

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Thanks. Thanks Phil. Dangerous ball. I think you could feel the smack in

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the ribs. It was a tentative grab to say the least. Interesting

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watching Gregor Hunter, it is the loopy high ball, that does nobody

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any favours. Edinburgh's game is slick-passing game. We've seen

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glimpses of it tonight. First look at Visser, who signed early on this

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to the try line. Regional club, or international level as well by the

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look of him. Andrew Bishop making up for the ten

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metre line and straight through as the defence tries to fan out in

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midfield and close down runners. That's James King, one on either

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side this evening. Second row, and Edinburgh, both have James King.

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real glimpse of Isaacs' handoff and pace. It is the first time Ospreys

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managed to get the ball through with confidence. Shrugs off the

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need to go for the back door pass there, and word of apology to Tom

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Isaacs. They call it out of the bread basket. Point delivered

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doesn't have basketballing skills, good sideburns though! Such a

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feature, suspect it, a lot of the players support the good cause of

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Movember. He looks like a music captain. Should have good hands

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left footer, kicking to the left touch line, so finds a good touch.

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There's the offending hand. often wonder why players do that,

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they're on the deck, scrum half has ball in hand, of comes the hand,

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let them have it, and it is the things that drives coaches crazy

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isn't it? Well, vest vest vest is the go-to man in the Edinburgh

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lineout. Stuart McInally looking to trailer. King upended by Sam Lewis.

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with a clearout, back to Hunter. King blind pass over the shoulder.

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Stuart McInally was there The testing time for the Ospreys is

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Edinburgh go through the phases retaining the ball well. As soon as

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I said that, they lost it, but illegally so. The offences are

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they're putting the ball on the Ospreys side, and that's the

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second-handing offence, rucks, when the ball has gone down.

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Gregor Hunter has an opportunity to tie the game here. So again, a

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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little discipline creeping into the afternoon, 5.15, is Wales and New

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Zealand. Scarlets and Munster on Sunday afternoon. Highlights all

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the events on the weekend at 5.15 on Sunday evening. Poor skill there,

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from the Ospreys. Eli Walker just overrunning the pass here, it's a

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combination of both things, the man overrunning and being aware of the

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fact of where the running man is, the support.

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And a lack of concentration from both sides. It's been an error-

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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off his hand. The knock-on turns up the ball so well. I've been

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watching Fussell's positioning, he hugs the touch line so he puts

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pressure on the opposition kicking alignment and so Fussell's

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alignment absolutely superb, out of first tackle in. Walker, picking up

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pace from a standing start. It is fairly static from the Ospreys at

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the moment. Finding it tough work to get across that game line.

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Sprotsprot looking to see, from a - - Spratt looking to see a different

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form, still catched outside the phases but getting little reward

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for it at the moment. The reason is it is slow ball, you can't work off

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the platform, it sets the alignment off on the picture and then to come

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up and meet the tackler. Tifplt's all been happening outside

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the Edinburgh 22. But they're confident enough not to put too

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many in the tackling area and wait for the next one to come along.

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then the other. Walker doing something at last. Lewis trying to

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one thing you can say. It is all about patience now, can they build

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and find the chink in the Edinburgh defence. It is all about discipline

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for Edinburgh, not giving away a penalty after working so hard.

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They've let the Ospreys have the ball and confident in their defence

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capabilities for the last few minutes, and 25 phases now. Again a

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show and go from Rhys Webb. Bevington takes it on. He was

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closer but lost after all that effort. And Richie Rees bangs it

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I thought that was done before he hit the deck. Well I was very, very

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surprised, Dougie Fife is standing on his feet, he rips the ball out,

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there was nothing wrong with that. Tackle assist is still allowed to

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meet the tackle, that was perplexing. Still he doesn't go

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down, he's on his feet. But here's the 27th phases of

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possession, and then the turn yof, well, again, you look at that, Nick

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Park is down on the ball. Perhaps the penalty should have been there?

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The Ospreys may feel justice was eventually done. But it leaves

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Matthew Morgan with a considerably more difficult penalty attempt.

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Good strike. Excellent kick by Matthew Morgan and on the half-hour

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park, Ospreys edge their way back ahead. We often feel they go

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through 27 phases of possession, you have to have something from

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that pressure, there was a turnover from Edinburgh but loose kick from

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Richie Rees allowed Walker to get in and get team-mates involved and

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eventually it was that, what was determined not releasing from the

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tackle which allowed the Ospreys to nail their second penalty of the

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game. Tonks angled it towards the far touch line. 27 phases for the

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Ospreys, a lot in the Edinburgh 22, but one penalty how demoralising

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would that be? Not demoralising, they're doing the right things, but,

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you'd like to expect them to come away a little bit more, they have a

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penalty on the 40-metre line, and it will be tight. How important is

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if if they got a sniff you have to put it away. Anyone in the RedZone,

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you need to come away with something, this game is full of

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mistakes and turnovers and it is how you react to them. Back to you.

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Thanks guys. The stakes could determine the outcome of this game.

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We need a little bit of magic from turned to Hunter and Richie Rees in

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support. That's the way to do it, Edinburgh! Make the ball do the

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work, great passing and they get one.

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It all stems from the lineout, of the top to John Houston, he got

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overturn up to the ten yard line, that allowed the outside backs

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space, because it was Nel, that took the ball on. This is good

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handling from Tonks, inside pass, out of the tackle and then Gregor

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Hunter got his hand to the ball to Richie Rees and Nel with hands on

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the ball, second time in the movement and eventually the

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continuity game, that Edinburgh are famed for, eventually got them over

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the line. The first try, and that will give Edinburgh confidence.

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Lovely pass initially from Hunter to Dougie Fife, and then the return

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ball and good support work all around. I'm sure Richie Rees half

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fans yeeed going for the corner, but Bishop was closing in on him

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and Willem Nel former Cheetah's prop, gets his second of the season.

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Funny one by Hunter, swerveed one way and then the other. But not

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adding to the 5 from the try. tongs into Hunter, - Tonks into

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Hunter, excellent play from the was blocking whose path is the

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David Wilkinson rev, by the sound of the crowd, it will be a

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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it could have gone the other way. It was the confidential the side of

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the touch line was that Jonathan Spratt impeded Sep Visser, so here

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is Visser, he blocks the angle of running, but hand goes up

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immediately. It is not clever play by Sep Visser, he goes straight for

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his man. Yes, Jonathan Spratt ran the angle. Bishop, sorry. Ran the

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deliberately blocked but the hand was definitely around the face and

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that was charged by Webb. Everybody's missed the loose ball.

