Osprey v Connacht Thread - Sat 27th Oct 12, 14:30

parks with another penalty, 19-9

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concrete is on. 19-9

19-9 3rd Parks penalty.

Edit: Dave Moore on for a rare appearance also in place of Marmion.

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Yet again Co try to run it, and fumble. In their own 22. This is suicide, in Irish.
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Ffs .. ref penalises us for staying on feet .... parks fails to find touch with a pen for second time.
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Conn hooker popped up ... nowt given but conn centre knocks on in front of posts

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Good updates at the Ospreys twitter above, seems a scrappy game that there could be something for us if we show some composure.

harris-wright and wilko off rodney and flavin in

Dan misses a long range penalty, 15 left, we need to keep going and try and get something Flavin and Ah You on.

fook
26-9

Ospreys finally have their bonus and thats it for today.

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Quick thinking from Fotoali'i - pen at the scrum, he taps and goes and Co can't react.

full time 26-9

Apparently we commited suicide again..

26-9 ft pretty much as expected. Players need to regroup 3 big league games coming up which we need to get results in before the Heineken Cup resumes.

Edit: Ospreys twitter "Tactics by the visitors baffling".

On a side note looking at twitter seems like every scrum since Rodney came on has been either a penalty or free kick to Ospreys. Why not bring on Ronan Loughney at Loose-Head? I know its an assumption that Rodney coming on didn't help but I presume Rodney didn't improve the scrum anyway.
I know Ronan Loughney is now viewed as a tight-head but surely any game time is good for him and Connacht and gives us an option on both sides of the scrum, with Nathan White now seemingly nailing down the no.3 jersey for the majority of games, isn't it time Ronan Loughney was given game time when we know he is a proven performer at loose head? He's too good not to be getting gametime when we are bringing on the likes of Rodney.

Borders no.2 wrote: 26-9 ft pretty much as expected. Players need to regroup 3 big league games coming up which we need to get results in before the Heineken Cup resumes.

Edit: Ospreys twitter "Tactics by the visitors baffling".

On a side note looking at twitter seems like every scrum since Rodney came on has been either a penalty or free kick to Ospreys. Why not bring on Ronan Loughney at Loose-Head? I know its an assumption that Rodney coming on didn't help but I presume Rodney didn't improve the scrum anyway.
I know Ronan Loughney is now viewed as a tight-head but surely any game time is good for him and Connacht and gives us an option on both sides of the scrum, with Nathan White now seemingly nailing down the no.3 jersey for the majority of games, isn't it time Ronan Loughney was given game time when we know he is a proven performer at loose head? He's too good not to be getting gametime when we are bringing on the likes of Rodney.

ya id agree with that
Disappointing when our tactics are described as baffling and we cough up a bonus point

Borders no.2 wrote: 26-9 ft pretty much as expected. Players need to regroup 3 big league games coming up which we need to get results in before the Heineken Cup resumes.

Edit: Ospreys twitter "Tactics by the visitors baffling".

On a side note looking at twitter seems like every scrum since Rodney came on has been either a penalty or free kick to Ospreys. Why not bring on Ronan Loughney at Loose-Head? I know its an assumption that Rodney coming on didn't help but I presume Rodney didn't improve the scrum anyway.
I know Ronan Loughney is now viewed as a tight-head but surely any game time is good for him and Connacht and gives us an option on both sides of the scrum, with Nathan White now seemingly nailing down the no.3 jersey for the majority of games, isn't it time Ronan Loughney was given game time when we know he is a proven performer at loose head? He's too good not to be getting gametime when we are bringing on the likes of Rodney.

put a line through it. anything more would have been a bonus.

whats rodneys status here? is he a project player or niq? either way he just cant scrummage and is filling an important spot in squad which needs to be filled with better quality. i know he can carry but thats not his primary function.

Don't feel so bad now