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It has been a tough season for the men in black. They found themselves | :00:19. | :00:32. | |
in some unfamiliar places. But like all champion sides, they fought | :00:33. | :00:42. | |
back. What a run! That is brilliant. Last week they pulled off an | :00:43. | :00:46. | |
audacious smash and grab on the road. Sam Davies, out to Watkins, | :00:47. | :00:55. | |
and he has got it down. A win tonight could return them to the top | :00:56. | :00:58. | |
half with a European ambitions reignited. And they have been | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
boosted further by the return of a number of Wales international is, | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
including Dan Lydiate, making his first start in an Ospreys shirt | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
since New Year's Day, joined by James King, J J Engelbrecht as well, | :01:14. | :01:19. | |
making his first start at the Liberty Stadium tonight. Victory | :01:20. | :01:22. | |
tonight could send them into the top six for the first time this season. | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
It has been quite the recovery after losing five of the first six. They | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
have suffered just one defeat in the last date. It could send them into | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
the top six but that will depend on the outcome of Glasgow versus | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
Munster also been played tonight. Good evening and welcome to Scrum V | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
Live from the Liberty Stadium. Jonathan Thomas is with me. Back on | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
his old stomping ground. A semi-objective observer, it is fair | :01:54. | :01:57. | |
to say. What does it tell us about the Ospreys mentality that I have | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
recovered from the start of the season and are back in contention | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
for Europe? For me, it is about the strength of character of the young | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
players stepping up to the plate. The big argument for the Ospreys | :02:11. | :02:14. | |
over the last two years is, they haven't won enough matches when the | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
International 's been away, which happened during the World Cup. In | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
the last couple of months we have seen the emergence of some of the | :02:22. | :02:26. | |
young players coming to the fore, Davies, Underhill, getting the win | :02:27. | :02:30. | |
and Munster is a massive thing, no Dan Biggar, no brick, to brick, to | :02:31. | :02:34. | |
go to Munster with that squad is massive and they will be bouncing | :02:35. | :02:37. | |
after that. They are in good stead of the season. They have Dan | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
Lydiate. So much talk of the balance of the Welsh back row, what can we | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
read into the fact that he has been released to play in this one? It is | :02:49. | :02:52. | |
normally not good during the Six Nations if you are released, but I | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
think it is slightly different in Lydiate's case, he is an experience, | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
quality player. Gatland has said publicly in the past that he gets | :03:03. | :03:06. | |
better the more he plays, so has he released him to get 80 minutes under | :03:07. | :03:08. | |
his belt to get in contention for the | :03:09. | :03:26. | |
French game, time will tell, who knows, but I will be interested to | :03:27. | :03:29. | |
see how he goes tonight. He will be closely monitored. Sean Holley is in | :03:30. | :03:31. | |
our analysis truck. We heard Jonathan talk about young players | :03:32. | :03:34. | |
stepping up to the plate. Who has impressed you most? Last week's win | :03:35. | :03:36. | |
was fantastic but they need to back it up. They have a lot of young | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
players and tonight there is a lot of pressure on one guide, young Sam | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
Davies that ten. While Dan Biggar is a way he needs to step up. I like | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
the way some takes it on the line. He encourages the Osprey runners | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
either side, gets an inside ball, Dan Evans also crucial but he is | :03:54. | :03:58. | |
pulling the strings for the Ospreys, instrumental in the second half, we | :03:59. | :04:01. | |
know about his kicking game it in the second half on Sunday he needed | :04:02. | :04:05. | |
to drive them forward and he did, putting Watkin in the corner, a | :04:06. | :04:10. | |
young player to look out for. When he challenges the line he opens up | :04:11. | :04:13. | |
opportunities. A lot is resting on this young man's shoulders tonight. | :04:14. | :04:20. | |
There certainly is, he has been an exemplary form over the last few | :04:21. | :04:32. | |
weeks. The Ospreys start as favourites, fair to say, with | :04:33. | :04:34. | |
Edinburgh winless on the roads in September, but they will be wary, | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
the last two games between these sides have gone the way of | :04:38. | :04:39. | |
Edinburgh. The teams are ready to come out, can be Ospreys win tonight | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
and then to the top six for the first time? Let's find out without | :04:43. | :04:44. | |
commentary team, Martyn Williams Gareth Charles. | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
For a second weekend running, Edinburgh, after travelling to | :04:50. | :04:57. | |
Scarlets last week, it is back down to south Wales for the Liberty | :04:58. | :05:03. | |
Stadium this time around. At least the rain that was falling earlier | :05:04. | :05:09. | |
has now gone away, and let's hope that contributes to some running | :05:10. | :05:15. | |
rugby this evening. Neil Cochrane, the hooker and captain this evening, | :05:16. | :05:19. | |
four changes from last week at Scarlets. Dell starts on this had, | :05:20. | :05:25. | |
Jamie Ritchie instead of captain Mike Coleman in the back row. He has | :05:26. | :05:33. | |
a calf strain. Kennedy takes over at scrum-half to partner Burley. Five | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
the other change at right wing, Brown on the left quite a handful | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
for the Scarlets last week. Scarlets managed to hang on to victory with a | :05:43. | :05:49. | |
last-gasp kick, as it turns out, and the Ospreys will be looking to build | :05:50. | :05:54. | |
on the success they have adult late at the Liberty Stadium as Brendan | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
Leonard leads the home side onto the field. Fia makes his first Ospreys | :05:59. | :06:05. | |
start on tight head, King released by Wales, Partner Thornton on the | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
second row, all eyes on Lydiate in the back row. Owen Watkin, the | :06:10. | :06:14. | |
Springbok centre, Engelbrecht, could perhaps give a midfield cutting edge | :06:15. | :06:21. | |
that has sometimes been lacking. Hidalgo-Clyne has also been released | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
by Scotland to bolster them, and Gilchrist makes his first appearance | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
of the season. Matavesi and Walker are there if needed for the Ospreys. | :06:33. | :06:36. | |
Marius Mitrea of Italy the man in charge this evening. Fifth against | :06:37. | :06:44. | |
seventh in the battle for the all-important top six slots as far | :06:45. | :06:49. | |
as Europe goes, and maybe keeping one eye on top four places and the | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
play-off come the end of the season in the Pro12. Use it. | :06:54. | :07:07. | |
Sean Kennedy knows that the long pass back couldn't allow a kick | :07:08. | :07:15. | |
straight into touch though he does the kicking. Evans replies. That | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
will roll and roll and roll all the way dead. So they will go back to | :07:22. | :07:29. | |
Ospreys territory for a first scrum of the evening. Good evening to | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
Martyn Williams alongside me, looking forward to this one? Good | :07:34. | :07:37. | |
evening, yes, welcome break from the Six Nations. Dan Evans usually so | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
assured with that left foot, over judged that. The kicking game | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
tonight will be crucial. The rain has stopped thankfully, but it is | :07:50. | :07:53. | |
windy out there. Not a great start from the Ospreys. | :07:54. | :08:08. | |
The Ospreys with a distinct weight advantage. | :08:09. | :08:16. | |
But wait a for nothing if you get the technique wrong. The standard | :08:17. | :08:30. | |
reset for the first one as you see them go down, never have the first | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
scrum clean ball. Very assertive, Marius Mitrea, straight on penalty, | :08:37. | :08:40. | |
straight up, normally the referees give the front row forwards a couple | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
of scrums to get used to it, but hopefully that is a sign of things | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
to come because at least the decision is made. Phil Burley has | :08:48. | :08:55. | |
put them inside the 22. Not by a great deal. Let's see what they go | :08:56. | :09:08. | |
for here. Jamie Ritchie there at scrum-half. You would certainly | :09:09. | :09:12. | |
expect to drive and what would be the Osprey tactic to counter it, | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
stand-off, let them have the ball, bring them down at source, doesn't | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
look like they will challenge anyway. Both teams have very good | :09:21. | :09:26. | |
line-outs. Toolis is the main go to man for Edinburgh. No challenge for | :09:27. | :09:38. | |
the Ospreys. Watson in control. Slightly isolated as he goes to | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
ground. Kennedy, the scrum-half will step in. Burley. Looking for the | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
off-load but not forcing it. Sensibly allowing the forwards to do | :09:51. | :09:55. | |
their work. Toolis after winning the line-out appears in mid field for a | :09:56. | :09:59. | |
bit of continuity for Edinburgh. Dupre, try scorer last week, an | :10:00. | :10:19. | |
excellent all-round game. Burleigh did well to control it, Sam Beard, | :10:20. | :10:24. | |
and other New Zealander in the side. Tonks over the top, or one more | :10:25. | :10:29. | |
would have released Tom Brown, but Fife can get his arms clearing time. | :10:30. | :10:35. | |