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So here is a chance for the Ospreys, surely. Edinburgh defence have

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play. They're not adverse to bumping off defenders, you can see

:44:48.:44:58.
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it with Bearman. Lewis. Quick ball is what they're looking for. Quick

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release is what they should have given.

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Webb, Bishop, mother mother mother is there.

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- Matthew Morgan is there, not the way they planneded it, but they'll

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take it anyway, and Matthew Morgan put the Ospreys back ahead. The

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Rees, and well, we've seen how sharp that Rhys Webb looked today,

:45:35.:45:45.
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nobody got the ball, but eventually it was James King. You can see four

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men of, but Matthew Morgan in under the posts. The Edinburgh defence

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slightly at sixes and sevens, all the way from the charge down kick

:45:58.:46:02.

and eventually, even though the jove lap was shuned, it was close

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five-point gap now with half time approaching. Ospreys backs coach,

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how much of a relief is that try? when we were under pressure for

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long phases for play, so to get that one back, was most pleasing.

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atmosphere, at pitchside, what did you say to the players? We spoke

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about creating our own atmosphere, a great group training well and

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creating something amongst ourselves. Cheers. Good awareness

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from Rhys Webb, from the kick-off, knew how close he was to the touch

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line and stepped over, before receiving it, which put the Ospreys

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Webb, probeing away? Very much so. One of the outstanding performances

:47:17.:47:24.

actually across both teams. And obviously got his match in Richie

:47:24.:47:34.
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the quick tap and go, to up the Tempo of the game. Sam Lewis third

:47:38.:47:48.
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member of the back row getting time approaching, it will be safety

:47:57.:48:07.
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a believer in watching players, and one player that has been standing

:48:15.:48:19.

out, he hits the target for the turnover, look at the way he steals

:48:19.:48:25.

the ball there, excellent play by the Edinburgh open side. No time

:48:25.:48:31.

for the lineout. Matthew Morgan has got all of the Ospreys points in

:48:31.:48:36.

the first half after the penalty, got the try, and ended with the one

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that scored was bi-Nel, Ospreys will be relieved they did get that

:48:41.:48:45.

score, because they'll have thought they worked hard enough to be ahead,

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and that's what they are, at half time. Ospreys ran out to a muted

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Murrayfield, about 3,000 people here in the Scottish capital, they

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nudgeed away through Matthew Morgan with the first kick of the game.

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Edinburgh kept in touch with one of their own. And Matthew Morgan beat

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the Ospreys into a 6-3, until slick handling from the backs and

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forwards in the move, Willem Nel the prop finishing off a slick move

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indeed. And on the stroke of half time, Matthew Morgan hit back the

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score of all the Ospreys points this evening. Ospreys in the lead

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at half time. first 35 minutes, but exploded into

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life now? Just when the game has come to life, it's half time, it's

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come to life, it's half time, it's a shame.. There's not much space,

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both defences have been well organised. The Ospreys tried to

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score at the end, because they put a lot of pressure on Edinburgh

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through the first half. Defence is very much on top, Edinburgh defence

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proving difficult to breach, it was Edinburgh which scored with a

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cracking try? Both defences is good. It was a case of isolating the two

:50:15.:50:20.

forwards, with the Ospreys, and then it is a case of Visser, great

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handling and support work, and obviously, of for a very well

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worked try. The important thing was the lineout. You can see that

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Baldwin, it is backs against forwards, and quality handling. We

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haven't seen much tf, unfortunately, but the last ten minutes it's

:50:40.:50:44.

started to come alive. It is instinctive, to expect a player to

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be there, especially when you break the line, you get defenders flood

:50:49.:50:57.

in, and suddenly there's room inside. Hard for Ospreys, but they

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struck back? 27 phases, at one point and there's a lot of room

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outside here. And I was shouting, the ball had to go wide, you can

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see what Bishop is trying to do, but the offload kills the Edinburgh

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attack. Offloads are so key. We see with New Zealand the offload game

:51:18.:51:23.

they play, defence can't set. A great line for Morgan. They've gone

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through a number of phases, weather isn't good in terms of ball

:51:27.:51:35.

handling, they've kept it tight but patience paid dividends. We spoke

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of Richie Rees and he put on a show tonight. He's had a busy night,

:51:39.:51:44.

particularly in defence? He has been busy and veryous, again,

:51:44.:51:48.

interception, he shows great pace here. And Matthew Morgan is a quick

:51:48.:51:54.

man, there's only one thing he can do, and that's the ankle tap,

:51:54.:51:58.

prevented a try, a good scrum half, understand, where he needs to be.

:51:58.:52:05.

And again, showing awareness, and pace. He saves another try scoring

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Ospreys attack. We mentioned it a few moments ago, the Edinburgh

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defence, well structured, virtually impossible to break down, 27 phases

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and the Ospreys barely moved forward, it is a well-structured

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defence isn't it? Both defences are well structured, there's not a lot

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of room on wide at all. So both Ospreys and Edinburgh have to run

:52:32.:52:36.

off nine and create the space. The way you create space is by running

:52:36.:52:41.

off nine and turning the ball into quick ball, that draws defenders

:52:41.:52:46.

this. It has been tight, and whatever defence comes out on top,

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will win today. I agree, it isn't a classic, it's come to life in the

:52:53.:52:56.

last ten minutes, we expect more, there is talent and pace there. As

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the game breaks up, the likes of Walker, and Matthew Morgan, we'll

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probably see more. The second half is coming up soon, and plenty more

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coming over the weekend. Sport Wales follows us as 9pm. Justin

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will offer frank Wales on Wales V New Zealand, and respects to Gary

:53:20.:53:26.

Speed who died a year ago. We have a big event tomorrow, Wales versus

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:53:36.:53:51.

New Zealand, a big Test on BBC One, Now, we've not beaten New Zealand

:53:51.:54:01.

for a long and painful, 59 years. Jed has taken a glance on how we've

:54:01.:54:07.

faired since. It was in 53 and on black and white TV when we've taken

:54:07.:54:12.

a win, Wales you were living the dream. 20 Years on when the side

:54:12.:54:16.

beards were long, the try you recall wasn't for your shirt at all,

:54:16.:54:22.

because it is not in this shot, just a tapy on the spot, and if

:54:22.:54:27.

just a tapy on the spot, and if that's not a forward pass! Then our

:54:27.:54:32.

mate, in 1978, that wasn't a dive that you saw, or not a good one

:54:32.:54:38.

anyway. In the 80s, with the world at our feet, who came Falton the

:54:38.:54:44.

