Welsh Derbies Round 3

[wayneha50]

Well, Ospreys Blues really. Great first 25 mins from the Blues who find themselves 14-11 down due to an interception gift & a fluffed clearance.

Can there be a more frustrating team to watch/support/coach?

[Sourdust]

Probably not, although you have to admit we run you close.

15 points up, 15 minutes to go and the opposition haven't seen the ball since half-time. How can you lose from there? "Hold our beers!" shout the men in black...

Pop quiz: You've had a late scare and lost nearly all of your big lead, but then there was a long break in play so all the momentum the opposition had built is gone. Your team are still 1 point ahead, and now you have a penalty on the opposition's 22. There are 90 seconds to play. WHAT DO YOU DO?

[Sourdust]

Oh, forgot to add; there are primary schoolchildren in Sri Lanka who know you will lose the lineout.

[ALunpg]

Probably not, although you have to admit we run you close.

15 points up, 15 minutes to go and the opposition haven't seen the ball since half-time. How can you lose from there? "Hold our beers!" shout the men in black...

Pop quiz: You've had a late scare and lost nearly all of your big lead, but then there was a long break in play so all the momentum the opposition had built is gone. Your team are still 1 point ahead, and now you have a penalty on the opposition's 22. There are 90 seconds to play. WHAT DO YOU DO?

I got it . ..give the ball to Shane that's what the Ospreys always did best ....... sorted

[Son of Mathonwy]

Oh, forgot to add; there are primary schoolchildren in Sri Lanka who know you will lose the lineout.

I actually thought they did the right thing... 2 minutes to defend 1 point with a linout in the opponent's 22 seemed safer than 1 minute to defend 4 points from the opponent's restart.

But... that was kind of based on the idea that the Ospreys could manage to retain the ball from a lineout.

I see my mistake...


But hey, at least they held on unlike when they lost the pressure scrum with 2 minutes to go in the Scarlets match. Some improvement...

[ALunpg]

I would think the logic was if we get a converted try then no bonus points for the Blues.

What was a bit amiss was they throw the ball long at the lineout to Cracknell and with Tipuric lifting it kinda killed their poaching if it went astray. although that said it is the better attacking option for the driving maul ...it is also the higher risk...especially if they had not had a high success rate all game with the long ball.

It is always easy to judge post mortem but with Beard at the front jumping it would be difficult to miss him and even if they just huffed and puffed it would have been time up and if they drove it over ...success.