Ospreys for a moment thought they might sniff a turnover, and indeed | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
they have. Dan Evans getting the clearance kick in as far as halfway | :10:41. | :10:50. | |
and as far as Burleigh. It has broken nicely for Kennedy. Beard. | :10:51. | :10:58. | |
Ritchie had been the right-hand side touchline. Good pressure by Ben | :10:59. | :11:13. | |
John. Eventually there will be a line-out or a scrum. Depends which | :11:14. | :11:21. | |
one they fancy. Nigel Owens, I think, is refereeing Swansea against | :11:22. | :11:24. | |
Merthyr tomorrow, so just getting a warm up tonight. Can't get a gig | :11:25. | :11:34. | |
since the World Cup, can he?! They blitzed in the Ospreys, got the ball | :11:35. | :11:37. | |
over the top. In fairness to Edinburgh, great hands from | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
Burleigh, he made the initial serve to get Edinburgh over the gain line. | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
Good defence as well from the Ospreys, good scramble defence, good | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
spoiling on the floor. Very interesting start. Certainly | :11:52. | :12:00. | |
Edinburgh getting plenty of early ball. | :12:01. | :12:19. | |
There we are, plenty of early ball! These two teams especially when it | :12:20. | :12:27. | |
comes to scrums, you would never associated with the Ospreys, the | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
worst success rate with their own ball apart from Treviso so it has | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
been scrappy for the Ospreys and Edinburgh this year in that area. | :12:36. | :12:43. | |
As the wheel comes on me get rid of it. -- they get rid of it. | :12:44. | :13:07. | |
Maybe a little bit betwixt and between, that kick. Not sure whether | :13:08. | :13:15. | |
to go for the cross kick or the position, ended up doing neither | :13:16. | :13:19. | |
effectively. But he has done very well initially, Burleigh, apologies | :13:20. | :13:25. | |
from Kennedy that he couldn't hang on. Burleigh did really well there, | :13:26. | :13:29. | |
got outside Underhill, trying to get the off-load in again, but twice | :13:30. | :13:34. | |
now, whether it is a tactic of the Ospreys not to go for touch... Just | :13:35. | :13:39. | |
needed to be more sympathetic with that off-load. Dan Evans twice has | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
kicked long and kept it in and the chase is on right, guys like | :13:46. | :13:51. | |
Burleigh will pick apart. Ever present for the Ospreys in the | :13:52. | :13:52. | |
league this year, Dan Evans. Really has established himself in | :13:53. | :14:04. | |
that Ospreys full-back shirt. A couple of years with the Dragons, | :14:05. | :14:08. | |
six years with the Scarlets, and now in his second at the Liberty | :14:09. | :14:09. | |
Stadium. Two caps back in 2009 on the tour of | :14:10. | :14:22. | |
North America, and a lot of people think Dan Evans is unlucky not to | :14:23. | :14:27. | |
have added to those. He is a quality full-back, doesn't get international | :14:28. | :14:32. | |
recognition but guys like Dan Evans, during Six Nations time, are so | :14:33. | :14:37. | |
important to the regions. Nip and tuck in Treviso, Treviso went 7-0 | :14:38. | :14:47. | |
ahead, Dragons went to 7-7, Treviso now 14 ahead. Treviso looking for | :14:48. | :14:53. | |
just their second win of the season. I am sure any Blues fans listening | :14:54. | :14:56. | |
will not read reminding what the first was last week. -- need | :14:57. | :14:58. | |
reminding. That is pressure on that scrum, | :14:59. | :15:08. | |
extremely well done by Dan Biggar even though the pass was asking too | :15:09. | :15:16. | |
much of Jeff Hasler. Mike Allen, former Ulsterman, and Hill looks to | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
get it away, bubbling away from Lydiate. In the end they have to | :15:22. | :15:26. | |
come back for a scrum. There are real problems with this Ospreys | :15:27. | :15:36. | |
scrum. That causes allsorts of problems for the Ospreys. Greg | :15:37. | :15:40. | |
Thompson flying up on the outside, good strip from Engelbrecht, but | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
really scrappy first eight minutes from the Ospreys. | :15:45. | :15:52. | |
Ball attention, ball presentation, hasn't been great, and the scrum is | :15:53. | :16:00. | |
under pressure. Difficult to build a game given those conditions. They | :16:01. | :16:03. | |
cant at their hands on the ball, kicked poorly. Interesting scrum, it | :16:04. | :16:10. | |
you can normally tell who has been those -- ascendancy on their own | :16:11. | :16:18. | |
ball, who has control. Make sure you don't go on the outside and | :16:19. | :16:21. | |
deliberately look for the head-to-head. You have the space, | :16:22. | :16:26. | |
make sure you do. Let's go. Time out. | :16:27. | :16:30. | |
I didn't have a clue what he was going on about! Obviously Edinburgh | :16:31. | :16:38. | |
missing their first Troyes front row because they are away with Scotland. | :16:39. | :16:48. | |
Sutherland has gone back to the Six Nations. Dell starting there. | :16:49. | :16:56. | |
Not study. -- steady. Scrum. No more talking. It shows who is confident | :16:57. | :17:12. | |
in the scrummaging! A very messy scrum so it is obviously in the | :17:13. | :17:15. | |
referee's head that Edinburgh have the upper hand. | :17:16. | :17:31. | |
Years it. Advantage... Fife waiting to come in from the base of the | :17:32. | :17:57. | |
scrum. The scrum was such a mess it never materialised. Illegal | :17:58. | :18:07. | |
wheeling. He has had the call from Nigel Owens that the Ospreys back | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
five worth pulling the scrum around illegally. Cause for concern in the | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
first ten minutes particularly at scrum time for the Ospreys. They | :18:17. | :18:23. | |
will just be glad if Tonks put this over to start again, get back to the | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
halfway line. It has been a very bad first ten minutes. Here we go, you | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
see, the second row... It is a tough call for me, that. | :18:36. | :18:53. | |
Well, it's hardly surprising, and Edinburgh take a 3-point lead. | :18:54. | :19:00. | |
Because they have had all the gain in the opening dozen minutes. -- all | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
of the game. Like you said, it's just a restart | :19:05. | :19:17. | |
now, nothing went right in that first ten minutes, try to get you a | :19:18. | :19:21. | |
hands on the ball. That is exactly what the Ospreys wanted, that is the | :19:22. | :19:26. | |
first time, pretty much, there we are, 91% of the game in the Ospreys | :19:27. | :19:31. | |
half. Brilliant kick off and take as well. Lydiate there to continue, the | :19:32. | :19:37. | |
first chance they have had to build, lovely delayed pass from Davies. | :19:38. | :19:50. | |
Lydiate looking to win his Welsh shirt back. | :19:51. | :19:59. | |
Bodies lying on, not releasing. Never release. Never released. | :20:00. | :20:12. | |
Chance for the Ospreys to strike back immediately. It is much better, | :20:13. | :20:19. | |
fantastic kick-off from some Davies, inch perfect, not the high hanging | :20:20. | :20:24. | |
kit, just flat, Hassler brave as ever, great take. He could also have | :20:25. | :20:32. | |
penalised them for getting his hands pass the ball. Definite penalty, | :20:33. | :20:36. | |
exactly what the Ospreys need, a kick. Hassler there, Toolis coming | :20:37. | :20:45. | |
forward. They needed something, they needed a spark, the Ospreys. | :20:46. | :21:00. | |
The Ospreys are yet to be in the visitors's 22 but it doesn't matter | :21:01. | :21:10. | |
because they have points and they have parity. | :21:11. | :21:28. | |
Tonks with a long restart. Hassler has had the last two, one for the | :21:29. | :21:40. | |
Ospreys, one from the opposition. Watkin looking to lead the team out | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
of trouble, but they could be back under pressure immediately as an | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
dress, the tight head... Watkin tries to drive him back into the | :21:51. | :21:52. | |
tackle. It is an interesting one because | :21:53. | :22:05. | |
Hassler had the ball near the touchline, look for the release | :22:06. | :22:10. | |
inside and Watkin decided to run rather than kick. The result is | :22:11. | :22:14. | |
immediately back under pressure. He was not confident of having a time. | :22:15. | :22:19. | |
With Hassler you would expect to catch that kick, carrier, set up the | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
ruck a bit of hasn't -- hesitancy has allowed Edinburgh back, if they | :22:26. | :22:33. | |
had gone wide the opportunity was there but similar penalty for what | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
Allendale was penalised for last time -- similar penalty to what Dell | :22:39. | :22:42. | |
was penalised for last time. Oh! Missed it! Can't believe it's. | :22:43. | :22:58. | |
Big let for the Ospreys. How disappointing, I was going to say, | :22:59. | :23:03. | |
get they got themselves back into the game. A simple error. Pushed off | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
the outside of the post, didn't he. Tonks wasted no time at all. Perhaps | :23:09. | :23:13. | |
he should have taken a bit longer over it. | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
Time for Dan Evans, plenty of time for Dan Evans. Poor kick from Tonks, | :23:20. | :23:36. | |
almost landed outside the 22 but gives Evans enough time to make the | :23:37. | :23:41. | |
mark and clear his tick, -- kick, but again, looking to keep it in | :23:42. | :23:46. | |
field. This time Tonks let's Burleigh do the kicking. | :23:47. | :23:57. | |
James King. I have sympathy for Dan Baker. Penalties came the Ospreys at | :23:58. | :24:18. | |
the moment. Dan Baker has gone into clean-out Dell. He has been clever | :24:19. | :24:27. | |
to pull away from contesting Iraq. Watch this, Baker following him | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
behind, and he has gone off his feet -- contesting the ruck. I thought | :24:33. | :24:37. | |
Dell had pulled away, actually, but... Yes, have to support your own | :24:38. | :24:45. | |
body weight. Whether Dan Baker thought Dell was going to go over | :24:46. | :24:53. | |
it... That time Dell made it clear. Is is obviously something the | :24:54. | :24:56. | |
referee is harsh on because he penalised just before. -- penalised | :24:57. | :25:04. | |
Smith just before. Again, Tonks doesn't waste too much time, but | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
this time the result of the one he wants, and Edinburgh ahead 6-3. If | :25:10. | :25:17. | |
that is your style then stick to it. Deservedly so. Apart from that one | :25:18. | :25:23. | |
attacking segment in the Edinburgh half from the Ospreys it has been | :25:24. | :25:28. | |
all Edinburgh, the first 17 minutes, penalties killing the Ospreys, four | :25:29. | :25:39. | |