Welsh destruction complete. On high, the long road, what your boyos,

:54:44.:54:48.

changed code. In the 90s, Wales needed clout, so we had a look

:54:48.:54:55.

about, and cleaned out the shelf and had the borrows as your save

:54:55.:55:01.

yours. Whether Welsh you took on the lot, false profits, fake blood

:55:01.:55:08.

lines, and a backpacker by Sinko, and in the noughties rolled in,

:55:08.:55:14.

something new to begin, thanks to Hanson girth round and portly. We

:55:14.:55:24.
:55:24.:55:25.

felt Mojo, and boy look at you G wearing All Black, you beat All

:55:25.:55:29.

Blacks. We played the dragon would slain, to blacker and best. Now

:55:29.:55:34.

under Gattland, you see the Welsh side by side and eyes are flameing

:55:34.:55:43.

for victory. Remember one thing, when you all start to sing. Fade

:55:43.:55:49.

the black. Unmistakable and unique perspective of Jed there. That's

:55:49.:55:59.
:55:59.:56:16.

available on-line and on the red call leaping into this? He played

:56:17.:56:22.

well, possibly, at 15, Wales should have played him, it is where he's

:56:22.:56:27.

comfortable at. It's a big ask for the wing. He played most rugby at

:56:27.:56:34.

15, it koob simpler to put Harper. You can be exposed, I like the look

:56:34.:56:38.

of this team. And whatever, performance is key this weekend,

:56:38.:56:42.

whatever the result. One of the big talking point is the return of

:56:42.:56:47.

Jonathan Davies at 13, he is much missed with a join injury, how much

:56:47.:56:52.

of his return boost Wales' chances? It will boost them, because he's

:56:52.:56:58.

probably the best midfield player, we have alongside Jamie Roberts, to

:56:58.:57:08.
:57:08.:57:08.

me, Priestland is good, he needs to play flatter and offer more of an

:57:08.:57:12.

attacking play around him. Wales, there's no expectation on Wales

:57:12.:57:17.

tomorrow. They go into this game more relaxed in some ways, and

:57:17.:57:21.

hopefully they'll perform. They have to go out there. I expect a

:57:21.:57:23.

committed performance and better performance from Wales. Let's have

:57:23.:57:28.

a look at the New Zealand team. That was announced early this week,

:57:28.:57:32.

it is formidable look at 15. They've experimented in the first

:57:32.:57:39.

two tests on tour so far. Big news this evening, is that Dan Carter

:57:39.:57:47.

has withdrawn from the New Zealand side. Cruden takes his play. It is

:57:47.:57:52.

not a weakling? That's a massive team. That's a team full of world

:57:52.:57:56.

class players. It shows Wales a sign of respect, they're picking

:57:56.:58:00.

the strongest team against them. We've always caused problems in the

:58:00.:58:04.

past, and they should be wary of Wales because these boys the Welsh

:58:04.:58:09.

teams, they're big, fit and strong, they lack a little confidence, but

:58:09.:58:14.

as soon as that comes together, it is not a foregone conclusion, but

:58:14.:58:18.

performance is key this weekend. I mentioned earlier it's been

:58:18.:58:22.

nearly 60 long years since we beat New Zealand but we have come close

:58:22.:58:27.

on a couple of occasions never more so than back in 2004.

:58:28.:58:37.
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COMMENTATOR: They must have numbers, Stephen Jones, Gareth on the inside,

:58:39.:58:49.
:58:49.:58:50.

Shanklin! Altogether more in suit, here you are? 25-26 the score, how

:58:50.:58:54.

gutted were you to come that close and fall in the final Hurd snl That

:58:54.:59:03.

was our best chance we've had in years. The hair started to go with

:59:03.:59:08.

my pace. Both teams come off that field shattered, we had given our

:59:08.:59:12.

all, unfortunately it wasn't enough. We played the All Blacks, two or

:59:12.:59:17.

three times a year, and we've always seemed to perform in one

:59:17.:59:22.

half, whether it is the first or second, the key to play the top

:59:22.:59:29.

teams is to perform for 80 minutes. You can't put your foot off the gas.

:59:29.:59:34.

That's what they do, they're consistent, and have a mentality,

:59:34.:59:39.

whether they're down or out, at any stage they work their way back.

:59:39.:59:43.

haven't beaten them in 59 years and Wales are desperate to, but on the

:59:43.:59:49.

other side of the coin, New Zealand, will want to keep their record,

:59:49.:59:58.

keep the 59 after beating to Wales. We can return to the encounter now,

:59:58.:00:05.

and Ospreys have 40 minutes to push the playoff zone and maintain the

:00:05.:00:15.
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Thien is available on the touch of a button, you can listen to their

:00:40.:00:44.

commentary. Welsh language commentary is available to our

:00:44.:00:49.

website, too. But let's return to Scott Hastings and Gareth Charles.

:00:50.:00:56.

No changes to either side during the interval. The one change in the

:00:56.:01:02.

first half cease Houston for King, he's called up to the Scottish

:01:02.:01:11.

sevens squad, he will be leaving to go to Dubai, and South Africa. Just

:01:11.:01:16.

a warmer environment as opposed to Murrayfield. He will appreciate the

:01:16.:01:24.

warm climbs - climes all the more. But at the moment it is the Ospreys

:01:24.:01:30.

who kick off the second half with a five-point lead, thanks to Matthew

:01:30.:01:39.

Morgan. The game is very much balanced along the side two scrum

:01:39.:01:44.

halfs, Richie Rees and Rhys Webb, I feel that Rhys Webb just edged it,

:01:44.:01:49.

he's given Ospreys room, he's in behind the Edinburgh defence, so it

:01:49.:01:53.

will be interesting to see how each coach rallied his team at half time

:01:54.:02:02.

and what reaction the teams will have. Well again, poorly delivered

:02:02.:02:12.
:02:12.:02:30.

ball. The Ospreys getting in each Brown took it in the previous ruck.

:02:30.:02:40.
:02:40.:02:41.

Completely misread. A comedy of errors to start the second half.

:02:41.:02:49.

Well the kick went up there, but, the commentators curse, Webb fooled

:02:49.:02:56.

by that ball, and it's come good for Edinburgh. I suppose if that's

:02:56.:03:02.

a knock-on, technically it is an offside isn't it, because it didn't

:03:02.:03:07.

touch anybody. There was problems in the scrum in the first 40

:03:07.:03:12.

minutes, so hopefully, referee, David Wilkinson rev will sort this

:03:12.:03:22.
:03:22.:03:40.

