Evil_g wrote: Has anyone ever been able to access the Osprey's forum ?
I've registered and received an email saying my account will be activated by a moderator but it hasn't been activated.

Actually I'd forgotten about it but I think I registered months ago and had the same experience.

Evil_g wrote: I see the Scarlets have named all their available internationals to play a heavily rotated Munster team (thanks Munster).

No worries, every single Welsh person is currently injured. I've been over here 3 weeks, they're all hobbling. Bus services have been replaced by ambulances. The only Welsh person currently fit is Gavin Henson but there are one-legged grannies ahead of him on the regions' lists of emergency loan targets.

Josh Matavesi, Aaron Jarvis, Paul James, James King, Justin Tipuric and Eli Walker all trained with Ospreys this week and are likely to start or bench. That fecker Cuthbert haunts us even when he's not playing us

Has anyone ever been able to access the Osprey's forum ?

I've registered and received an email saying my account will be activated by a moderator but it hasn't been activated.

Anyway I wonder will they have much of their Welsh contingent back?

I see the Scarlets have named all their available internationals to play a heavily rotated Munster team (thanks Munster).

You'd have to expect the Osprey's to pull out all the stops to get their season going.

A reminder that, as usual, the Clan will be in The Dail Bar from 1.00 on Saturday to watch this. SA vs NZ follows immediately afterwards at 4.00

A must win game if we are to harbour any hopes of a top 6 finish. Our primary route into next year's HEC (and therefore having a shot at holding onto players like Henshaw and Marmion) will be to win the Amlin.

We've had some bad days away to weakened Ospreys sides over the years. I remember some very dark ones under Bradley in particular. This time last year I remember a bad performance and defeat against a weakened Ospreys. The first few games have mixed the good with the bad. We'll have to improve massively from a defensive viewpoint to get anything here. Ospreys haven't set the world alight yet but should have won against strong Munster side in Round 2 and have had a fairly tough schedule for a weakened squad.

If we are to get anything here we'll need to try and take on Ospreys up front and keep the game as structured as possible in my view. Ospreys scrum has long been a problem and we need to try and disrupt their primary possession at source if we aren't to see a repeat of the worst parts of the Glasgow and Cardiff games. Discipline will have to improve hugely on the last few weeks, Sam Davies is more than capable of punishing us and putting us out of sight if we are careless.

I'd take a bonus point if offered it now but if we want Top 6 we'll need to pick up some results against the top half teams and this might be as good an opportunity as any. Not getting my hopes too high for this one though.

if JHW and Mccartney are out, we might end with Dineen on the bench like 2 seasons ago in the same Liberty Std. Strange coincidence

RogueXV wrote: Connachta, where did you see that Heenan was available

Was due in November, and I saw him on the training pics, was so happy that I dreamt he has come back 1 or 2 weeks earlier. But now I read December .Hope Fox will hold well until this!

Not sure if Heffernan is available as he picked up a red at the weekend in an AIL game.

Heenan wont be back until mid december, so id say we wont see him in the first team until the new year.

Connachta, where did you see that Heenan was available, I thought he wasn't due back until November? I didn't see it mentioned on the squad update put out by the team or in Linley MacKenzie's article in the GA. She did mention Jason Harris-Wright is available so I can see him being involved if McCartney is not deemed fit. Good to have Locks and Ultan back

Connacht should be able to name a team capable of getting a win here. Just hope this hasn't become one of those fixtures where mentally the team has lost before they even step out on the pitch regardless of the team named by the Ospreys.

Anyone know if the Welsh boys will be back for this game?
With Scarlets and Edinburgh both looking very strong so far this season we need to put the Spreys away this weekend.

Edit: other teams don't seem to be including internationals that were involved last weekend (some subs on replacement benches again) so lets hope Ospreys follow suit

Osp + Edinburgh, 2 of the most important games of the season
Great news with all the squad come-backs, we can go to the 16-games-in-a row period with a nearly full squad

Saturday for Spreys

1) Buck
2) Heff
3) AhYou
4) Roux
5) Muldowney
6) Browne
7) Fox
8 ) McKeon
9) Marms
10) Carty
12) Ronaldson
13) Bundee
11) TOH
14) Poolman
15) Leader

16) Delahunt (McCartney if fit)
17) Loughney
18) Bealhan
19) Dillane
20) Heenan
21) Cooney
22) Parata
23) Healy

My instinct leads to that!