penalties. Too long. Mistakes compounding. We praise handovers | :25:40. | :25:47. | |
were a brilliant last time, this time he over judged it on the | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
opposite side of the field -- we praised Sam Davies for a brilliant | :25:53. | :25:58. | |
kick. 'S six foot three, six foot four, and even he wouldn't get on | :25:59. | :25:59. | |
the end of that one. I think the referee is talking to | :26:00. | :26:14. | |
parry, telling the back five not to wield the scrum around as they were | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
penalised for in the last scrum, the Ospreys. Interesting, Edinburgh's | :26:20. | :26:23. | |
tactics, whether they keep it in and go for the second child. Great | :26:24. | :26:28. | |
attacking position. Having said the rain had gone away, it is back | :26:29. | :26:37. | |
again. Real, heavy, misty drizzle. Edinburgh keep ball in hand, but it | :26:38. | :26:41. | |
will be very difficult to get it passed in this weather. Somehow they | :26:42. | :26:50. | |
haven't knocked it on, but they have had the ball stolen from them. The | :26:51. | :26:56. | |
ball wasn't kicked out of hand, just blocked, so it is perfectly legal. | :26:57. | :27:11. | |
He just blocked the pass. Treviso extending their lead in that game in | :27:12. | :27:16. | |
the second half, 19-10. Watkin. Engelbrecht was ready. Parry | :27:17. | :27:32. | |
appeared before him. Davies finds Underhill on his | :27:33. | :27:50. | |
shoulder but he finds Cochrane waiting for him. Lease that -- | :27:51. | :28:03. | |
released that. Davies looks inside, Hassler from a standing start, and | :28:04. | :28:09. | |
he is a tough one! Allen needed two bites to bring him down. | :28:10. | :28:19. | |
Davies... Mix-up, and was that forward from Baker? Yes, it was. | :28:20. | :28:28. | |
Parry stayed down. If you need somebody to try and give you a bit | :28:29. | :28:34. | |
of go forward, lift the team generally, nine times out of ten -- | :28:35. | :28:40. | |
out of ten it will be Hassler. He runs his weight, great as a forward | :28:41. | :28:44. | |
who comes off the wing and does the hard yards for you. A lot of huffing | :28:45. | :28:49. | |
and puffing from the Ospreys but it didn't go anywhere, good carries but | :28:50. | :28:53. | |
well-organised Edinburgh defence, and the Ospreys well marshalled | :28:54. | :28:57. | |
until they forced the mistake between Davies and Engelbrecht, so | :28:58. | :29:00. | |
nice for the Ospreys to get some ball in hand and go through some | :29:01. | :29:07. | |
phases. On his fourth league game of the season, Hassler. | :29:08. | :29:20. | |
Evans straight at the Edinburgh defence. Release now, Fife. | :29:21. | :29:50. | |
Ritchie looking for the steel but didn't get it. Watkin into Du Preez. | :29:51. | :30:06. | |
Onto far. An interesting one, as to exactly whether it was. I think it | :30:07. | :30:14. | |
was Dell. I could have picked that ball legally -- he could have, but | :30:15. | :30:18. | |
he flopped over. Well in his rights together that and pick it up because | :30:19. | :30:28. | |
the ball was there. A big collision between Du Preez and Watkin. If he | :30:29. | :30:35. | |
goes for that ball there, this is turnover for Edinburgh. Probably | :30:36. | :30:39. | |
tired, 22 minutes in, he has decided to flop over. | :30:40. | :30:59. | |
Let's see what the Ospreys Drive, led by Dan Baker, is like. They will | :31:00. | :31:10. | |
have to use it this time. Now they come to a halt. Leonard looking to | :31:11. | :31:18. | |
exploit the blindside. Du Preez for Edinburgh, a is making | :31:19. | :31:32. | |
some hardy arts and some big hits. King is in the second row this | :31:33. | :31:41. | |
evening, the first time this season. Well, they knew the call would come. | :31:42. | :31:49. | |
An advantage being played. The ruck before that that O it is | :31:50. | :32:31. | |
picked up Edinburgh is being offside. The Ospreys going through | :32:32. | :32:36. | |
the phases but they aren't creating anything. Conditions playing their | :32:37. | :32:40. | |
part. Second success for Sam Davies. With | :32:41. | :32:54. | |
a quarter of an hour of the first half remaining, it is all square | :32:55. | :32:57. | |
6-6. They are out of sync, the Ospreys. | :32:58. | :33:03. | |
They have guys running in front of them, the ball-carrier losing shape. | :33:04. | :33:11. | |
I think they would be very happy with what has been a dreadful start. | :33:12. | :33:28. | |
Dan Lydiate lost the ball to Sam Beard. And now it is all defence for | :33:29. | :33:35. | |
the Ospreys again. They thought they were going to clear the lines and | :33:36. | :33:40. | |
they could be found wanting as Edinburgh flowed forward. Burley | :33:41. | :33:47. | |
took it upon himself, running into Engelbrecht and James King. The | :33:48. | :33:53. | |
highball just took the steam out of it for a second. Strays through, | :33:54. | :34:01. | |
Nicky Smith dragged him back. They off-load gives the try to Allan | :34:02. | :34:07. | |
Dell. Ospreys couldn't get the ball out of defence and they paid the | :34:08. | :34:12. | |
price. It isn't often you see Dan Lydiate | :34:13. | :34:17. | |
see the ball ripped out of his arms. And the mistake by the Ospreys. It | :34:18. | :34:21. | |
looked as if Sam Beard was going to go all by himself but they have gone | :34:22. | :34:25. | |
through the phases. Tonks asserted dangerous runner. Here he is, Sam | :34:26. | :34:32. | |
Beard. I thought he was under the sticks himself. This is where Tonks | :34:33. | :34:38. | |
is very dangerous. He has played Number 10. A great inside line by | :34:39. | :34:40. | |
Allan Dell. A conversion easy for the try | :34:41. | :34:52. | |
creator, Tonks. Greig Tonks at as a loosehead prop. | :34:53. | :35:00. | |
Does his best to pulling downwards. A great off-load. Nothing more than | :35:01. | :35:06. | |
they deserve, Edinburgh. They have been the best team for the first 30 | :35:07. | :35:09. | |
minutes. It is only the second start of the | :35:10. | :35:14. | |
season, third ever in the league, for Allan Dell and he gets his first | :35:15. | :35:21. | |
try. A night to remember for the South African loosehead. | :35:22. | :35:25. | |
Every time the Ospreys have come back they have looked differently. | :35:26. | :35:37. | |
They have come away with points every time they have gone into the | :35:38. | :35:41. | |
Ospreys 22. That's was very good work by Sean | :35:42. | :36:00. | |
Kennedy to hang on in there because he did enough. A very unorthodox | :36:01. | :36:08. | |
tackle. He has almost holiday and dragged him down. Great initial | :36:09. | :36:16. | |
carried by Nicky Smith. Sam Davies has picked up the blindside. Just | :36:17. | :36:20. | |
got hold of his collar on the inside. Much better from the | :36:21. | :36:27. | |
Ospreys, creating overlaps, seeing the gaps. Is that the penalty? You | :36:28. | :36:39. | |
are back Hasler to defend. That was more locked than judgment by Sean | :36:40. | :36:47. | |
Kennedy just to get his hand in on that collar and managed to grab | :36:48. | :36:53. | |
them. Good hands from Sam Davies and Dan Evans. Perfect timing. Drawing | :36:54. | :36:59. | |
the man. Creating that little bit of space for Jeff Hassler but a fine | :37:00. | :37:02. | |
bit of cover from Kennedy. Tonks is eyeing up for stuff you can | :37:03. | :37:14. | |
see him looking at who is in midfield. It is Smith and Baker. It | :37:15. | :37:22. | |
is far too big a gap fully loose to cover. As you say, he has played a | :37:23. | :37:29. | |
lot of time, Greig Tonks. You could see him lift up his eyes. Two | :37:30. | :37:37. | |
forwards, a big gap, have a go. Just read the situation. Then you've got | :37:38. | :37:46. | |
the support you deserve. These grams have been very messy | :37:47. | :37:47. | |
tonight. -- the scrums. A good scrum from Edinburgh. Du | :37:48. | :38:32. | |
Preez wants to win the penalty and that is what he has done. Sean | :38:33. | :38:42. | |
Kennedy was away and running. They got that initial movement going | :38:43. | :38:45. | |
forward. The Ospreys could not recover. | :38:46. | :38:52. | |
These grim having the upper hand and it is a counter for lots of | :38:53. | :39:01. | |
Edinburgh's 13-6 lead. Let's see how the Osprey management read it in the | :39:02. | :39:06. | |
first half and hour. Phil Rees is down there. It is pretty | :39:07. | :39:10. | |
attritional. We do like something a bit more fluid? We would prefer | :39:11. | :39:18. | |
something more fluid but this is the classic textbook are not to play | :39:19. | :39:23. | |
Edinburgh. Giving away scrums. They have dominance there. It is | :39:24. | :39:25. | |
frustrating. There are chinks of space there. How much of a worry is | :39:26. | :39:36. | |
the scrum? We have messages going to the individual players. If we don't | :39:37. | :39:40. | |
get the set piece right, just leave it. | :39:41. | :39:46. | |
That is a very effective drive from Edinburgh as well. All the tight | :39:47. | :39:51. | |
aspects at the moment are in favour of the visitors. That is something | :39:52. | :39:56. | |
the Ospreys are going to have to address pretty quickly if they want | :39:57. | :40:02. | |
to stem the flow of possession and territory and penalties Edinburgh | :40:03. | :40:06. | |
are giving. The cloud voicing their displeasure. It is as a result the | :40:07. | :40:13. | |
pressure the Ospreys and under. The crowd not happy with that. Edinburgh | :40:14. | :40:20. | |
are squeezing the life out of the Ospreys pack. Hamish Watson breaks. | :40:21. | :40:32. | |
Sam Parry can't help themselves. He goes levers to their ears, down on | :40:33. | :40:37. | |
his knee. It is a penalty all day long. A soft penalty as well. The | :40:38. | :40:42. | |
defence is organised. Yes, you are under pressure, but those are the | :40:43. | :40:48. | |
sort of penalties you don't give 40 metres out. | :40:49. | :41:01. | |
But at the moment Greig Tonks is only except being 50% of those | :41:02. | :41:10. | |
chances. That is what is keeping the Ospreys within touching distance of | :41:11. | :41:13. | |
a score. This could come back to hold | :41:14. | :41:16. | |
Edinburgh. They had two relatively easy kicks. That is a big let off | :41:17. | :41:21. | |
for the Ospreys. Greig Tonks has to forget the | :41:22. | :41:41. | |
failures at the posts and concentrate on his game. | :41:42. | :41:48. | |
That was a lovely deaf blind pass by Sam Davies. A little bit too much | :41:49. | :42:35. | |
traffic and therefore Jeff Hassler. Offside again. Off his feet. A long | :42:36. | :42:44. | |
advantage played by Marius Mitrea. Keep the play going. So difficult | :42:45. | :42:53. | |
when you have set up a few in the wide channel. Office feet. | :42:54. | :43:04. | |
The ball is getting very greasy. The Rangers back. Here he goes. Picks | :43:05. | :43:13. | |
out the biggest man he can on the field! He doesn't get his shoulder, | :43:14. | :43:19. | |
he runs straight in. Ben John deathbed to Sam Underhill. | :43:20. | :44:01. | |
From absolutely nothing a try is candid for Sam Underhill and he is | :44:02. | :44:06. | |
