:00:15. > :00:19.Good evening and welcome to Scrum V. There has been breaking news over
:00:20. > :00:25.the weekend. Gavin Henson has been suspended by the Blues after
:00:25. > :00:29.admitting drinking and behaving inappropriately on their flight
:00:29. > :00:39.back from Glasgow. But we start with matters on the pitch and the
:00:39. > :00:40.
:00:40. > :00:45.action at the Liberty Stadium. Treviso came to the 19th Fred try
:00:45. > :00:55.told the slide that has seen them lose the last Six. -- the Liberty
:00:55. > :00:55.
:00:55. > :01:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:01:40. > :01:50.kick taken by a Dan Biggar and it Beck! Dan Biggar got there first
:01:50. > :02:08.
:02:08. > :02:18.and from then on it was only one James is over the try-line but has
:02:18. > :02:28.it got Bob ball to ground? It is one for the video referee. They do
:02:28. > :02:52.
:02:52. > :03:02.unexpected attacking chance for the great score for Ashley Beck. Again,
:03:02. > :03:29.
:03:29. > :03:32.Dan Biggar instrumental in winning that is an excellent try for
:03:32. > :03:42.Treviso, started in their own territory and finish by Ludovico
:03:42. > :03:55.
:03:55. > :04:05.deliberate. And it is a yellow card. 10 minutes in the bin for Tommaso
:04:05. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:20.the scrum. And Joe Bearman gets the try! That is the first winning
:04:20. > :04:42.
:04:43. > :04:52.bonus point of the season for the a try! That is the Ospreys at their
:04:53. > :04:56.
:04:57. > :05:02.a beautifully struck, that is five from five. He has had a great game
:05:02. > :05:08.and so have the Ospreys. It was great. The application of what
:05:08. > :05:12.we're trying to do was evident in parts of the game. It got a bit
:05:12. > :05:21.nervous at 27-10, but the application in defence was
:05:21. > :05:27.outstanding. It was good to see us Another fantastic win for the
:05:27. > :05:32.Ospreys. It was done with a bit of swagger. It was. They look like a
:05:32. > :05:38.team full of confidence. Momentum from last week came into this game
:05:38. > :05:42.and bodes well for the season. They are playing some great rugby. There
:05:42. > :05:47.is freedom of expression in the way every player performed yesterday.
:05:47. > :05:55.It looked as if they wanted to play open, attractive rugby. They got
:05:55. > :06:02.the result that they deserved. There has been a marked change in
:06:02. > :06:05.style. It was a difficult task to take on with the express is that he
:06:05. > :06:10.had at a region that has been struggling but you can see the
:06:10. > :06:14.change that they are trying to put into place. The Ospreys were
:06:14. > :06:17.coached so thoroughly for face-to- face and there tried to move that a
:06:17. > :06:27.little bit. But some of the problems are still there when they
:06:27. > :06:30.
:06:30. > :06:33.try to get into the middle of the pitch. When you put two into wind
:06:33. > :06:38.the first take out, it leaves six forwards to come around the corner,
:06:38. > :06:42.like Wales would do. They have done the first phase and the second
:06:42. > :06:47.phase but this is where they start to lose shape. Half the pack are
:06:47. > :06:51.going to come around the corner, just like Wales, but the backs will
:06:51. > :06:56.go in the other direction and Treviso do not chase the ball very
:06:56. > :07:01.well so when you go back they are waiting for you. In the next phase
:07:01. > :07:05.of play, all of the forwards for Ospreys are out of the game. Now
:07:05. > :07:12.you need to strike a new forwards come into the game, but they are
:07:12. > :07:18.too far away and were not anticipating where they were going.
:07:18. > :07:22.The momentum that you did have there is gone. But this is where
:07:22. > :07:26.they have been impressive. They know that in that position it is
:07:26. > :07:33.probably best to kick. Put the All in the air and chase and it was a
:07:33. > :07:41.good catch. This is almost the first phase of the game. It is
:07:41. > :07:50.turnover ball so they're going to have a go from deep. Look who goes
:07:50. > :07:54.into that contact. You have Bishop on the floor. Dan Biggar is in. For
:07:54. > :07:58.Mike three-quarters are now on the floor, out of the game. You have
:07:59. > :08:05.gone to one touchline so the only place you can go is back infield
:08:05. > :08:10.and the opposition are waiting. You need to recycle and get it back in
:08:10. > :08:16.possession. Poor passes again. If it was a good blitz defence, they
:08:16. > :08:21.would be in trouble, but Treviso do not do that. You are thinking they
:08:21. > :08:26.are in here, there go the same way, in the same direction, and then you
:08:26. > :08:36.start seeing that they lose momentum. Paul still here. Again,
:08:36. > :08:40.they have gone to one touchline so they have to come back inside.
