connachta wrote: medical joker please ---->

Michael Bent, i jest

phatguerilla wrote: What did you do to him Joe, you plank??? Now depending on what's keeping Bealham out, we've gone to having a front row with strength and depth to an injury crisis.

Clanman Connacht bet the Ospreys in 2013! But have lost the last nine games in Liberty stadium.

thanks I'm not very good with Stats or memory of games

I know they said Tom McCartney could also play as a prop but I assumed that was as Loosehead.

Lam will have to go looking if he wants to get through December and January and still be in with a chance of a Top 6 place in the Pro12.

Have only been a Connacht fan for 3 years now (since moving to Ireland). Can someone please tell me, do we ever catch a break? Gotta feel for Nathan White though. Man, that sucks.

What did you do to him Joe, you plank??? Now depending on what's keeping Bealham out, we've gone to having a front row with strength and depth to an injury crisis.

Clanman Connacht bet the Ospreys in 2013! But have lost the last nine games in Liberty stadium.

medical joker please ---->

eastcoastconnacht wrote: Nathan White out for 16 weeks with a ruptured arm tendon according to Irish rugby

Terrible news

Nathan White out for 16 weeks with a ruptured arm tendon according to Irish rugby

Is it 10 years since we last beat the Ospreys?

Gatland and Schimdt gave us an amazing head-to-head : Marmion vs Tipuric
If the welshman put some hands on the ball at the breakdown, we're lost. But if Marmion arrives earlier in the ruck and recycle quickly, all is possible for us. Lam was wise to rest him..

At 1st sight the substitute front row looks weak, but if all is ok, they will just play few minutes against Ospreys subs. 16 Scott Otten is 20 years old, 17 Mark Thomas is 24 y.o. Not much to fear about...
Yes Dever and JP Cooney were dominated against Ponty, but who were behind?? I really hope they could do well at scrumtime with Kearney/ big Roux/ Muldoon, and Heffernan to hook, at least better than with young Dilane, "only" 107 kg, 19 years old Pat O'Toole etc. Scrum is a global powerhouse..

mahick wrote:

eastcoastconnacht wrote: I know this game is on BBC Wales, can you get this on Sky easily? Is there a channel number for this?

Don't have Sky now but there's an option to get other channels- UTV etc and if you look through them you'll find the BBC regionals

10788. 22000. V. 5/6.

Ospresy Rugby wrote:
The Ospreys team to face Connacht at Liberty Stadium, on Friday 31st October 2014, KO 7.35pm, is as follows:

15 Dan Evans
14 Jeff Hassler
13 Andrew Bishop
12 Josh Matavesi
11 Tom Grabham
10 Sam Davies
9 Martin Roberts

1 Duncan Jones
2 Sam Parry
3 Aaron Jarvis

4 Lloyd Peers (Capt)
5 Rynier Bernardo

6 Sam Lewis
7 Justin Tipuric
8 Ieuan Jones

REPLACEMENTS

16 Scott Otten
17 Marc Thomas
18 Dmitri Arhip
19 Rory Thornton
20 Jordan Collier
21 Tom Habberfield
22 Ashley Beck
23 Aisea Natoga

pinky wrote: That team makes me even more puzzled by the decision to play Poolman at 12 last weekend instead of Ronaldson when McSharry pulled out.

Poolman wore 12 but played outside centre with Robbie inside for the 40 minutes he played. In any case Poolman was a complete disaster there (obviously he was not alone, Porter and the locks weren't any better). Exeter targetted him relentlessly in a successful bid to suck in the wingers and make ground out wide.

I suppose Carty was due a rest but as Pinky points out he was much better than Ronaldson at 10 when he came on (and Ronaldson looked more at home at 12 in fairness too).

Kearney can consider himself lucky to get a game this weekend, I don't remember him ever playing that badly. Can't imagine he would have started if Muldowney was available.

I'll decide whether I'm hopeful or fearful once I see the Ospreys team.

eastcoastconnacht wrote: I know this game is on BBC Wales, can you get this on Sky easily? Is there a channel number for this?

Don't have Sky now but there's an option to get other channels- UTV etc and if you look through them you'll find the BBC regionals

pinky wrote: That team makes me even more puzzled by the decision to play Poolman at 12 last weekend instead of Ronaldson when McSharry pulled out.

The point was to rest Carty for a half-time, targetting this match