delighted. A brilliant try. And think a lot of people asking Sam | :44:07. | :44:11. | |
Davies, what are you doing very giving that little chip? Brilliant | :44:12. | :44:18. | |
play from Ben John. I just thought he had missed caked this one, Sam | :44:19. | :44:25. | |
Davies. But it is perfectly judged. A great take and off-load. | :44:26. | :44:34. | |
Absolutely... If Dougie Fife takes that it is a terrible decision but | :44:35. | :44:38. | |
Ben John did brilliantly there to take that ball. | :44:39. | :44:44. | |
Great skills by Ben John. It is, I knew watching Eddie Jones, by Sam | :44:45. | :44:58. | |
Underhill. Those missed penalties by Edinburgh will come back to haunt | :44:59. | :45:02. | |
them. Totally dominant in the first half and could find themselves | :45:03. | :45:09. | |
level. A great strike just to rub salt into | :45:10. | :45:15. | |
the wound. Edinburgh think they have done more than enough to be clear at | :45:16. | :45:22. | |
this stage but it is all square. That time, Sam Davies has gone. Ben | :45:23. | :45:33. | |
John has gone all the momentum. A good finish by Sam Underhill. | :45:34. | :45:40. | |
Can they do the basics? Can be clear the lines and go for a restart | :45:41. | :45:45. | |
rather than putting themselves under pressure? The kick is over halfway | :45:46. | :45:53. | |
so that gives them time to get the defensive line sorted. | :45:54. | :46:08. | |
He has been given a yellow card. TMO. | :46:09. | :46:22. | |
Dan Lydiate has one chance for a lifeline or else he has ten minutes | :46:23. | :46:30. | |
in the bin. As soon as he got up he said, look at the screen. Flies out | :46:31. | :46:38. | |
of the line, trade mag Dan Lydiate tackle. I don't think that is a | :46:39. | :46:48. | |
penalty myself. His right arm started to go. That was harsh. That | :46:49. | :46:57. | |
is harsh. If Warren Gatland wanted Dan Lydiate | :46:58. | :47:08. | |
to have 80 minutes, he is down to 70! | :47:09. | :47:16. | |
See it in slow motion, you want to see it at full speed. He goes low. | :47:17. | :47:27. | |
He puts both arms out. The right shoulder is coming out. I think that | :47:28. | :47:33. | |
is a harsh yellow card. There is nothing wrong with using | :47:34. | :47:36. | |
the shoulder in conjunction with the arms. | :47:37. | :47:41. | |
Now the pressure will come and the Ospreys down to 14 for the remainder | :47:42. | :47:51. | |
of this half and the beginning of the second. | :47:52. | :47:56. | |
No wonder Edinburgh want to keep it tight. Under those circumstances | :47:57. | :48:09. | |
that is excellent by the Ospreys. Seven men in the Ospreys pack. Nicky | :48:10. | :48:16. | |
Smith and a couple of others got to the other side. The scrum has been | :48:17. | :48:19. | |
under pressure with eight men in them. Who fancies coming on as | :48:20. | :48:22. | |
flanker? Owen Watkin. Going back to Dan Lydiate 's's | :48:23. | :48:48. | |
tackle, there is nothing wrong with using the shoulder as long as the | :48:49. | :48:53. | |
answer conjunction. Funny, his arm was going in that forward movement. | :48:54. | :49:00. | |
The affiliate might be feeling a bit guilty because he's given them the | :49:01. | :49:07. | |
scrum. Let's get our 5/2-time! Sam Davies needs to take his time here. | :49:08. | :49:19. | |
Get it to Brendon Leonard and regroup. | :49:20. | :49:29. | |
There will be quite hard for them to do seeing as Edinburgh is throwing! | :49:30. | :49:38. | |
Did you know that, very short by Sam Davies. | :49:39. | :50:03. | |
Final play in the first half. Edinburgh line-out. They need to get | :50:04. | :50:13. | |
it off the park but the ball bobbles away. Anywhere will do for the | :50:14. | :50:20. | |
Ospreys. Just get safely back to the changing room at 13-13. No heroine. | :50:21. | :50:28. | |
Below the goal-line will do. Turn around and bang it. And that is what | :50:29. | :50:33. | |
Sam Davies does. Three times Edinburgh have gone ahead in the | :50:34. | :50:36. | |
first-half, three times the Ospreys have managed pack them back. They | :50:37. | :50:40. | |
have lost Dan Lydiate and they will do at the beginning of the second | :50:41. | :50:44. | |
half as well. At least they were go into the changing rooms all square | :50:45. | :50:51. | |
at half-time. A try apiece and it is 13 point apiece between the Ospreys | :50:52. | :50:55. | |
and Edinburgh. Brendon Leonard is with Phil. Would you reckon you have | :50:56. | :51:01. | |
to improve on the second half but Mac just our basic skills. | :51:02. | :51:10. | |
Especially in our own half. Equal is a pretty good result. A confident | :51:11. | :51:16. | |
you can do something with ball? Yes. We will be dangerous. Thanks for | :51:17. | :51:22. | |
your time, good man. Have a good orange. | :51:23. | :51:28. | |
The Ospreys desperate for victory tonight. A victory that will take | :51:29. | :51:32. | |
them back to the top six. It is all square at half-time. Edinburgh had | :51:33. | :51:36. | |
the early initiative and a lovely try by Allan Dell. But the Ospreys | :51:37. | :51:42. | |
struck back. A little bit of genius thereby Sam Davies. Ben John doing | :51:43. | :51:46. | |
well to gather the ball and off-load to the supporting Sam Underhill. | :51:47. | :51:50. | |
This is how the half ended, Dan Lydiate shown a yellow funny top | :51:51. | :51:54. | |
tackle. He didn't use his arms. We will get Jonathan Thomas verdict on | :51:55. | :51:58. | |
that. Let's have a look at the stats. Tackles made and missed. | :51:59. | :52:25. | |
Edinburgh started more strongly. Did you sense the Ospreys yellow card | :52:26. | :52:30. | |
aside and creeping back into this one? | :52:31. | :52:36. | |
I felt scrum dominance and discipline has given Edinburgh field | :52:37. | :52:40. | |
position. It has allowed them that dominance to be very equal. But that | :52:41. | :52:45. | |
was massive, that's right. We were talking about how poorer performers | :52:46. | :52:50. | |
that was by the Ospreys but something like that, a shot out of | :52:51. | :52:55. | |
nothing, a great kick by Sam Davies, that has turned the game on its | :52:56. | :53:00. | |
head. That'll change the team talk. Let's bring Sean in. I don't know | :53:01. | :53:04. | |
how much you can see. The constant rain here is having a real effect on | :53:05. | :53:09. | |
the game tonight. They greasy surface, greasy ball on the Ospreys | :53:10. | :53:12. | |
will not be happy with the error count. | :53:13. | :53:16. | |
Edinburgh haven't had as many errors as the Ospreys. The conceit is a | :53:17. | :53:19. | |
tight game and what it means to both teams. The Ospreys have made so many | :53:20. | :53:24. | |
areas. Discipline and errors have cost them. It is right from the. Dan | :53:25. | :53:29. | |
Evans got a crucial role in the conditions and his first touch, the | :53:30. | :53:33. | |
intent is to kick it in field but this goes wrong and it sets the | :53:34. | :53:37. | |
tone. The scrum has been an issue for the Ospreys. This is too long by | :53:38. | :53:44. | |
Sam Davies. They choose to go to the left and it is out. Another set | :53:45. | :53:49. | |
piece. On Edinburgh's restart, you want to clear your lines. Owen | :53:50. | :53:56. | |
Watkin, young, naive, ties to play it out. It is another set piece. | :53:57. | :54:01. | |
When they have got possession just not on the same page. You couple | :54:02. | :54:06. | |
that with some discipline and it is the real issue. Dan Lydiate, and | :54:07. | :54:13. | |
characteristics of the high ball carry and gets ripped. When they did | :54:14. | :54:19. | |
exploit the short side, greats running by Sam Davies, AB didn't | :54:20. | :54:24. | |
have the cutting edge. It will be a pretty tetchy half-time from Steve | :54:25. | :54:27. | |
Tandy. A lot of those errors and a lot of | :54:28. | :54:31. | |
those not cause leading to set pieces. The scrum has been messy. We | :54:32. | :54:42. | |
have got the new guy, not having a good time. This was Nicky Smith. He | :54:43. | :54:50. | |
was penalised here. He is growing in confidence, he is lower than Ma'afu | :54:51. | :54:56. | |
Fia. The referee has awarded some penalties and free kicks. The back | :54:57. | :55:00. | |
five is running around the outside. Look at Dell. He is having a quiet | :55:01. | :55:07. | |
word with Ma'afu Fia. This very next scrum, he decides to have a real go. | :55:08. | :55:21. | |
He has gone on the outside, end of. A problem area that. Looking at the | :55:22. | :55:26. | |
Ospreys bounce, is it time to make some replacements? I agree. Once a | :55:27. | :55:32. | |
referee has got a perception about the scrum you need to get to | :55:33. | :55:38. | |
replacement on. I would get on Aaron Jarvis. | :55:39. | :55:41. | |
We shall see if that happens. Edinburgh East cross the line first | :55:42. | :55:46. | |
and they threaten to on a number of occasions. We were watching when | :55:47. | :55:50. | |
they had men on the left-hand side down chose to go right. Some great | :55:51. | :55:56. | |
build-up play from Greig Tonks. They didn't panic from the turnover. | :55:57. | :56:00. | |
I've felt they went the wrong way as well. Look at how it manifests | :56:01. | :56:05. | |
itself. It is Dan Lydiate who carries into high. Many teams would | :56:06. | :56:11. | |
panic, throat quick passes but they get very direct. They have got | :56:12. | :56:16. | |
numbers on the right-hand side of the screen that they go the wrong | :56:17. | :56:21. | |
way. They don't panic, the regroup. The Ospreys don't fold. They got | :56:22. | :56:26. | |
another rough players. It leaves a large gap between Dan Baker and | :56:27. | :56:30. | |
Nicky Smith. The runners coming off Tonks is crucial. They collected the | :56:31. | :56:39. | |
runners, they get very bored. The patients counted. | :56:40. | :56:43. | |
The Ospreys didn't give up and they scored at a crucial time. Five | :56:44. | :56:48. | |
minutes left. Sam Underhill went over after a perfect chip from Sam | :56:49. | :56:56. | |
Davies. Magnificence from Ben John. As they kick went through it was | :56:57. | :57:02. | |
almost the kick to nothing. Ben John absolutely made that try. I know the | :57:03. | :57:06. | |
Ospreys practised that in training and shows what training does. It | :57:07. | :57:14. | |
came off on that occasion. We talked a lot about Dan Lydiate before the | :57:15. | :57:17. | |
game because it was his first that in an Ospreys journey since New | :57:18. | :57:20. | |
Year's Day. We wondered whether Warren Gatland was having a look at | :57:21. | :57:26. | |
him for France. You have been paying a close eye on him. What have you | :57:27. | :57:31. | |
made of his general performance? Context is key. He hasn't played his | :57:32. | :57:38. | |
New Year's Day. He has looked industrious. He has looked for work. | :57:39. | :57:43. | |
They key thing is he has looked for work. He has looked to carry the | :57:44. | :57:49. | |
ball. Has he been at his vintage best? No. You would expect that from | :57:50. | :57:52. | |
somebody who hasn't played for a wrong -- long time. He will come out | :57:53. | :58:02. | |
all guns blazing. Look out Edinburgh when Dan Lydiate | :58:03. | :58:06. | |
re-enters the fray. On that yellow card, you have played a couple of | :58:07. | :58:10. | |
