15 Dan Evans
14 Tom Grabham
13 JJ Engelbrecht
12 Josh Matavesi
11 Ben John
10 Sam Davies
9 Brendon Leonard (Capt)
1 Nicky Smith
2 Sam Parry
3 Dmitri Arhip
4 Rynier Bernardo
5 Rory Thornton
6 Joe Bearman
7 Sam Underhill
8 Dan Baker
REPLACEMENTS
16 Scott Otten
17 Gareth Thomas
18 Ma’afu Fia
19 Adam Beard
20 Olly Cracknell
21 Rhys Webb
22 Owen Watkin
23 Tom Habberfield
JJ Engelbrecht will make his first Ospreys start
The following players were unavailable for selection due to injury:
Tyler Ardron – Knee
Lloyd Ashley - Knee
Ashley Beck – Knee
Ryan Bevington - Hip
Gareth Delve – Ankle
Hanno Dirksen - Ankle
Jeff Hassler - Thigh
Dafydd Howells – Hamstring
Very light on the wings with those injuries. No idea where Eli is though.
Great result for the Ospreys, although they were poor and extremely frustrating at times. Webb made a huge difference coming on and Sam Davies had some nice touches mixed in with a few poor.
Underhill is a fantastic talent, I wonder if he will bypass the U20s?
Ollie Cracknell had a good cameo off the bench. Think he should be ahead of Bearman now.
JJ Engelbrecht looks a step up from Spratt and possibly John, but he crabs quite a lot and eats up space. See how he develops over the rest of the season.
Great result away at Munster - this gives them something to fight for at the end of the season.
Sam Davies had a great game. In his form I'd prefer him to Anscombe as Wales's 3rd choice 10. But I think the Ospreys are glad that Gatland doesn't agree yet! Watkin is classy. Webby had a good first game back (assuming it was just a cut he went off for at the end). Underhill was very good again - can we keep him in Wales please?
Actually it would by instructive for the Wales management to look closely at this game - at how penetrating the O's attacks were - keeping the tempo high etc - and how they held onto their lead at the end.
There was good and bad from Os but the good was pretty bloody good. The first try was textbook stuff; made the hard yards, stayed patient, worked the gap. Watkin's finish for the second was superb.
Davies still makes the odd glaring error but he more than makes up for that in the way he takes the ball to (and often through) the line. Whisper it, but we look more dangerous with him at 10 than Dan right now... Throw in his O'Gara-esque tactical kicking and you've got a 10 who is pressing the case for regular starts, which I'm afraid will take him away from the Liberty.
Sourdust wrote:There was good and bad from Os but the good was pretty bloody good. The first try was textbook stuff; made the hard yards, stayed patient, worked the gap. Watkin's finish for the second was superb.
Davies still makes the odd glaring error but he more than makes up for that in the way he takes the ball to (and often through) the line. Whisper it, but we look more dangerous with him at 10 than Dan right now... Throw in his O'Gara-esque tactical kicking and you've got a 10 who is pressing the case for regular starts, which I'm afraid will take him away from the Liberty.
Have seen Davies a few times this season. OK he makes a few errors, like everyone else. Overall, I'd rate him as a better all round fly half than Priestland at the moment. Tidy footballer.
I worry for him that he may fall into that James Hook / Arwel Thomas trap where he can win a game single-handed, but every now and then throws an interception and Welsh fans go ballistic. For all our talk of magicians we really like solid percentage fly-halves, which is why Jinks and The Count are folk heroes, while Hook and Priestland are virtual pariahs.