:08:40. > :08:46.Ospreys do a couple of good phases and then they start to lose shape.
:08:46. > :08:53.That has been their story for last few seasons. But the coaches know
:08:53. > :08:59.The they are keen to say that if we keep going well, we will keep going,
:08:59. > :09:03.otherwise we will kick. Throughout the season, they have carried the
:09:03. > :09:10.ball well, and they have had possession but 50% of the time that
:09:10. > :09:15.has ended with a turnover. Against Leicester it was 30% and against
:09:16. > :09:25.Treviso it was 24%, so you can see the improvement coming. Top Stott
:09:26. > :09:26.
:09:26. > :09:32.as usual, thanks very much. We have heard that the Munster job becomes
:09:32. > :09:38.vacant next season. It would be a good move for drawn Polly. It would
:09:38. > :09:43.be. Good if the quality of the rugby they have shown, the support
:09:43. > :09:53.play have had and the success in Europe. It is a fantastic place to
:09:53. > :09:58.go and I am sure he should go with what the opportunity. Munster took
:09:58. > :10:03.on Leinster yesterday in a top-of- the-table clash. It ended up being
:10:03. > :10:08.a battle of the boot. It was eventually sealed with this drop
:10:08. > :10:16.goal in the 75th minute. It meant that the Ospreys moves up into
:10:16. > :10:21.second. The career of Gavin Henson has had many twists and turns and
:10:21. > :10:25.the latest is that he has been suspended by the Blues. It is the
:10:25. > :10:30.latest in a long line of incidents for a player who has not avoided
:10:30. > :10:34.controversy very much. In the not-too-distant past, Gavin
:10:34. > :10:40.Henson was the darling of Wells wrote Brive. His exploits during
:10:40. > :10:45.the Grand Slam of 2005 made him a national hero. But he began
:10:45. > :10:49.appearing in the headlines for the wrong reasons. In 2009, after Wales
:10:50. > :10:55.beat England in the Six Nations, he was cautioned by police following
:10:55. > :10:58.an alleged assault in a Cardiff pub. His rugby became a sideshow as he
:10:59. > :11:06.did come 18 month sabbatical, appearing in a number of reality TV
:11:06. > :11:11.shows. His attempts to resurrect his career stuttered. During his
:11:11. > :11:16.time in Toulon he was suspended after an alleged nightclub brawl
:11:16. > :11:20.with another of his team mates. In recent months he was thrown a
:11:20. > :11:26.short-term contract with the Blues and a place in the Six Nations
:11:26. > :11:30.squad. But, after this latest twist, his chances of rugby redemption
:11:30. > :11:34.seemed increasingly remote. Gavin Henson has issued a statement
:11:34. > :11:37.today in which he says he apologises for drinking and
:11:37. > :11:42.behaving inappropriately on that flight from Glasgow to Cardiff and
:11:42. > :11:45.he admits he is truly embarrassed. I have lost count of the number of
:11:45. > :11:51.times we have discussed his career and the number of times he has
:11:51. > :11:56.tried to rekindle it. Do you think he has blown it? I think he may
:11:56. > :12:03.well have. It is clear that he cannot handle alcohol. He becomes a
:12:03. > :12:06.different person. Everyone has tried to give him an opportunity. I
:12:06. > :12:13.think it maybe that he cannot handle being a fringe player,
:12:13. > :12:17.whether he has the climate for the game any longer. He realises, it is
:12:17. > :12:22.the end of the season, everybody is looking for control, you should do
:12:22. > :12:26.everything that you can. I do not know with the appetite is there any
:12:26. > :12:36.more and he will sign this player who is 30 and has not played well
:12:36. > :12:42.for four years? He is toxic now, who will go near him? Very much so.
:12:42. > :12:47.The fact that he has been to Toulon and Saracens and lasted two games.
:12:47. > :12:54.He went away from their and again it is the baggage. I genuinely do
:12:54. > :13:00.have some concerns in terms of does he have the desire. I have not seen
:13:00. > :13:04.it in his performances. Has he got the desire to push himself to
:13:04. > :13:09.become the player everyone thinks he is capable of? I have not seem
:13:09. > :13:15.that. The fact that they have suspended him with immediate effect,
:13:15. > :13:19.I think it is just a case of ratifying the decision to release
:13:20. > :13:25.him from his contract tomorrow. I cannot see anyone else coming in
:13:25. > :13:30.and wanting to have Gavin Henson on their books. The Blues have acted
:13:30. > :13:35.decisively. Would you think the decision will be? We will wait to
:13:35. > :13:43.see but I will be amazed if he is a player for blind Polly next year.