seasons in England where you see that top tackle is refereed | :58:11. | :58:14. | |
differently. Referees are looking at this aspect | :58:15. | :58:18. | |
of the game are closely. I played in England and the top tackle used to | :58:19. | :58:22. | |
get penalised a lot. Is there something that is coming in to | :58:23. | :58:26. | |
referees in general? Who knows? Hats that is a one-off. Let's see how | :58:27. | :58:37. | |
that develops. It looked harsh. He will miss the first five minutes | :58:38. | :58:42. | |
of the second half. There is no Six Nations action for you to look | :58:43. | :58:44. | |
forward to this weekend but that is plenty of other rugby coming your | :58:45. | :58:50. | |
way. In a week's time and beaten France | :58:51. | :58:54. | |
will arrive at the Principality Stadium. Sport Wales will consider | :58:55. | :58:59. | |
what changes Wales should make. I like the combination of Warburton | :59:00. | :59:04. | |
and Tipuric. It hasn't gelled but it is still early days. Here that full | :59:05. | :59:08. | |
interview on sport Wales at nine o'clock. On Sunday, two top teams | :59:09. | :59:14. | |
tussle for top four places. Ulster versus Scarlets is at 2:15pm. We | :59:15. | :59:25. | |
will round up all be proved 12 action at preview Round 3 of the Six | :59:26. | :59:32. | |
Nations. -- and preview. The score that in Glasgow and | :59:33. | :59:37. | |
Munster is 14-10 to Glasgow. If Glasgow winter night and the Ospreys | :59:38. | :59:41. | |
went, it means Ospreys goes to the top six for the first time this | :59:42. | :59:44. | |
season. The other game has just finished. It is Treviso against the | :59:45. | :59:51. | |
Dragons. Despite this Hallam Amos try, the Dragons have lost 19-17. | :59:52. | :59:59. | |
Treviso, after losing every single game in both competitions all season | :00:00. | :00:02. | |
up until last weekend and have won to in a row against Welsh | :00:03. | :00:08. | |
opposition. The arrival of the former Canadian code to Treviso is | :00:09. | :00:14. | |
making an impact. Les Doctor Martin Williams. A lot of pros of action | :00:15. | :00:21. | |
coming our way. Blues against Leinster at the Arms Park. How much | :00:22. | :00:29. | |
of a blip will that be by that defeat to Treviso? | :00:30. | :00:45. | |
It is difficult when you go to Treviso, you see the Dragons side | :00:46. | :00:53. | |
and new coaches there, you have to deal with the referees and linesmen | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
but it was a huge disappointment. They have a huge match against a | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
strong Leinster side tomorrow. They will be boosted by returning Wales | :01:05. | :01:10. | |
internationals. We have heard a rumour that perhaps they will get 40 | :01:11. | :01:20. | |
minutes each. I will be amazed if they will be picked tomorrow. They | :01:21. | :01:23. | |
have been around for long enough, they know... It is interesting if | :01:24. | :01:36. | |
that is true. Liam Williams and George North will definitely start. | :01:37. | :01:42. | |
It is one out of those three guys. Whoever impresses that we can can | :01:43. | :01:48. | |
hold their time is up -- hands up. It is almost a mini trial with | :01:49. | :01:52. | |
France on the horizon. Not long before they come back out. We have | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
five minutes from the Ospreys, a man down in this half. Do you believe | :01:59. | :02:06. | |
they can get back into the top six? That try, that will be huge morale | :02:07. | :02:14. | |
boost. 13-6 at half-time in these conditions can be tough to come back | :02:15. | :02:19. | |
from. That will turn the game on its head and I would expect Austro is to | :02:20. | :02:33. | |
win it. -- Ospreys to win it. Edinburgh are on the pitch. We can | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
return now to Martyn Williams and Gareth Charles. | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
Thanks very much. No changes in the Edinburgh line-up, on the field | :02:43. | :02:53. | |
already. Aaron Jarvis wearing a team comes out onto the field. I am sure | :02:54. | :03:01. | |
feels to will be on the hunt to see why because Cracknell, wearing 20, | :03:02. | :03:13. | |
has come on, ... During half time there was a drop of rain. | :03:14. | :03:24. | |
He has his work cut out with Lydiate missing the first seven or eight | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
minutes. So Ospreys will continue a man short | :03:29. | :03:44. | |
for the next five minutes as Ollie Cracknell gets the ball for the | :03:45. | :03:48. | |
first time. Just enough time for Sam Davies to get the kick away as far | :03:49. | :03:58. | |
as Du Preez. Not quite the "Was last week. | :03:59. | :04:17. | |
That is a great burst through by Watson. Poor defence by the Ospreys, | :04:18. | :04:33. | |
they folded slowly. There is Watson began. | :04:34. | :04:41. | |
Penalised for not releasing. The Ospreys wouldn't want to look too | :04:42. | :04:50. | |
closely at some of these defensive lapses. It was so slow folding to | :04:51. | :05:08. | |
the far side. Sean Kennedy will not be happy. Real dynamic openside, | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
great pace. I am not sure what the wind is doing | :05:14. | :05:31. | |
out there but Sam Davies, who we know... That has certainly flown | :05:32. | :05:42. | |
from Owen Watkins. I thought it would stop dead but maybe just | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
enough movement, with having another look at. They haven't kicked well, | :05:47. | :05:58. | |
they are normally a good kicking side. | :05:59. | :06:09. | |
Sam Davies kicked hits the line, turns it back inside to Dan Evans. | :06:10. | :06:24. | |
Cracknell. Born in Leeds but played in North Wales. Baker. Watkin timing | :06:25. | :06:44. | |
his run well. Very involved, he has carried very well in the three | :06:45. | :06:45. | |
minutes he has been on. They are a bit narrow now, the | :06:46. | :06:59. | |
Ospreys, as King sets it up. Cracknell, yet again. Watkin the | :07:00. | :07:08. | |
dummy runner for Hassler this time. He starts his runs from deep. Builds | :07:09. | :07:22. | |
up of steam on the gain line. Ospreys | :07:23. | :07:23. | |
keeping the ball well. Any patients now. Orange others takes it on. Sam | :07:24. | :07:38. | |
Davies. The ball was dying on him. Looking for anything, really. | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
Engelbrecht was never going to get on the end of it. Great play from | :07:43. | :07:50. | |
the Ospreys, Sam Davies, you don't like to see this. Thinks he has to | :07:51. | :08:01. | |
put a chip kick in. Broke in with a strong carry from Baker from a | :08:02. | :08:12. | |
return kick. You talk about an impact from the bench, five or six | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
carries in the first finish, great impact from the young substitute. | :08:19. | :08:30. | |
21-year-old. Half a dozen games this season, five of them off the bench. | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
Sam Davies gets the first point of the second half and it is just what | :08:36. | :08:37. | |
the Ospreys deserve. The Ospreys will be happy with that, | :08:38. | :08:56. | |
down to 14 men, damage limitation. Poor discipline from Edinburgh. | :08:57. | :09:05. | |
Munster have gone ahead in Glasgow, Glasgow were miles clear at one | :09:06. | :09:13. | |
stage. Fascinating back row for the Champions Cup, so tight. That will | :09:14. | :09:20. | |
be played in Cymmer -- Domenech I am not mistaken -- in Kilmarnock if I | :09:21. | :09:35. | |
not mistaken. Everyone in Wales will be desperately Ospreys to keep this | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
winning run going. The last thing you need is one team in the | :09:40. | :09:45. | |
Champions Cup. It is so tight in the top six. They have to go away to | :09:46. | :09:50. | |
Connacht and Leinster after this. Ulster and Connacht on 45, Leinster | :09:51. | :10:07. | |
and Scarlets on 34. That is the way they were before. | :10:08. | :10:21. | |
Greg Tonks. Very good under pressure. Not happy I don't think, | :10:22. | :10:30. | |
with Ben John's timing. He is really fired up. Bresler stopped in his | :10:31. | :10:38. | |
tracks. A big gap behind there, that was | :10:39. | :10:50. | |
what Dan Evans was aiming for. Burleigh quick to cover because he | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
knew the return kick was coming. He found the space behind. Hassler | :10:57. | :11:05. | |
says, thanks very much. Didn't want that ball to go there. | :11:06. | :11:13. | |
The other change at the same time sees Thomas of Newcastle Emlyn | :11:14. | :11:23. | |
coming on for Nicky Smith. The third game in a row that Thomas | :11:24. | :11:35. | |
has come off the bench. Burleigh, Tonks. Getting | :11:36. | :11:44. | |
increasingly involved. Toolis makes it available. Lydiate | :11:45. | :12:14. | |
with the tackle on Allen. Ospreys not yielding ground, though. | :12:15. | :12:18. | |
Lydiate needs to get his hands off it. Well, the call was there from | :12:19. | :12:28. | |
the referee and whatever the rights and wrongs of Dan Lydiate's timing | :12:29. | :12:35. | |
and positioning, once the rest says hands off there is only one thing | :12:36. | :12:41. | |
you can do. You just have to let them have the ball. Lydiate has come | :12:42. | :12:49. | |
into counter. Unusual for Lydiate. Usually so disciplined. Again, when | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
you are 50 metres out there is no need to give those penalties away. | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
The defence and physicality from the Ospreys were superb for those five | :13:00. | :13:06. | |
to six phases. The referee is getting an absolute ribbing from the | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
crowd! But they haven't got the benefit of hearing what he is | :13:13. | :13:21. | |
saying! He was quite clear. So a completely new front row for the | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
Ospreys, Otten has just signed a new three-year contract and will join | :13:28. | :13:30. | |
Davies and Jarvis. Good initial drive by the Ospreys. | :13:31. | :13:43. | |
Just being a pest, getting, hands on the ball, stops the momentum. | :13:44. | :13:53. | |
Again, the Ospreys defence looking pretty good, and Jarvis getting over | :13:54. | :14:19. | |
the ball and winning penalty. They have really stepped up their | :14:20. | :14:23. | |
physicality in defence. They keep their discipline and are in control | :14:24. | :14:28. | |
in defence. The Edinburgh ball carriers getting a few yards. At | :14:29. | :14:32. | |
that time, Daniel Lydiate not using his arm. The referee blew very | :14:33. | :14:40. | |
quickly, but they were competing from the tight end. Number three, | :14:41. | :14:43. | |
White. Simon Berghan, Christchurch born | :14:44. | :14:55. | |
prop. It is a ruck now. Use it! Very | :14:56. | :15:18. | |
dangerous scrum-half. Must have been a knock-on. | :15:19. | :15:44. | |
JJ Engelbrecht's homes starting debut lasted just over 50 minutes. | :15:45. | :15:53. | |
