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paddy no 11 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 15, 2025 6:55 pm Great try from the scartlets winger

What's the story with plumbtree, physically he's all there but does he just not apply himself?

paddy no 11 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 9:15 pm Some hard running from kieran Williams tonight paying dividend

newgalesurf wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 5:20 pm Anyone watch the Dragons Zebre game. I can't get coverage here.

Seemed encouraging to be 21-7 up, but couldn't hold it.

I assume Zebre are much reduced by Italy call ups. But only a 10 pt loss in Italy is not bad

Sandydragon wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:52 am Once again, the Dragond manage to look decent for 60 minutes before grasping defeat from the jaws of victory.

Good win for Cardiff and also the Ospreys who managed to survive a host of injuries at the end to hang on

Son of Mathonwy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:21 pm

Sandydragon wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:52 am Once again, the Dragond manage to look decent for 60 minutes before grasping defeat from the jaws of victory.

Good win for Cardiff and also the Ospreys who managed to survive a host of injuries at the end to hang on

Yeah, well done Cardiff and Ospreys for hanging on to a small lead at the end. I don't know what the hell was going on in that Ospreys match (hopefully Mark Jones has a better idea), lethal attack and porous defence. Very exciting if tough on the nerves at times. Should have taken that easy 3 points late in the match but it all worked out (just). I wonder if Walsh will stick around for a couple more years and get Welsh qualified??

Scarlets were disappointing.

I really thought the Dragons had that one in the bag (I was obviously feeling anything was possible after the Ospreys match). Some excellent performances but they just can't hold on, can they? Some costly misses from Reed's boot.

Sandydragon wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 9:03 am

Son of Mathonwy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:21 pm

Sandydragon wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:52 am Once again, the Dragond manage to look decent for 60 minutes before grasping defeat from the jaws of victory.

Good win for Cardiff and also the Ospreys who managed to survive a host of injuries at the end to hang on

Yeah, well done Cardiff and Ospreys for hanging on to a small lead at the end. I don't know what the hell was going on in that Ospreys match (hopefully Mark Jones has a better idea), lethal attack and porous defence. Very exciting if tough on the nerves at times. Should have taken that easy 3 points late in the match but it all worked out (just). I wonder if Walsh will stick around for a couple more years and get Welsh qualified??

Scarlets were disappointing.

I really thought the Dragons had that one in the bag (I was obviously feeling anything was possible after the Ospreys match). Some excellent performances but they just can't hold on, can they? Some costly misses from Reed's boot.

If Reed had been more accurate then we could have put that to bed. But it’s harsh to blame him when the last quarter collapse seems to be a team wide thing.

Son of Mathonwy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 29, 2025 2:14 pm Ospreys are resting quite a few of their backs whereas the Scarlets are full strength. Hope it doesn't bite them. Still some good players but not first choice. It'll be nice to see Rhys Davies and Max Nagy back in action from the bench.

Scarlets: Blair Murray; Macs Page, Joe Roberts, Eddie James, Ellis Mee; Ioan Lloyd, Gareth Davies; Alec Hepburn, Marnus van der Merwe, Henry Thomas, Alex Craig, Sam Lousi, Vaea Fifita, Josh Macleod (capt), Taine Plumtree. Replacements: Ryan Elias, Sam O'Connor, Sam Wainwright, Jac Price, Jarrod Taylor, Efan Jones, Ioan Nicholas, Dan Davis

Ospreys: Iestyn Hopkins; Luke Morgan, Evardi Boshoff, Owen Williams, Ryan Conbeer; Dan Edwads, Kieran Hardy; Gareth Thomas, George McGuigan, Ben Warren, James Ratti, Adam Beard, Tristan Davies, Jac Morgan (capt), Morgan Morris. Replacements: Dewi Lake, Steffan Thomas, Tom Botha, Rhys Davies, Morgan Morse, Luke Davies, Phil Cokanasiga, Max Nagy

Sandydragon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 29, 2025 8:53 pm I get the feel Jones underestimated that one. Fair play to the Scarlets for coming back.

Elsewhere Dragons got stuffed in Edinburgh.

Numbers wrote: ↑Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:39 am It looks like the highest placed Welsh team could well still be the Ospreys this season, the fixture list favours them slightly, here are the remaining fixtures:

Scarlets:

Dragons (A)
Leinster (H)
Lions (A)
Sharks (A)


Ospreys:

Cardiff (H)
Dragons (H)
Sharks (A)
Lions (A)


Cardiff:

Ospreys (A)
Munster (H)
Bulls (A)
Stormers (A)


So if the Ospreys win the two derbies they have at home then they will most likely be the top again, whether or not that will be enough to make the play-offs remains to be seen.