What is so crucial in the engagement is that everybody is

:03:40.:03:50.

looking for the edge in that third row. It is all about the hit,

:03:50.:03:54.

getting the hit on each other, if that doesn't go well, it tends to

:03:54.:03:59.

go down. You've got the added complication

:03:59.:04:09.
:04:09.:04:11.

that Yapp is six foot two, and Peers is five foot eight. It's gone

:04:11.:04:19.

against David Wilkinson, his first card in RaboDirect Pro 12, yellow

:04:19.:04:29.
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Wilkinson rev will react on the scrum, and Williams sent to sin bin

:04:42.:04:52.
:04:52.:05:17.

for not binding on his man, his gap, drifting and it is staying

:05:17.:05:27.
:05:27.:06:05.

tap. Certainly Rhys Webb was aware the opportunity was on, but I must

:06:05.:06:11.

say, Sean Cox in with a tackle, he was right up, and aware as well.

:06:11.:06:17.

And forced the error. Edinburgh of course the extra man will be

:06:17.:06:21.

desperate to score, especially with Gregor Hunter having just missed

:06:21.:06:30.

that Ben nationality. - penalty. Ospreys have had to take off a back

:06:30.:06:38.

row player to get on the replacement prop. And it is another

:06:38.:06:48.
:06:48.:06:53.

debutante, dear me, they're making his club rugby with Swansea, and

:06:53.:07:03.
:07:03.:07:14.

the tight head, but tight head on a seven-man scrum. That was always

:07:14.:07:18.

going to ask a lot. The pressure came on. Look at the left-hand-side

:07:18.:07:27.

scrum, the pressure's on, well that's a tough baptism of fire, for

:07:27.:07:33.

the youngster, Nicky Thomas. Gregor Hunter has an opportunity, they

:07:33.:07:36.

will receive the kick-off, are the Edinburgh players thinking

:07:36.:07:46.
:07:46.:07:55.

territory, divet the next scrum? -- one straight down the middle and

:07:55.:08:00.

Edinburgh looking to make a one-man advantage work in their favour.

:08:00.:08:05.

They're back within a kick. If you're 0 years of age plus VAT,

:08:05.:08:15.

scoring a trytor Scotland when they beat Wales 34-18, Jim Colder, we're

:08:15.:08:21.

at the Murphy field stadium, there's moves afoot, of changing

:08:21.:08:25.

the name of the stadium, are you in favour? Scottish rugby needs refer

:08:25.:08:31.

I pound it can raise, if it can get, it would have to be something worth

:08:31.:08:37.

the money. It is iconic name, but if we can pull in revenues to help

:08:37.:08:42.

the team, I'm on for that. place seven times against New

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Zealand, Scotland played and did well, how do you see Wales doing?

:08:48.:08:53.

Wales W Gattland back, it will have a catalyst effect, you don't become

:08:53.:08:57.

a bad team overnight, so I'm sure Wales will run them well, but All

:08:57.:09:01.

Blacks are All Blacks, they're going well, and they picked the

:09:01.:09:05.

strongest team it looks like on paper. New Zealand to win, but

:09:05.:09:15.
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Wales will give a good account for themselves. Back to 1982 try there,

:09:16.:09:21.

memories. He plucked it out of the air and start running, I started

:09:21.:09:29.

running for the try line, I'm not the fastest guy, but I got there,

:09:29.:09:34.

Alan TOames had the pass, he chose to give it from the boy from the

:09:34.:09:39.

city, so it was a great, a big result for Scotland that particular

:09:39.:09:47.

day, we hadn't won in Wales for 1 years, so I remember Eddie Butler

:09:47.:09:55.

crying in the toilet. That's enough. There he is. Scotland legend,

:09:55.:10:05.
:10:05.:10:05.

Colder. Back to you. Must remind him of that, when I see him

:10:05.:10:11.

tomorrow. Sean Cox driving on, and Edinburgh seem to have the bit

:10:11.:10:15.

between their teeth at the moment. One-man advantage, back in striking

:10:15.:10:25.
:10:25.:10:27.

distance, and they're the ones taking it to the Ospreys. Oh great

:10:27.:10:33.

run from Fife, he timed it superbly, waited and wait and it hit the ball

:10:33.:10:38.

well and causing problems. There's an overlap, should have gone wide,

:10:38.:10:42.

massive overlap, two men were defending for the Ospreys. Now

:10:42.:10:47.

they've a few more numbers back, that will help. Not out of trouble

:10:47.:10:54.

yet. Yapp was there to receive the pass, from Richie Rees. Desperate

:10:54.:11:00.

defence, they're hanging on by their fingernails. The ball comes

:11:00.:11:10.
:11:10.:11:11.

back again and out wide. Houston, spilt. Pressure relieved. Multi-

:11:11.:11:21.
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imphases for Edinburgh, look at this ening angle, they recycleed

:11:22.:11:29.

the possession, but it was another loopy pass from Gregor Hunter, just

:11:29.:11:34.

as his advantage was called over. And Houston, he won't want to see

:11:34.:11:42.

that on the replay. But tipple Edinburgh, they spread defences but

:11:42.:11:49.

wonderful angle from Fife. Watch Richard Fussell get back on his

:11:49.:11:56.

feet, catches Rees, he was offside but on that occasion the Ospreys

:11:56.:12:06.
:12:06.:12:10.

come quickly enough for the Ospreys, and they have another three minutes

:12:10.:12:17.

to go, only conceded the one penalty so far. Andrew Bishop, as

:12:17.:12:27.
:12:27.:12:29.

he often does, takes on the role of temporary flanker. I'm sure

:12:29.:12:33.

Edinburgh will be having a word in the referee's ear, that the scrum

:12:33.:12:43.
:12:43.:12:50.

is collapsing on the far side. is Ross Ford down, the hooker.

:12:50.:12:55.

Surprised, that he was dropped from the Scottish squad? It is a

:12:56.:12:59.

difficult one to tell, Ross Ford hasn't played well, he will be the

:12:59.:13:03.

first one to admit but doesn't give another combination for Scotland,

:13:03.:13:13.

it probably does, but allows to find his bearings again and play.

:13:13.:13:18.

There's a lot still to come from him, and he carried the ball well

:13:18.:13:21.

on occasions, but sometimes that lineout throw cost him dear.

:13:21.:13:26.

Sometimes as a player, if you not nailed your best game to the posts,

:13:26.:13:33.

you will want to get out there, and be given another shot. New

:13:33.:13:43.
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combinations, up in Aberdeen scrummaging hooker. Obviously in

:13:49.:13:57.

discomfort at the moment. Ospreys looking to add balance and

:13:57.:14:07.
:14:07.:14:12.

experience, bringing on Gough. Ford looks to be struggling, that could

:14:12.:14:18.

be the end of the road for him. He's in a bit of pain. Obviously

:14:18.:14:24.

the scrum, when it went down, it was awkward wasn't it.

:14:24.:14:34.
:14:34.:14:37.