:13:43. > :13:49.He might see out his contract but you cannot see him being a player
:13:49. > :13:54.for them. When you think about the Gavin Henson career, two Grand
:13:54. > :14:00.Slams and a British Lion, and yet we still feel a cute sense of
:14:00. > :14:05.potential been wasted. For only a few periods in his career has it
:14:05. > :14:09.been a quality player that everyone knows he can be. Back to matters on
:14:09. > :14:15.the pitch and the Dragons and the Blues were in action on Friday
:14:15. > :14:25.night. Gavin Henson made a cameo appearance for the Blues against
:14:25. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:47.Glasgow and it was a game that they Wilson and lost it on that try-line.
:14:47. > :14:56.
:14:56. > :15:06.Did he get it to ground? The try is awarded. Glasgow take the lead. The
:15:06. > :15:06.
:15:06. > :15:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:15:58. > :16:08.Blues camp on the try-line. -- Glasgow have their Bonner's point.
:16:08. > :16:08.
:16:08. > :16:14.They have solidified their position It was pretty embarrassing from the
:16:14. > :16:24.set piece. You cannot blame anybody else. If you do not win the ball in
:16:24. > :16:30.
:16:30. > :16:40.that area, you will not create fraternity in the middle in the
:16:40. > :16:42.
:16:42. > :16:52.full force. Swift passing. Vainikolo! It is at try for the
:16:52. > :17:14.
:17:14. > :17:24.the winger! Is there going to be some form of consolation for the
:17:24. > :17:27.
:17:27. > :17:34.Dragons? Toby Faletau! They demonstrated the physicality that
:17:34. > :17:44.we normally do in games. I don't think we can have a any complaint.
:17:44. > :17:44.
:17:44. > :17:52.If you are dominated physically, A disappointing home win for the
:17:52. > :17:58.Dragons? Yes. Mathematically they could do it. 12 points behind the
:17:58. > :18:02.Blues, that is a lot to make up. I'm not sure if the Blues are
:18:02. > :18:12.capable of getting a lot out of the rest of the season. I cannot see
:18:12. > :18:12.
:18:12. > :18:20.the Dragons or all them. overhaul them. The coach said the
:18:20. > :18:26.Blues defence was embarrassing. You go along with that? They were awful
:18:26. > :18:32.in Glasgow. Embarrassing. If you read the body language, it tells me
:18:32. > :18:35.that some of them don't want to be there. Probably the coaches are
:18:35. > :18:42.guilty of giving too much responsibility to senior players at
:18:42. > :18:46.the start of the season. They had a lot of influence over how the game
:18:46. > :18:56.is played. That is fine when you're winning, but when you're losing,
:18:56. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:01.where do you go Ben? US stock. -- you at stock. Whereas the club
:19:01. > :19:10.going? It is a long end to the season for them if they keep going
:19:11. > :19:15.like that. Some reports today saying that Cuthbert is a target
:19:15. > :19:21.for another team. I can see him going. Financially it will be a
:19:21. > :19:23.better offer than anything the Blues can put together. Going back
:19:23. > :19:28.to the quality of their performances of late, you have got
:19:28. > :19:35.people who did not want to be there. Alex Scott Berg is a good example
:19:35. > :19:44.of somebody who got better as the Six -- Six Nations Waghorn. -- Alex
:19:44. > :19:50.Cuthbert. He looks have Mac the player with the blues. -- he looks
:19:50. > :19:53.have the player. They need to get rid of players they do not want.
:19:53. > :20:02.Ultimately they have got some big games coming up. They need to start
:20:02. > :20:08.performing. Cuthbert and Gething are leaving, players down the road
:20:08. > :20:14.in Llanelli first aim for a less money but they feel the club is
:20:14. > :20:20.going somewhere. Still ahead, blues and Wales fullback Leigh Halfpenny
:20:20. > :20:24.Totts Heineken Cup and reveals an unlikely childhood hero. When I was
:20:24. > :20:30.growing up and I started taking kick in seriously, Jonny Wilkinson
:20:30. > :20:37.was the best kicker in the world at the time. I remember warming up
:20:37. > :20:42.either end from him and I was conscious of them. He probably
:20:42. > :20:47.would have seen me and thought, that is my technique. He is
:20:47. > :20:57.stealing my technique! Back to the Pro12. The Scarlets went to
:20:57. > :20:59.
:20:59. > :21:09.seven straight league defeat. The Scarlets on the fringes of the
:21:09. > :21:26.
:21:26. > :21:36.Denton made such an impact in the Six Nations. Now he has had such an
:21:36. > :21:52.
:21:52. > :22:02.conceding the penalty. Insult added to injury. Priest land to bring the
:22:02. > :22:09.
:22:09. > :22:16.Scarlets back within striking range. the referee. It looks as though he
:22:16. > :22:23.is going to his pocket. Deacon Manu is the last man up. A string of
:22:23. > :22:33.infringements by the Scarlets. Deacon Manu pays the penalty. The
:22:33. > :22:40.