Josh Matavesi takes over. Brings an extra thing in the kicking game. | :15:54. | :15:59. | |
Engelbrecht has been very quiet tonight, still finding his feet, | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
defensively in the system and attacking wise as well stop white | :16:06. | :16:13. | |
Watkin can play another 12 or 13. Matavesi extra kicker, left footed | :16:14. | :16:14. | |
in midfield. Here is Matavesi with a carry. | :16:15. | :16:25. | |
Straight into Beard. Just a bit too much pace on it. With | :16:26. | :16:44. | |
that spill as well, they will come back for the initial one. Very | :16:45. | :16:55. | |
scrappy. You cannot Reiffel a ball into a front row after he has been | :16:56. | :17:02. | |
scrummaging. You need to delicately pass it to him. | :17:03. | :17:09. | |
As the injuries are seen to, Steely has more company. Andy Nichol, we | :17:10. | :17:17. | |
will have two stop meeting like this! Lou mac I feel like I am due | :17:18. | :17:23. | |
to pay council tax here now! What you think about this? It is a bit | :17:24. | :17:32. | |
scrappy, skidded, wet, but they have come out in the second half, the | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
Osprey, visited a TV and tackles are there. This time of the year it is | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
about winning. It is, when you don't have your best players that is just | :17:44. | :17:46. | |
about winning. For Ospreys, the great when Munster last week, they | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
will want to back it up, likewise for Edinburgh, if you can win away | :17:52. | :17:55. | |
you can move up the league and start to get in there. Have you got over | :17:56. | :18:02. | |
England at the Six Nations? Is he still allowed to be in Wales after | :18:03. | :18:10. | |
this? ! A prediction, please. I think it is all about getting your | :18:11. | :18:14. | |
noses in front which the Ospreys have. They have experienced players | :18:15. | :18:21. | |
out there. Cheers, Andy. Cheers. Injuries piling up for Ireland, we | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
heard. Three out, couple out for the rest of the season. Obviously going | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
to make history with three in a row, Ireland, but they have been hammered | :18:35. | :18:39. | |
with injuries before and during the tournament. Hopefully they can do | :18:40. | :18:45. | |
what the Welsh team did with all the injuries in the World Cup and sneak | :18:46. | :18:50. | |
a win, but you have to see, knowing that a firm favourites are out next | :18:51. | :18:57. | |
week. And Manu Tuilagi back. Yes, he brings a different dynamic. That is | :18:58. | :19:03. | |
if he can play for the next couple of weeks. The call for Eddie Jones | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
to put him in against Wales. He will probably only get two games under | :19:09. | :19:13. | |
his belt before England-Wales in Twickenham, but he is a world-class | :19:14. | :19:17. | |
centre so I am not sure if he is quite ready, if I am honest! The | :19:18. | :19:22. | |
Welsh team due to be announced Monday morning with France to | :19:23. | :19:28. | |
announce their line-up on Wednesday. Full coverage on Friday night and of | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
course, Dragons game here on Scrum V Thursday night as a little | :19:34. | :19:39. | |
appetiser. Sam Davies looking for the half-break, keeping the defence | :19:40. | :19:44. | |
honest as well. Good to see it, it is the first time he has handled | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
that. Keep suing to mind is not to fly out defensively. He has won a | :19:50. | :19:55. | |
penalty as well. We mentioned the left foot of Matavesi earlier. | :19:56. | :20:24. | |
Again, safety first. Making sure of the line-out. Sport Wales to follow | :20:25. | :20:39. | |
here on BBC Two Wales this evening. And then a train journey to Belfast | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
for me for Ulster-Scarlets on Sunday afternoon. | :20:45. | :20:48. | |
Edinburgh continue with the changes. Look back at the whole weekend, look | :20:49. | :21:00. | |
forward to next weekend, 6:20pm on Sunday on Scrum V. Sam Davies chips | :21:01. | :21:04. | |
for the corner again. This time Brown can do nothing but shepherded | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
over, and a line-out five metres out. | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
Yes, much better from the Ospreys, taking control of this game in the | :21:15. | :21:20. | |
second half, first 15 minutes, all the territory, all the possession, | :21:21. | :21:22. | |
totally dominant. Put all the pressure in Edinburgh, | :21:23. | :21:33. | |
key for the Ospreys is to keep their discipline. Not give Edinburgh | :21:34. | :21:39. | |
piggyback out of their 22. It is turning on its head, as if the | :21:40. | :21:45. | |
Ospreys lifted the Ospreys for that moment. A different proposition in | :21:46. | :21:50. | |
the second-half. Yes, very quiet and scrap the October point but they | :21:51. | :21:57. | |
were given a lift. -- scrappy up to that point. The aggression level has | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
gone up several notches. I'd imagine a few half terms at -- harsh words | :22:03. | :22:09. | |
at half-time as well. I think he has a dislocated finger here, which is | :22:10. | :22:20. | |
nice. -- isn't nice. Never mind, says Simon Berghan, I'll carry on | :22:21. | :22:22. | |
anyway. Different mentality about every | :22:23. | :22:35. | |
chase. Every tackle, every follow-up, with the Ospreys in the | :22:36. | :22:37. | |
second period. Then John gone to ground by Jamie | :22:38. | :22:57. | |
Ritchie. Thornton. Other flies Gilchrist, his first game of the | :22:58. | :23:04. | |
season. Matavesi finds Jarvis in midfield. | :23:05. | :23:18. | |
The game has turned completely on its head. This is how Edinburgh were | :23:19. | :23:27. | |
in the opening stages. Going through the phases. Yes, winning the battle | :23:28. | :23:31. | |
of the gain line, the big carriers getting the Ospreys on the front | :23:32. | :23:35. | |
foot. Matavesi bringing a different I mention, not only his kicking game | :23:36. | :23:43. | |
but his distribution as well. -- bringing a different dimensional. | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
Into double figures as far as the phases go, edging forward towards | :23:48. | :23:49. | |
that Edinburgh 22. Oh! Big clank notifies that Hassler | :23:50. | :24:02. | |
is involved in play! Davies back in the pocket! He was | :24:03. | :24:32. | |
lining up the drop goal but as he eyed up the posts he took his eye | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
off the ball. Yes, really good pressure. Putting a few doubts into | :24:39. | :24:46. | |
Davies's mine. Yes, he is looking at taking his eye off the ball. | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
Disappointing end to some good play from the Ospreys. No reward but a | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
lot of pressure. What is happening elsewhere this week and? Five games | :24:57. | :25:03. | |
in the Premiership, the big one, the Gwent derby. | :25:04. | :25:07. | |
For the good field guide this week, league three, they celebrate their | :25:08. | :25:22. | |
120th anniversary. Sad news on Monday, the funeral of the longest | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
ever serving Cardiff player, Tom Holley, who died recently at 99, | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
played for Cardiff before the war and after, but probably better known | :25:33. | :25:38. | |
as the rubber duck man for Cardiff club for years, running on with his | :25:39. | :25:44. | |
black bag for the injured players. Did that for the universities and | :25:45. | :25:51. | |
also touring sides. He was awarded an MBE. Great character for Cardiff | :25:52. | :25:57. | |
rugby and Welsh rugby, Tom Holley, RIP. Real gentleman, such a nice | :25:58. | :26:01. | |
guy. There hasn't been more than a score | :26:02. | :26:26. | |
between the teams at any stage. 13-6 has been the biggest advantage. | :26:27. | :26:31. | |
Edinburgh took the lead three times in the first half, Ospreys have | :26:32. | :26:34. | |
edged ahead for the first time in the second. Good disruption by the | :26:35. | :26:44. | |
Ospreys, but illegal. Yes, a change in the front rows but no change in | :26:45. | :26:49. | |
the dominance from Edinburgh. You can tell by the way they keep the | :26:50. | :26:52. | |
ball in the back of the scrum, they know they are on top. Ospreys were | :26:53. | :26:58. | |
wheeling it from the back five. Brilliantly done by John. That is | :26:59. | :27:19. | |
not forward. You said brilliant, but that definitely went forward. Here | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
is another one for him to deal with, this a bit more comfortable. John | :27:25. | :27:33. | |
had such a good season in the centre last year, some people thought he | :27:34. | :27:37. | |
was knocking on the door of selection for the Welsh squad, the | :27:38. | :27:41. | |
training squads ahead of the World Cup. Didn't make it. Had a couple of | :27:42. | :27:45. | |
games on the wing in the last couple of weeks. | :27:46. | :27:51. | |
Dan Evans fires it back down to Tonks. | :27:52. | :28:02. | |
Leonard did enough, Hassler, that was a bit high from Du Preez. | :28:03. | :28:20. | |
John keeping is eye on it superbly. That was so well done. I on the | :28:21. | :28:32. | |
ball, and he was going to go for it, and he won it. Absolute textbook | :28:33. | :28:39. | |
stuff for any youngsters watching. Oh! Pressure on Brown. | :28:40. | :28:47. | |
He was glad he just got a foot to it. He would have been in big | :28:48. | :28:55. | |
trouble. Brilliant from John, initially the one which went | :28:56. | :28:59. | |
forward, we can't see the end goal but credit for that. For a guy who | :29:00. | :29:03. | |
normally plays in the centre, a fantastic kick. You have to give | :29:04. | :29:08. | |
huge credit to Brendon Leonard. His box kicks have been spot-on, which | :29:09. | :29:13. | |
allows Ben John to do what he does, at standing play from Ben John. King | :29:14. | :29:16. | |
delivers the line. Just manages to scramble it away. | :29:17. | :29:28. | |
There were illegalities along the way. | :29:29. | :29:33. | |
The ball is still in the ruck, you cannot play the ninth. Be very | :29:34. | :29:37. | |
careful. Playing the nine. Burleigh from the side there... He | :29:38. | :30:06. | |
has had him for playing the nine but I think he came from the side there, | :30:07. | :30:08. | |
Burleigh. The game is just turning on its | :30:09. | :30:11. | |
head. The Ospreys have had two thirds of | :30:12. | :30:27. | |
the ball in the second half. They are taking their chances. It is | :30:28. | :30:31. | |
another Sam Davies penalty and they are now six points to the good. | :30:32. | :30:39. | |
Les pinpointed these two kicks. -- let's pinpoint. Edinburgh gave the | :30:40. | :30:47. | |
penalty away. It is important to take the goal kicks as well. Greig | :30:48. | :30:53. | |
Tonks missed two easy ones in the first half. That is the difference | :30:54. | :30:54. | |