Eli Walker, will be on there. Alum Walker on as Ford's

:14:37.:14:47.
:14:47.:15:24.

referee's Mike how confident Edinburgh are in the scrum.

:15:24.:15:29.

They have to attack the scrum again, and down it goes again, and same

:15:29.:15:39.
:15:39.:15:39.

result again. Time against Bevington rather than on the Osprey

:15:39.:15:49.
:15:49.:15:54.

tight head. That's what Edinburgh want, get within kicking range for

:15:54.:16:00.

Gregor Hunter. The advantage costing Ospreys here, but Hunter,

:16:00.:16:07.

he missed one, got one, but on this occasion, it collapsed on the other

:16:07.:16:17.
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They've taken full advantage of the sin bining, because this the ten

:16:30.:16:36.

minutes, Ospreys are down to 14 men. They've had two penalties and

:16:36.:16:41.

they've got themselves back ahead. Very much Gregor Hunter taking

:16:41.:16:47.

advantage there of the extra man he had. He had three penalties, he got

:16:47.:16:52.

two of them, and there's Williams, keeping warm in the dug out for the

:16:52.:16:57.

last ten minutes. How can they respond Edinburgh, edging in the

:16:57.:17:02.

lead by a single point. Still very much to play for here in

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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skipper, Sean Cox. Played a lot of rugby in the second row this it

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from the counter. Interesting Tonks finding Fussell at full back for

:18:47.:18:52.

Ospreys, and always looking to do that little bit extra, Fussell, but

:18:52.:18:58.

dislodgeed the ball there, it was a good tackle there by Fife. Fife who

:18:58.:19:05.

is starting to have more influence there, he grey-angled earlier in

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the second half. His first league at the start of the season, he came

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off the bench in three of the past with both captains, if not both

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doubt, if the scrums keep collapsing, more yellow cards will

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be issued, we've seen one, and there will abnew face in the next

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scrum, because Jones is coming on, than going down. Grant looking to

:20:59.:21:08.

see if there's a chance, just to go in a little trundle, and Nel

:21:08.:21:18.
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had, covered well with Tonks, lovely inside ball to Parker.

:21:40.:21:46.

McInally, man and ball, well-timed tackle but offside. Advantage being

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the end - it fact another penalty, off-side decision Well, Lewis, this

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was the tat, he gave the ball the turnover, it was a weak kick

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interest Morgan, didn't change the lines, that was meat to the

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opposite team, and big tackle that came on, Stuart McInally but Lewis

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was a judge to be from an offside position, the time Visser got the

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ball, it fizzleed out and no advantage played and referee,

:22:43.:22:47.

brought play back in. Again, another important kick for Gregor

:22:47.:22:57.
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Hunter. Edinburgh, chipping away, and every three points added gets

:22:58.:23:04.

them closer to safety. That is three more, the third second-half

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penalty for Gregor Hunter. The Ospreys have to chase the game

:23:08.:23:15.

in the final quarter. Couple of score updates, been

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following the dragons, 14-3, they lead, Leinster lead, and it is a

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result, Leinster hanging on, 16-15, Dunn condones and you are on now.

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It's going to come down to the last 20 minutes, you need the

:23:35.:23:38.

experienced players on the field, these players have been in the

:23:38.:23:42.

situation before, and they know, at the moment, there's ill discipline,

:23:42.:23:48.

which is costing us points. What about the fact you have the two big

:23:48.:23:55.

boys, is that premeditate or tactic thinking? I think it is as a game,

:23:55.:23:59.

of the score line, dictates substitutions, and they want the

:23:59.:24:03.

experience on the field, because it looks like it will be a tight 20

:24:04.:24:08.

minutes. Great banter, there's brilliant banter between Rick

:24:08.:24:17.

O'Shea and Jed T, great fun. Thanks, interesting to see that you

:24:17.:24:21.

haven't got too far away from the pie van either, that's experience

:24:21.:24:29.

coming into play as well. Dear me. Walker, and then didn't play the

:24:29.:24:37.

whistle and giving possession back to John Yapp. This nice inside ball

:24:37.:24:43.

to Parker, good interplay, and getting the ball away from the

:24:43.:24:47.

tackle. Good hands from Stuart McInally. No doubting who are the

:24:47.:24:53.

ones dictateing the game in the second half. There could be space

:24:53.:25:03.

outlet. Lovely kick but wouldn't sit up for Tom Brown. That was

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enterprising play from Edinburgh on the one side and almost got a try

:25:07.:25:10.

on the other. Interesting again, position of Richard Fussell to put

:25:10.:25:14.

the pressure on Tom Brown, look at Fussell, clearing down the space,

:25:14.:25:18.

Butchs his man, but always down this near side, wasn't it great

:25:18.:25:26.

hands by Edinburgh. On the wide out, just the interlinking play, and

:25:26.:25:30.

hasn't Parker handled the ball well in the last ten minutes. Richie

:25:30.:25:35.

Rees knew where the space was, and here is where it ended, but Fussell

:25:35.:25:44.

put his man under pressure. Good play by the Ospreys full back.

:25:44.:25:49.

kept the Ospreys within the score. But they have to shor up the scrum

:25:49.:25:55.

now, just a couple of metre away, a couple of metres from their try

:25:55.:26:03.

line. Sincere interesting, because the experienced head of Jones has

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come on, and for me, Nel has popped up in the last two skrums, Williams

:26:09.:26:13.

has not reacted with you the more experienced man, is certainly

:26:13.:26:18.

making his mark on the scrum. Watch again, can Nel stay down, because

:26:18.:26:28.

if he doesn't and his head pops T should be a penalty for the Ospreys.

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57 caps for Wales, Duncan Jones, last of them three years ago. Up it

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goes again and that's exactly what haste haste haste db Scott Hastings

:26:44.:26:54.
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from the loose end, with you missed touch by the Ospreys, they can't

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afford that, because they're under pressure. They still are, Visser

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gets space. Held on after the tackle. Good work by Fife. He is

:27:21.:27:26.

getting congratulations from his team-mates. Here's the kick from

:27:26.:27:32.

Visser. Excellently recovered by Webb. Rhys Webb goes back down here.

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I felt Walker, if he booted the ball down the pitch, that would

:27:37.:27:43.

relieved all the pressure, and as a result he's taken the ball into

:27:43.:27:47.

contact and given Edinburgh another opportunity. Just a lack of

:27:47.:27:50.

experience from Walker, where he had an opportunity to clear his

:27:50.:27:58.

lines, and as a result he's put his team under pressure. Here we see it

:27:58.:28:04.

again, Eli Walker, he clears the space, Edinburgh has had so much

:28:04.:28:12.

pressure in the last ten minutes sore so. Fife has given Hunter this

:28:12.:28:16.

opportunity, that's a super kick, the best of the evening, by Gregor

:28:16.:28:21.

