Noticed no Underhill is massive but their 9-10-12 axis is very intimidating

2 very strong teams, this has the makings of a cracking match, really looking forward to it. I think we'll shade it.

agree on both points

Great that there's no Underhill tomorrow, but otherwise that's a very strong Ospreys team.

15 Dan Evans

14 Jeff Hassler

13 JJ Engelbrecht

12 Josh Matavesi

11 Ben John

10 Sam Davies

9 Rhys Webb



1 Paul James (Capt)

2 Sam Parry

3 Dmitri Arhip

4 James King

5 Rory Thornton

6 Joe Bearman

7 Olly Cracknell

8 Dan Baker



REPLACEMENTS

16 Scott Otten

17 Gareth Thomas

18 Aaron Jarvis

19 Rynier Bernardo

20 Jordan Collier

21 Brendon Leonard

22 Owen Watkin

23 Eli Walker

Rather confident about Niyi and Poolman as impact player
SOB should be in form as he's prefered to Connolly
Muldoon as 8 and AhYou starting are worrinesses.
Very Happy Ronaldson and Heenan can start.
I'd like Marmion and Bealham to come in the game as early as possible, half time or so...

15 Tiernan O’Halloran
14 Niyi Adeolokun
13 Bundee Aki
12 Craig Ronaldson
11 Matt Healy
10 AJ MacGinty
9 Caolin Blade

1 Denis Buckley
2 Tom McCartney
3 Rodney Ah You
4 George Naoupu
5 Aly Muldowney
6 Sean O’Brien
7 Jake Heenan
8 John Muldoon (captain)

Replacements:

16 Dave Heffernan
17 Ronan Loughney
18 Finlay Bealham
19 Ben Marshall
20 James Connolly
21 Kieran Marmion
22 Peter Robb
23 Danie Poolman

Injured: Shane Delahunt, Andrew Browne, Quinn Roux, Nepia Fox-Matamua, Eoghan Masterson, Eoin McKeon, John Cooney, Jack Carty, Dave McSharry, Rory Parata, Darragh Leader.

Ireland Squad: Nathan White, Ultan Dillane, Robbie Henshaw

Biggest Game yet for Sean O'Brien..

menacethedenis wrote: Spurious George is reffing..... Ospreys won't be happy with an all-Irish team of officials

Unlikely as I'm sure they know all about George!

menacethedenis wrote: Spurious George is reffing..... Ospreys won't be happy with an all-Irish team of officials

Nobody is happy when they get Clancy :huh:

...just realised that Chief Wiggum from the Simpon's first name is Clancy....there's the making of a nickname there :dry:

Spurious George is reffing..... Ospreys won't be happy with an all-Irish team of officials


Referee: George Clancy (IRFU, 76th competition game)
Assistant Referees: Andy Brace, John Carvill (both IRFU)
Citing Commissioner: Tim Lowry (IRFU)
TMO: Jude Quinn (IRFU)
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columoc wrote:

wp_rathead wrote: Hopefully Marmion is released seen as he not involved in the 23

I would say it is unlikely that he will be released. He will be kept as a specialist in case there is an injury during Captain's run or the warm up. Even more so given that the game is away. Same for hookers and props.

He played for us the weekend Ireland played in Paris

If Craig doesn't pull through are we looking at a Robb Aki 12 13 partnership or is Api in the mix or near getting a run out for the full team.

wp_rathead wrote: Hopefully Marmion is released seen as he not involved in the 23

I would say it is unlikely that he will be released. He will be kept as a specialist in case there is an injury during Captain's run or the warm up. Even more so given that the game is away. Same for hookers and props.

Hopefully that means that Finlay is available too. Might have a team like below

Buckley
McCarthy
Belham
Muldowney
Marshall
Muldoon
Heenan
McKeon
Marmion
McGinty
Healy
Ronaldson
Aki
Poolman
O'Halloran

Hopefully Marmion is released seen as he not involved in the 23

Delighted for Dillane

yep 3 Connacht players in the Ireland Match day squad, on a personal level it's tough on Marmion not getting into the team but absolutely delighted that he's free now to play for us on Saturday, a huge boost considering Rhys Webb will probably be playing