at the moment. Again, an excellent kick chase by | :30:55. | :31:25. | |
the Ospreys. The pressure straight on Edinburgh. The bench has brought | :31:26. | :31:32. | |
some energy to the Ospreys. They are getting off the line are putting | :31:33. | :31:34. | |
pressure on the Edinburgh ball-carriers. | :31:35. | :31:56. | |
A great tackle by Olly Cracknell. Stops him dead. | :31:57. | :32:09. | |
There is a real determination about the Ospreys to get their men. It is | :32:10. | :32:18. | |
hard work for Edinburgh but they are making slow progress. | :32:19. | :32:33. | |
Tonks ready to step in as half. Du Preez. | :32:34. | :32:48. | |
They have kept them quieter night, Du Preez, he is usually influential | :32:49. | :32:55. | |
with ball in hand. This is a better build-up by Edinburgh. Hidalgo-Clyne | :32:56. | :33:02. | |
is a good player. Released eyes Scotland for this game. James King | :33:03. | :33:10. | |
gets across to put him out of play. He is a real dynamo, Hamish Watson. | :33:11. | :33:21. | |
Grades covered by James King. He is a fantastic athlete. There's a lot | :33:22. | :33:24. | |
of unseen work. A great cover tackle. | :33:25. | :33:32. | |
Hidalgo-Clyne is a very good player. He has a very good, sharp pass. I | :33:33. | :33:45. | |
think he is top drawer and I'm surprised he hasn't had more of a | :33:46. | :33:50. | |
run. He doesn't run the game as good as Greig Laidlaw does. But he is | :33:51. | :33:57. | |
such a threat at the fringes. He is a Scottish international of the | :33:58. | :34:04. | |
future, definitely. First choice Scottish scrum-half in the very near | :34:05. | :34:05. | |
future. There is a card coming here. He | :34:06. | :34:23. | |
warned them under their own sticks. I clearly warned you about that. You | :34:24. | :34:28. | |
are clearly off your feet and then played the ball. | :34:29. | :34:33. | |
He can shake his head all he wants, clock ring. Marius Mitrea warned | :34:34. | :34:36. | |
them and he has flown off his feet. Just in the background. In he goes. | :34:37. | :34:56. | |
It is a clear penalty. The referee has clearly giving them the warning. | :34:57. | :34:59. | |
He is the captain and he should know better. Now he has put his team in | :35:00. | :35:05. | |
real strife. It is the offence of taking the | :35:06. | :35:10. | |
ground pass the ball a lot of players feel they can get away with | :35:11. | :35:18. | |
it. Good refereeing from Marius Mitrea. | :35:19. | :35:41. | |
Boots flying everywhere. The good take by Baker. -- that is a lovely, | :35:42. | :35:56. | |
lovely kick. Just what the Ospreys wanted. | :35:57. | :36:01. | |
The half-backs have controlled the second half. Kick much better, but | :36:02. | :36:08. | |
the Ospreys on the front foot. Coffin 's corner as we used to call | :36:09. | :36:14. | |
it! It is a real blow for Edinburgh. You have lost your hooker as well. | :36:15. | :36:19. | |
You will have to have the props through in. Great opportunity to put | :36:20. | :36:23. | |
pressure on the Edinburgh Linux, five metres out. | :36:24. | :36:26. | |
They are not quite sure what to do because they haven't got a occur. | :36:27. | :36:33. | |
They have realised somebody has to throw the ball in! Applause for | :36:34. | :36:39. | |
Brendon Leonard as he departs and another youngster who has signed a | :36:40. | :36:46. | |
three-year extension to his contract, Tom Habberfield, takes his | :36:47. | :36:56. | |
place. Couple of turnovers. The scrum-half to throw in. | :36:57. | :37:06. | |
I would get a winger to throw it in one-handed. Not straight. That is | :37:07. | :37:17. | |
smart, smart play from Sam Davies. Lost the hooker. He has put his team | :37:18. | :37:25. | |
and all sorts of problems by going into the bin. A great opportunity | :37:26. | :37:28. | |
for the Ospreys to go for the jugular. | :37:29. | :37:31. | |
A lot of time a team would have taken the winger off especially in a | :37:32. | :37:37. | |
game that isn't flowing rugby. You need ten minutes. We haven't got | :37:38. | :37:40. | |
a hooker. I don't think Tom Browne has seen | :37:41. | :37:51. | |
the ball in hand is all game. Now they are taking off Hamish | :37:52. | :37:54. | |
Watson who has been one of the most industrious players on the park. It | :37:55. | :38:02. | |
beggars belief. In the contest of Billy, they got to think of the | :38:03. | :38:05. | |
Ospreys can stop Edinburgh ghetto losing bonus point, in the context | :38:06. | :38:11. | |
of the top six that is going to be a massive result. They have got to | :38:12. | :38:16. | |
have a steady scrum because that is one area where they have been second | :38:17. | :38:20. | |
best, the Ospreys. I know George Turner is a former backroom player, | :38:21. | :38:23. | |
I can't believe they have taken Hamish Watson. -- back row player. | :38:24. | :38:30. | |
Can the Ospreys put it to bed as we approach the final ten minutes? They | :38:31. | :38:45. | |
have to build up again. A try, a converted try here would surely be | :38:46. | :38:53. | |
enough. It's a Leyte the 6-point lead the Ospreys have already. | :38:54. | :39:22. | |
A long advantage being played for the offside and that is what they | :39:23. | :39:27. | |
will eventually go back to. The Ospreys can't can jazz up a winning | :39:28. | :39:33. | |
try. It will have to do is buy kicks. | :39:34. | :39:43. | |
-- they will have to do it by kicks. I think it is the right call. You | :39:44. | :39:52. | |
can just see he flashes back. Edinburgh have been penalised for | :39:53. | :39:55. | |
five times a it is three successful penalties in | :39:56. | :40:30. | |
the second half for Sam Davies and that will be just enough to secure | :40:31. | :40:34. | |
another important win for the Ospreys. | :40:35. | :40:39. | |
If you can see Sam Davies here. Hidalgo-Clyne is coming across. They | :40:40. | :40:45. | |
won't mind too much. They will take the three points. 9-point lead. They | :40:46. | :40:53. | |
have dominated the second half. It is a two score game now with only | :40:54. | :40:57. | |
nine minutes remaining. A good take by Greg Tonks. Greig | :40:58. | :41:17. | |
Tonks. The Ospreys need to show the level of intensity so they don't put | :41:18. | :41:22. | |
themselves under pressure in the closing stages. Ball in hand and | :41:23. | :41:28. | |
defensively, they have gone up in energy levels. The intensity has | :41:29. | :41:31. | |
been better in the second half by the Ospreys. | :41:32. | :41:40. | |
He stole that, Haberfield, and then got it stolen from him. | :41:41. | :41:48. | |
The pressure is on Hidalgo-Clyne. Get it away to George Turner and a | :41:49. | :41:55. | |
mistake is forced. Defence wins for the Ospreys. | :41:56. | :42:01. | |
James King has done a lot of hard graft tonight. Dan Lydiate was | :42:02. | :42:07. | |
involved as well. You can see the intensity around that gain line. | :42:08. | :42:32. | |
It is Gareth Davies who is down at the moment. Rynier Bernardo is | :42:33. | :42:46. | |
coming on. Dan Lydiate, just over an hour, 72 minutes including an | :42:47. | :42:52. | |
extended ten minutes break. I think he will be very happy with | :42:53. | :42:59. | |
that. He worked hard. He hasn't had a lot of rugby this year. It'll be | :43:00. | :43:03. | |
interesting to see what the selection will be next Monday. | :43:04. | :43:35. | |
Time is ebbing away for Edinburgh. 21-21 was their margin of defeat at | :43:36. | :43:47. | |
Parc y Scarlets last Friday. At the moment they have nothing to show for | :43:48. | :43:52. | |
their journey south, not even a losing bonus point. Even the scrums | :43:53. | :44:02. | |
are going the Ospreys way. Sometimes, all the momentum falls | :44:03. | :44:07. | |
your way. Edinburgh will be kicking themselves in the first half, they | :44:08. | :44:10. | |
should have been further in the lead. But it was 13 all. Did be | :44:11. | :44:18. | |
fair, the Ospreys have dominated the second half. Sam Davies is kicked | :44:19. | :44:24. | |
better, put the Ospreys in some great positions. I think they are | :44:25. | :44:31. | |
happy those too, believe it or not. There is a mixture of happiness | :44:32. | :44:39. | |
Andrew Leafa, I think. -- and the relief, I think. | :44:40. | :44:55. | |
The Ospreys have spent long, long periods in Edinburgh's half in the | :44:56. | :44:59. | |
second period. Sam Davies. Advantage for Edinburgh | :45:00. | :45:08. | |
with ball in hand. Ben John on the charge. Little | :45:09. | :45:55. | |
Edinburgh could do except admit they have two concede the line-out. | :45:56. | :46:04. | |
Glasgow, a late try has put them back ahead against Munster. Glasgow | :46:05. | :46:20. | |
on the Ospreys tales. Munster just ahead of the Ospreys before this | :46:21. | :46:23. | |
evening. They could well be overtaken. | :46:24. | :46:30. | |
That is Hamish Watson, waiting permission to come back on. Aaron | :46:31. | :46:39. | |
Jarvis flaps back the overthrow and Ben John looks for a way through. | :46:40. | :46:47. | |
The Ospreys are looking to drive there advantage home. Sam Davies | :46:48. | :46:53. | |
tries to ghost his way through. Just brought down. Tom Habberfield has a | :46:54. | :46:57. | |
go as well. Scott Otten drives the tackle and | :46:58. | :47:14. | |
get the try that makes Victor the absolutely safe for the Ospreys in a | :47:15. | :47:19. | |
vastly improved second-half performance. | :47:20. | :47:22. | |
Yes, brilliance from the Ospreys. Turning the screw. Scott Otten it | :47:23. | :47:28. | |
amazes what the Ospreys Ben Shephard done in the second half, they have | :47:29. | :47:31. | |
had a huge impact. Cracknell carried hard. Aled Thomas whether he is. | :47:32. | :47:45. | |
That is put defence by Edinburgh. -- Paul. Cracknell carrying in and | :47:46. | :47:50. | |
keeps a low body position. Did is under the first tackler. Then in the | :47:51. | :47:56. | |
corner. Really well deserved for Scott Otten. | :47:57. | :48:06. | |
Edinburgh persist with the changes but it is academic now because they | :48:07. | :48:13. | |
are going to fall to a third straight defeat after three wins in | :48:14. | :48:17. | |
aero, it is three defeats for Edinburgh. Ospreys stays on winning | :48:18. | :48:25. | |
ways. Not quite by Sam Davies. It didn't matter because the wing is in | :48:26. | :48:31. | |
the bag. At the end of it, who is getting your man of the match? | :48:32. | :48:35. | |
The really difficult one. Ben John has been fantastic. Half-backs have | :48:36. | :48:45. | |
done very well, Leonard and Sam Davies is that I was going to give | :48:46. | :48:50. | |
it to track down. But for me, Dan Baker, who did the first 18, 18 | :48:51. | :48:57. | |
carries, 80 metres. He put in the hard graft. There he was protecting | :48:58. | :49:04. | |
that possession. That allowed Sam Davies to kick away. Can I change my | :49:05. | :49:12. | |
mind and give it to Olly Cracknell? ! He has had some 40 minutes has | :49:13. | :49:22. | |
Olly Cracknell. The English will be looking for him | :49:23. | :49:31. | |
as well! And the Hill, Cracknell. They will be a reading party coming | :49:32. | :49:42. | |
over the border! I'm sure our GC will be claiming their own swiftly | :49:43. | :49:43. | |