Hunter and now the gap is widening. Ospreys need to convert the try, to

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get back on level terms. He's kicked well, five penalty from

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Hunter hundred. He kicked it. He is kicking Edinburgh into a winning

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performance now. Ross Jones comes on to the right-wing.

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Isaacs departs. Ospreys have to do something in the final 16 minutes.

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Second half penalty, look at that, incredible. That's rethrect the in

:29:16.:29:21.

the way that slowly but surely, Edinburgh, through the boot of

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Hunter have turned a 17-8 deficit they have the space and time if

:29:43.:29:53.
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Hunter's kicked the charge down and the way is clear. If it bounces,

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the slip helps. Oh he does his best to get there, but he is so close,

:30:15.:30:25.
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just short. Skipper, Bearman, Grant comes out of the traps in a tackle.

:30:28.:30:35.

Now the defence reformed. And the penalty goes against the Ospreys,

:30:35.:30:45.
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and that little bit of luck, didn't go their way. Well the charge down

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here, Matthew Morgan hit a real opportunity, did he, the shape of

:30:49.:30:55.

the rugby ball, but the defence of Edinburgh scramble well. Look how

:30:55.:31:01.

many men they got back then, and then the defence, King floping down

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on his man, and the referee, he didn't have alternative, he had to

:31:06.:31:11.

give the penalty and Ospreys, well that was almost a lifeline hand

:31:11.:31:15.

today them. Hunter with a charge down kick, almost gave an

:31:15.:31:20.

opportunity to Matthew Morgan. Edinburgh can thank Parker, because

:31:20.:31:30.
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he grabbed Morgan back by his short aren't enough. Greig Tonks,

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scrambles away, Morgan is there. Lewis.

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The Ospreys have to strike quickly. Matthew Morgan, a wit of confusion,

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and picked up by Yapp, now they have to get back quickly. Edinburgh,

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the crowd urging them to look for the wide open spaces Very important

:32:25.:32:35.
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tackle by King. And it could be a good offload, King got the tackle.

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Well there was a warning in here, wasn't there. Well I was going to

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say, the game was very much in the balance. It was whoever was going

:33:10.:33:13.

to make the next mistake, and unfortunately for the Ospreys, it

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is a big mistake, because that's ten minutes in the sin bin for Sam

:33:18.:33:24.

Lewis. The two yellow cards in this game, the first one on Williams,

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cost Ospreys almost the match. Edinburgh's turn to bring on fresh

:33:33.:33:43.
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legs, for the remaining dozen minutes, Yapp departs, and Jacobsen

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Edinburgh. They weathered that Mini of the anomalies in the game that

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the person whose four players behind can hold the ball and not

:34:23.:34:28.

get anybody near him, but it is in the rules and difficult to defend

:34:28.:34:34.

against. Robert McAlpine. Hunter nobody out

:34:34.:34:44.
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wide for Edinburgh on the left- defending in their own 22 again,

:34:52.:35:02.
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where they spent so much time in of his hands, McAlpine it was.

:35:21.:35:27.

Ospreys being stretched with the man down in Sam Lewis in the sin

:35:27.:35:31.

bin that robed McAlpine, who is on for Parker, showing inexperience

:35:31.:35:38.

there, in the heat of a game, no the protecting the ball in the

:35:38.:35:44.

tackle. Now then, let's see where Phil is hiding. There's reserve

:35:44.:35:50.

seats, Tom, that Morgan effort, would he be better picking it up?

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Yeah, if he had more time, he had more than he thought, and

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fortunately that was a great opportunity for Ospreys to get back

:35:57.:36:03.

in the game. A little bit of inexperience there, on Edinburgh's

:36:03.:36:08.

22, putting the ball away, and Ospreys now have to score twice in

:36:08.:36:12.

ten minute, and at the moment they don't look like they can. Edinburgh

:36:12.:36:18.

keeping the territory. They kick goals well, Ospreys have been

:36:18.:36:25.

isolated a few times, and Edinburgh has been good on the ball. Ready

:36:25.:36:33.

for the Mexican wave. Thanks. Amongst the crowd of 3,128, but

:36:33.:36:43.
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unfortunately in a 67,000 seater stadium. Great scrum from Ospreys,

:36:43.:36:53.
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again the experience coming in there with the Jones. There he is.

:36:56.:37:02.

Putting Willem Nel under pressure, he is getting the head underneath

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There's ten minutes on the clock, another try and conversion could

:37:22.:37:27.

get them on to level terms. So very much in the balance. But they need

:37:27.:37:37.
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the territory, they've been under last scrum collapse. He's OK. Of

:37:49.:37:54.

course, there has been a few skrums gone down, and we've seen Ford with

:37:54.:37:59.

a nasty injury. If it is not set, it is a factor of the game isn't

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 48 seconds

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in the last few minutes again. Had the Ospreys had Morgan, just gone

:38:51.:38:55.

in earlier, it could have really set the cat amongst the pigeons for

:38:55.:39:01.

the last few minutes, as it is Ospreys a man short, back fighting

:39:02.:39:11.
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enough for scrum half to do anything creative with it. Sean Cox

:39:46.:39:56.
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defence goes up and across. The blind passing the hands from Izak

:40:15.:40:21.

van der Westhuizen, nice prop up from the paw. There's a chase and

:40:21.:40:27.

kick for nothing, because it pins the Ospreys back in the 22. There's

:40:27.:40:32.

territory coming in for Richie Rees. When a team is attacking, they're

:40:32.:40:35.

building up the phases of possession well. Stretch the

:40:35.:40:39.

defence, keep the ball in hand. Richie Rees, may be thinking now,

:40:39.:40:45.

if he pins the Ospreys back in their own 22, then he can wrap up

:40:45.:40:49.

the game. Look at the second half territories, that's with a he is

:40:49.:40:59.
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by Bishop, but not held, he is away and still going Tonks. Now the

:41:22.:41:26.

alarm bells are ringing for the Ospreys, with the loose pass, gone

:41:26.:41:34.

straight back in Edinburgh hands. Spilt! It's got to be forward, but

:41:34.:41:40.

offside, midfield anyway, no try for Fife but penalty for Edinburgh.

:41:40.:41:47.

They did everything but score! was the early break here. And Tonks

:41:47.:41:51.

decided to go, well, it is a difficult one, because the tackling

:41:51.:41:55.

man has to release the ball, and it was a bit unfortunate for the

:41:55.:42:00.

Ospreys, but good continuity here from Edinburgh. But surely they

:42:00.:42:06.

butchered the chance out wide. It was an offside given, whilst Tom

:42:06.:42:12.