:22:40. > :22:48.Matthew Rees could be in trouble. It is a second yellow card in a few
:22:48. > :22:52.minutes. The Scarlets down to 13. Edinburgh looking to cash in on the
:22:52. > :23:02.stroke of half-time. The Scarlets two men down. It was almost
:23:02. > :23:17.
:23:17. > :23:27.inevitable. At penalty try. The He is on fire at the moment. Two
:23:27. > :23:37.
:23:37. > :23:44.tries last week. A great Finnish the final quarter. Stephen Jones
:23:44. > :23:54.with the chance to cut the gap once more. He has put it wide.
:23:54. > :24:14.
:24:14. > :24:20.Davies has got it down! The Scarlets should be back level.
:24:20. > :24:30.Tremendous finish by babies. Jones slot over the conversion. It is
:24:30. > :24:41.
:24:41. > :24:46.penalty. Peter fits given will bring them back across field and a
:24:46. > :24:53.chance for Edinburgh to retake the lead. -- Peter fits given. Laidlaw
:24:53. > :24:57.put it over. The Scarlets ahead again. Ultimately you get what you
:24:57. > :25:04.deserve. We were very poor and the first half. We did not turn the up.
:25:04. > :25:07.We were in disciplined. -- is a disciplined. We showed great
:25:07. > :25:15.character in the second half, came back well, played some great rugby.
:25:15. > :25:25.We should a won the game. The first half performance left a lot for us
:25:25. > :25:35.to do. The Scarlets did pick up Ali's in bonus point. Ulster beat
:25:35. > :25:37.
:25:37. > :25:42.Aironi on Friday night. The Ospreys Again, more honesty from Nigel
:25:42. > :25:46.Davies. That is again the Scarlets should have won? Yes, in all
:25:46. > :25:51.honesty, the second half performance was very good indeed.
:25:51. > :25:54.The first half, as Nigel said, disappointing. Edinburgh are a
:25:54. > :25:59.different side with all internationals back. A much better
:25:59. > :26:04.side than the number of late. Nevertheless, we went there to win
:26:04. > :26:10.the game. They got a bonus point. I'm not sure if in the end it will
:26:10. > :26:17.be enough. It is again they would have wanted to one. -- won. It will
:26:17. > :26:25.be tight coming to the end of the season. The Scarlets have got
:26:26. > :26:35.Aironi away, Munster and police at home. An easy run in. -- Cardiff
:26:36. > :26:36.
:26:36. > :26:42.You would probably fancy the Scarlets? The play-offs have
:26:42. > :26:45.transformed the lead. Given us this extra thing at the end. Let's hope
:26:45. > :26:52.the Scarlets can get good local support as they have done this
:26:52. > :27:02.season. With all still involved in the Heineken Cup, they may not
:27:02. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:08.bring the strongest team down. Glasgow are a danger. Scarlets have
:27:08. > :27:13.not been in the top four for much of the season. This prove she can
:27:13. > :27:17.hover there or thereabouts and make a final charge? Yes, it is about
:27:17. > :27:22.consistency. It is not all about finishing top. Leinster out and
:27:22. > :27:26.their own at the moment. It is a case of working hard, getting your
:27:26. > :27:30.performance consistently good all season. It is great that we're
:27:30. > :27:38.talking like this with three games left. Five or six teams will have
:27:38. > :27:48.an opportunity to get there. It is time for our new competition. There
:27:48. > :27:48.
:27:48. > :27:54.is a new challenge in pounds. This is about kick club, it is for a
:27:54. > :28:01.forwards only. There will be six balls. One set of
:28:01. > :28:05.posts and a forward, whose job it will be to put bowls balls in
:28:05. > :28:12.varying positions between the posts. The last two kicks against the
:28:12. > :28:21.clock. And the very last kick is a drop goal. This kick, five metres
:28:21. > :28:26.into touch, Katie 10 points. This gets you five. This gets you three.
:28:26. > :28:33.Then you do five and 10. On the last kick you run back for a drop
:28:33. > :28:40.goal in the pocket and that will get you seven. A grand Total of 40
:28:40. > :28:50.points. Well done to kick club. First up, a rising star of the West,
:28:50. > :28:59.Rhodri Jones. Not a bad effort from wide out. That is all right. Not
:28:59. > :29:06.bad. You expect most to get these. And maybe this one. Looking pretty
:29:06. > :29:12.good. He is wide out on the right. The boy is on fire. Not the best
:29:12. > :29:22.pass from O'Shea. A left-footed drop goal in front of the posts. 30
:29:22. > :29:26.
:29:26. > :29:36.Ken Owens. Sporting the headband. Not a bad effort. He banged won
:29:36. > :29:41.