enough. Edinburgh have a penalty. They won't | :49:44. | :49:57. | |
want Edinburgh to score a try each year. They don't let Edinburgh to | :49:58. | :50:03. | |
come away with that bonus point. In the grand scheme of the top six. | :50:04. | :50:08. | |
Edinburgh and Ospreys at two of the teams going for that top six. I | :50:09. | :50:14. | |
don't think anybody has had the outstanding game. It has been a real | :50:15. | :50:19. | |
team effort. But he has really worked hard. He has put the Ospreys | :50:20. | :50:23. | |
on the front foot. Well, one last effort from Edinburgh | :50:24. | :50:44. | |
to see they can salvage even losing bonus point. A needy converted to to | :50:45. | :50:48. | |
do so. Boston has another look forward. They are gravitating | :50:49. | :50:54. | |
slightly towards the touchline. They need to get as close as possible to | :50:55. | :51:00. | |
the posts. They need to get over the try line first of course. It is over | :51:01. | :51:11. | |
the touchline. Nothing untoward in it. The Ospreys have done their job | :51:12. | :51:16. | |
was done they have won again. It is a bit of a Jekyll Hyde performance | :51:17. | :51:21. | |
from the Ospreys. They struggled for long periods in the first-half but | :51:22. | :51:25. | |
somehow they have found themselves are muddled firms at the interval | :51:26. | :51:29. | |
and then it was a different Ospreys that came out in the second half. So | :51:30. | :51:36. | |
much more aggression, determination about all of their game. The bench | :51:37. | :51:43. | |
all played their part and it is a fine team performance. They | :51:44. | :51:46. | |
dominated throughout, they kept the clean sheet in the second half and | :51:47. | :51:50. | |
with the boot of Sam Davies and the try of Scott Otten to go with the | :51:51. | :51:57. | |
one by Underhill at the first-half, victory was assured. Edinburgh, for | :51:58. | :52:00. | |
the second time running, have come down to south Wales and gone away | :52:01. | :52:06. | |
with a defeat. They have got a losing bonus point of the Scarlets | :52:07. | :52:09. | |
last week but have come away empty-handed this week. The Ospreys | :52:10. | :52:13. | |
keep their climb up the team. They have beaten Edinburgh 27-13. Phil | :52:14. | :52:21. | |
Steele is with a man of the match. You are a man of the match. What was | :52:22. | :52:25. | |
the difference between that second-half performance at the first | :52:26. | :52:30. | |
We wanted to come out and play with tempo. | :52:31. | :52:32. | |
That didn't happen. The coaches had a bit of a go at us. It is all about | :52:33. | :52:43. | |
winning now? We have got to win every game. Take it as it comes. How | :52:44. | :52:49. | |
difficult weather conditions? It is a bit greasy. But it happens. It was | :52:50. | :52:58. | |
a fair old scrum by Edinburgh. We knew they were going to come towards | :52:59. | :53:03. | |
the scrum, the whole pack. Two of the second half we stood up and I | :53:04. | :53:08. | |
think we did pretty well. Winning ugly is still a win. Well done. | :53:09. | :53:15. | |
Congratulations to him. Edinburgh came to West Wales and for the | :53:16. | :53:20. | |
second week running has gone home with nothing. We have the initiative | :53:21. | :53:24. | |
of the first hour. The loosehead prop going over for a try. That Sam | :53:25. | :53:30. | |
Davies chip and Ben John gather lead to Sam Underhill's riposte. In the | :53:31. | :53:34. | |
second half it was all Ospreys and stop 14- nil in the second half of | :53:35. | :53:42. | |
them. The icing on the kick by Scott Otten. It was the handsome victory. | :53:43. | :53:50. | |
Edinburgh had to make a lot more tackles in the second are. They | :53:51. | :53:56. | |
missed a few of them. The Ospreys so more determined in the second hour. | :53:57. | :54:05. | |
Dan Biggar puts a big shift in. Let's have a look at the table. That | :54:06. | :54:14. | |
has taken the Ospreys up to sixth place for the first time this | :54:15. | :54:18. | |
season. They are now in contention for European qualification. They are | :54:19. | :54:21. | |
behind Edinburgh in terms of points difference will stop Munster against | :54:22. | :54:29. | |
Glasgow is still going on. If Glasgow income Ospreys will remain | :54:30. | :54:33. | |
in sixth place. Jonathan Thomas, it really was a game of two halves. The | :54:34. | :54:40. | |
Ospreys came out in the second half with more intent. | :54:41. | :54:47. | |
I think it was all the Ben John catch and the Underhill try. It gave | :54:48. | :54:52. | |
them a massive boost of confidence. They came out a different team. Led | :54:53. | :54:57. | |
by the back row. Dan Baker was outstanding. I think the big thing | :54:58. | :55:05. | |
was, it was all about winning. If it was winning ugly, so be it. | :55:06. | :55:15. | |
Congratulations to them. What was it then? Was it as Steve Tandy special | :55:16. | :55:19. | |
team talk that changed the fortunes around. He must have done a good job | :55:20. | :55:23. | |
in there because they went very bad eggs in the second hour. Similar to | :55:24. | :55:29. | |
last week against Munster. They just needed a win. I'm going to credit a | :55:30. | :55:35. | |
lot of the pressure for the running from the bench. The captain was ill | :55:36. | :55:41. | |
disciplined. He has been told to let go and he doesn't. It manifested | :55:42. | :55:48. | |
itself year. The referee has had enough and it is a yellow card. | :55:49. | :55:52. | |
Credit Sam Davies. He recognises this. This is a good kick against | :55:53. | :56:00. | |
the grain. There was no hooker. Hidalgo-Clyne threw it in, not | :56:01. | :56:04. | |
straight, then the pressure built. They took their chances. It is a | :56:05. | :56:09. | |
penalty as a result of the pressure and they kept going, knocking on the | :56:10. | :56:17. | |
door. The bands come up with rotten to the fore capped off a great | :56:18. | :56:20. | |
second half. One man who will be very pleased | :56:21. | :56:23. | |
with the captain for the night, Brendon Leonard will stop he is with | :56:24. | :56:30. | |
Phil. You will as good as you work half-time. It is 40 minutes to get | :56:31. | :56:36. | |
into the game. But we need to learn those lessons. It is a very good | :56:37. | :56:40. | |
second half. What is a team talk of a Captain's tactics? And would love | :56:41. | :56:46. | |
to say it was my tactics. It was about our energy and movement. We | :56:47. | :56:52. | |
showed what we could do. Denying Edinburgh a bonus point. It is | :56:53. | :57:00. | |
important. But it was for us to get a win. What you did out in Ireland | :57:01. | :57:12. | |
last Sunday, but showed today. It took as well to get into the game. | :57:13. | :57:21. | |
Ideally, we would like to start like that but it got a lot more | :57:22. | :57:25. | |
confidence and stop congratulations the brand and -- to Brendon Leonard. | :57:26. | :57:35. | |
Ben John, had a good acclaim as any to be man of the match. | :57:36. | :57:41. | |
He is normally a centre. We said Ospreys practice kick and receive in | :57:42. | :57:47. | |
training. He is renowned for his tackling as he should be. Games like | :57:48. | :57:53. | |
this, tight games turn on big moments. He has been outstanding in | :57:54. | :57:57. | |
the air. This is outstanding work. We see Dan Biggar doing it a lot. | :57:58. | :58:01. | |
This is the turning point of the matter. The game is, tight games | :58:02. | :58:08. | |
turn on big moments like this. 13 all at half-time. That is where the | :58:09. | :58:13. | |
game turns up as you say, it is something the Ospreys have become | :58:14. | :58:18. | |
renowned for. It is such an important tactic in | :58:19. | :58:23. | |
the modern game. Modern defence is so tight you have | :58:24. | :58:25. | |
to look at every tackling opportunity you can. We saw the All | :58:26. | :58:33. | |
Blacks last time, they played high kicks. It is definitely an area of | :58:34. | :58:39. | |
the game people work on a lot more, teams work on a lot more. The | :58:40. | :58:47. | |
Ospreys work on it. Every player is becoming skilled in that area. | :58:48. | :58:51. | |
There will be a few subplots across this weekend because as Wales France | :58:52. | :58:58. | |
a week tonight and a lot of players will be looking at their shirts. We | :58:59. | :59:02. | |
have been looking at Dan Lydiate. He went off with a yellow card the two | :59:03. | :59:05. | |
that the camera on him in the second half. But itself in his shoes now | :59:06. | :59:09. | |
come he has lost his place to Justin Tipuric or Sam Warburton. What | :59:10. | :59:15. | |
sleepy feeling going home tonight? Has he done enough to dissuade | :59:16. | :59:20. | |
Warren Gatland he is ready to start? Either be frustrated. His intent was | :59:21. | :59:27. | |
huge, his workrate was huge. It is as if he was trying too hard. | :59:28. | :59:32. | |
Sometimes you can make some mistakes. He will be disappointed | :59:33. | :59:37. | |
tonight. Let us be harsh on him. He hasn't played against his New Year's | :59:38. | :59:41. | |
Day. If he would come out and had the storm tonight I think he is in | :59:42. | :59:46. | |
the discussion to start next week. But who knows what Warren Gatland is | :59:47. | :59:50. | |
thinking. Based on tonight 's's of form as he looks rusty and needs | :59:51. | :59:55. | |
more game time. What do you think Warren Gatland | :59:56. | :00:00. | |
will do them for that French game? I'm not Warren Gatland! What a nice | :00:01. | :00:07. | |
problem to have, for international quality players to choose from in | :00:08. | :00:14. | |
the back row. For Lions. In terms of Justin Tipuric, we have talked so | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
much about him at the last two years about what a quality player he is, I | :00:18. | :00:20. | |
would like him running in the jersey. That is all this debate | :00:21. | :00:25. | |
about who plays, I would like to see Dan Lydiate, what the turn and | :00:26. | :00:32. | |
Faletau have had chance to grow into the jersey, I would like Dan Lydiate | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
to grow into the shirt. I don't think Tipuric has played enough | :00:39. | :00:42. | |
regularly. I would like to see him play next week. Lydiate is a quality | :00:43. | :00:48. | |
player if he gets enough rugby he will be in contention for the | :00:49. | :00:52. | |
England game. Wales haven't lost to France in four years. Will Wales | :00:53. | :00:55. | |
wing? I expect Wales to win. I can't see | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
the French winning to stop the only thing that links the French | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
dangerous is the fact they have won two games. That is a dangerous | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
animal, that breeds confidence and stop the French of the confidence | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
coming into Cardiff stop thanks to you for watching at overstock it is | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
congratulations to the Ospreys. They have beaten Edinburgh here. We will | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
see you Sunday. | :01:22. | :01:23. |