Brown got the ball, he didn't find his man, and Visser spilt the ball

:42:12.:42:17.

as Fife thought he'd gone in the corner. Off-side there, you can see

:42:18.:42:24.

the hand from Williams. Butchered chance, opportunity to score and

:42:24.:42:34.
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all for Gregor Hunter. This could take the losing bonus point away

:42:43.:42:48.

from the Ospreys, slides on the wrong side of the posts. So for the

:42:48.:42:53.

moment the Ospreys still have something, to show for their long

:42:53.:42:59.

journey north. Still with an opportunity to draw

:42:59.:43:09.
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the game, if Morgan could have a penalty. He convert five of them.

:43:15.:43:25.

Balances off Matthew Morgan, cleaned up by Andrew Bishop. Sam

:43:25.:43:33.

Lewis waiting to cam back on for the Ospreys. But they've lost the

:43:33.:43:41.

ball. Back under pressure again the Ospreys, Fife. Webb has done an

:43:41.:43:47.

awful lot of covering, he knew he was on his own to create space for

:43:47.:43:57.
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Rabo direct Man of the Match. Osprey side, full back, I've been

:44:19.:44:24.

impressed with Richard Fussell. For me, the man is the captain for

:44:24.:44:33.

Edinburgh, it is Sean Cox, a lot of hard-grafting work done by the

:44:33.:44:43.
:44:43.:44:53.

try scorer, one try a piece. There's Cox carrying again, and

:44:53.:45:00.

leading the team forward, as he has done so many times this evening.

:45:00.:45:08.

Improviseation from Rees, to Grant, back in the pocket is Hunter. Goes

:45:08.:45:18.
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for the left-footed drop goal, just charge, touched in flight. So

:45:29.:45:37.

that's interesting. Because it was touchdown there, it is a scrum five,

:45:37.:45:41.

so fortuitous for Edinburgh, can they deny the Ospreys a bonus point.

:45:41.:45:46.

This will be the third win for Edinburgh in the season. A much-

:45:46.:45:54.

needed win for Michael Bradley's team. Very unlucky for Jones, he

:45:54.:45:59.

didn't know the bauch wasn't touched. He will have a 22 metre

:45:59.:46:03.

restart, but for now, one final chance for Edinburgh, to take

:46:03.:46:10.

everything away from the Ospreys. They will do, because it is the

:46:10.:46:16.

Osprey scrum that has been penalised. Jones penalised and

:46:16.:46:24.

Edinburgh should go for gold. It is exactly what Cox has done, good

:46:24.:46:30.

thinking from the Edinburgh captain. Well, he made a decisive decision

:46:30.:46:36.

then, and his captaincy and the way he led this team, he is being

:46:36.:46:42.

decisive, his tackling has been excellent, he's led his team. But

:46:42.:46:47.

there you can see, Duncan has come in, but it was all about him coming

:46:47.:46:57.

in at an angle and on that occasion, the penalty went against him. It is

:46:57.:47:01.

the woot of Gregor Hunter that's been the telling factor in the

:47:01.:47:08.

second half. With a final kick of the match. Gregor Hunter makes it a

:47:08.:47:14.

real tough journey for the Ospreys, because that kick takes away the

:47:14.:47:19.

losing bonus point, Edinburgh's first win since September. Ends a

:47:19.:47:24.

winning run of five for the Ospreys, and it is huge disappointment for

:47:24.:47:29.

the champions, and great relief and joy for he had wru. They had the

:47:29.:47:35.

best of the second half by a long, long way, just one try a piece,

:47:35.:47:40.

both in the first half. Nothing at all for the Ospreys in the second

:47:40.:47:46.

half. And as it turns out, rather cruelly at the end, nothing to show

:47:46.:47:51.

for all their efforts. Because it is finished, at Edinburgh,

:47:51.:48:01.
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is finished, at Edinburgh, After a tight opening hour, it

:48:08.:48:12.

sprang into life. Home side pu then visitors struck back by Matthew

:48:12.:48:20.

Morgan, who dubbed down a three minutes later. Ospreys were undone

:48:20.:48:21.

minutes later. Ospreys were undone by indiscipline. Two yellow cards

:48:22.:48:27.

costing them dearly, and that was punished about I Gregor Hunter who

:48:27.:48:37.
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We Tom, it was a very disappointing day, we spoke at the start of the

:48:57.:48:59.

programme about the Ospreys coming here, as favourite with the

:49:00.:49:03.

experience they had on the bench and looking into the playoff zone,

:49:03.:49:07.

but the second half they came off second best is this They did, you

:49:07.:49:12.

have to see the players reaction, it shows what it meant to them,

:49:12.:49:16.

they haven't won a game since September and some of the faces

:49:16.:49:20.

were brilliant. They kept the ball well. I thought the contact area,

:49:20.:49:24.

were really good for fighting for the ball, the Ospreys never really

:49:24.:49:30.

got into the second half. They couldn't get themselves out of the

:49:30.:49:36.

own half and kicked their goals well. I thought Gregor Hunter was

:49:36.:49:41.

outstanding. We can go with steel steel steel. Congratulations, it

:49:41.:49:45.

was second half performance that did it, what did you say at half

:49:45.:49:50.

time? It is not just me, the coach got us together and we knew we had

:49:50.:49:57.

to tie newspaper a few areas. We gave cheap penalties away and

:49:57.:50:03.

dropping off tackles, I got brushed off, maybe that's game rostiness,

:50:03.:50:11.

Ospreys have been in the LV cup, so we start in the second half what we

:50:11.:50:16.

could do. It was a badly needed win, how much confidence will that give

:50:17.:50:21.

you? We need today pick up, we were coming off the back of five defeats,

:50:21.:50:29.

plus a Heineken game, we knew how important it was, we have a tricky

:50:29.:50:33.

away game in Connaught, we should have a good mix next week, and we

:50:33.:50:40.

want to build on this one. You have RaboDirect Pro 12 match of the

:50:40.:50:44.

match. It was mentioned the inefficiency, but Ospreys have a

:50:44.:50:50.

lot to blame for needless mistakes and the yellow cards It was

:50:50.:50:55.

disheartening, after the first half, this is suicide really, lost a

:50:55.:51:00.

player to a yellow card and then the game just changes, it is

:51:00.:51:05.

mistake-ridden, the likes of Walker, Rhys Webb who played well, making

:51:05.:51:09.

silly mistakes, it is not just making them, but not reacting to

:51:09.:51:13.

them n fairness to the Edinburgh side, they basically made the most

:51:13.:51:18.

of them. Two yellow cards, that doesn't help when you're down to 14

:51:18.:51:24.

men, for 60 minute, it will are hard work. Ospreys, in the second

:51:24.:51:28.

half, were nowhere near the side of finishing the first half, that's

:51:28.:51:38.

the most disheartening thing. How much of a sick ner was the

:51:38.:51:44.

scrum, that cost you the losing bonus? The scrum went OK, but it

:51:44.:51:49.

was the referee's opinion, I thought the last one was one of our

:51:49.:51:52.

better ones, but obviously it is sickening, we lost a point there,

:51:52.:51:56.

and a lot of mistakes there, that shouldn't have been happening.

:51:56.:52:01.

Yellow cards, how will that effect? Yellow cards were key, 14 man for

:52:01.:52:06.

ten minutes, is hard enough, but then another ten, it adds up, boys

:52:06.:52:11.

are tired. We didn't play on areas we should have, the efficient was

:52:11.:52:15.

there, but performance was poor. Matthew Morgan lovely try, we

:52:15.:52:20.

unlucky at the end of the game when the ball evaded him. How much of a

:52:20.:52:23.

difference two that have made? Obviously a massive difference, he

:52:23.:52:29.

is a big talent coming through. And some nights they go for you,

:52:29.:52:34.

tonight, you would have put your money on T wouldn't make the line

:52:34.:52:39.

tonight. We go back, week's training, pick our heads up, and go

:52:39.:52:44.

fighting for next week, really. Thanks for that. Let's have a look

:52:44.:52:49.

at the table. Ospreys were on a five-game winning streak, and they

:52:49.:52:59.
:52:59.:53:10.

were hoping victory would propell Zone. Well, Rob, there was a

:53:10.:53:16.

chancetor Ospreys to draw level, Edinburgh won, but they were seven

:53:16.:53:21.

points down, and Matthew Morgan had the chance to score, should he have

:53:21.:53:25.

done better, and was the penalty harsh? Could he have picked it up,

:53:25.:53:29.

that's the question, he almost got to the line, and the great

:53:29.:53:33.

defensive work, they got numbers back there, is this a penalty, ball

:53:33.:53:38.

comes out, obviously, the advantage, with the Ospreys, there's another

:53:38.:53:43.

phase, Bearman goes in, he's driven back, and then it is a case of

:53:43.:53:47.

resetting it, slow ball, you want to drive in. You're talking about

:53:47.:53:52.

two players there, who are not even tackled. There's a support player,

:53:52.:53:58.

they both go to deck, that's not a penalty, no way on earth. It is not

:53:58.:54:03.

a penalty Very poor decision,'s driving forward, both go down, and

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they're not a penalty, it's a referee's angle of how he sees that.

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That ball. But, no, when Matthew Morgan is looking at that ball,

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you're praying it is going to pounce up in your hand, and

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unfortunately it bounced awkwardly, it is a shame, because there's a

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massive dead ball area. It could have been a try. Now we have the

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backs coach. Second half, you lost it, what was the difference did you

:54:32.:54:35.

it, what was the difference did you feel? First half We were pleased

:54:35.:54:39.

how we controlled the game, second half was a flip side and you could

:54:39.:54:45.

point the finger at one or two individual moment that affected the

:54:45.:54:51.

flow of the game, we lost our exposure. Annoyed with the lack of

:54:51.:54:57.

discipline for the two yellows? Yeah, we didn't do favours to the

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rev, it was general, bit of ill discipline there, across the whole

:55:02.:55:08.

board, not just in the contact area, general application in the game.

:55:08.:55:12.

Ill luck for Matthew, you could have snuck it at the end? We might,

:55:12.:55:16.

but we got what we deserved. Finally the scrum that you conceded

:55:16.:55:21.

the losing bonus point on, how did you see that? Again, we've got

:55:21.:55:24.

frustrations around that area of the game, that's a constant really,

:55:24.:55:30.

and now we just want to attack the scrum and make a difference. You

:55:30.:55:35.

can put full off the wrong side of it. We haven't got a great deal of

:55:35.:55:40.

time left. Let go to tomorrow, we spoke this depth about the two

:55:40.:55:45.

teams, Tom, Colin and Steve said when teams face New Zealand they

:55:45.:55:50.

find an extra gear, they play better, was that the ways when you

:55:50.:55:54.

played? Yeah you do. You're desperately trying to beat these

:55:55.:55:59.

guys, because we haven't done it in such a long time. For Wales, if

:55:59.:56:04.

they want to do well, they have to do something different, they could

:56:04.:56:10.

be naive in attack, thinking the same game plan would work, but you

:56:10.:56:15.

got to try something different, whether having the crack from the

:56:15.:56:20.

22, something to take them by surprise. We have been referenceing

:56:20.:56:25.

them, the IRB rankings are at stake. Wales have dropped to eighth, if

:56:25.:56:32.

they fall out of the top eighth, you could end up in a World Cup

:56:32.:56:38.

you could end up in a World Cup pool, to end up, to come out. Every

:56:38.:56:42.

day matters, it is vital, World Cups are so important these days,

:56:42.:56:45.

Wales need to be there, so they have to put in the prefrplgs and

:56:45.:56:49.

get what they can out of the two games. What do they need to do,

:56:49.:56:53.

we've seen the break down, and commit so few players, and how

:56:53.:56:57.

deadly they are in attack, what does Wales have to do? Based on the

:56:58.:57:01.

last two performances, variety, we need to play a different type of

:57:01.:57:06.

game and make the All Blacks think. At the moment, size again, they're

:57:06.:57:10.

reading us too easily, putting defenders where attackers are

:57:10.:57:15.

running, we're not breaking the game down, we need variety. And

:57:15.:57:18.

hopefully tomorrow, based on the no expectation matter, we'll div out

:57:18.:57:22.

there, and produce performance. briefly, nobody has given them a

:57:22.:57:27.

chance, can they do it is this Possibly they can. It is not - you

:57:27.:57:33.

wouldn't put your house on t I know this team, they can play fantastic

:57:33.:57:38.

rugby. I just hope it is tomorrow. All Blacks are coming to town

:57:38.:57:43.

tomorrow, it is Wales versus the All Blacks, so much riding on this

:57:43.:57:47.

game, no-one is giving Wales a chance. It is into the 24 hours,

:57:47.:57:54.

until the blackness Des sends on Cardiff.

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# Hello darkness my old friend # I've come to talk to you again

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# Because a vision softly creeping # Left deceit while ifg sleeping

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# And the vision that was planted in my brain

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# Still remains # Within The Sound of Silence

:58:24.:58:34.
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# In restless dreams I walked alone # Mirror of cobbled stone

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# Meet the halo of our street # Turned my collar to the cold and

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