The Official Rygbi Cymru Thread

[bessantj]

Blues caught napping there, Bit amateurish by them.

[Ali Cadoo]

Turnbull off for 10, Scarlets add another 7...you’d think that was all she wrote for the blouses. Nipper comes on, hopefully we’ll see some exciting ‘fuck it’ rugby for the last half hour.

[bessantj]

Good second half for the Scarlets, Blues seem way off the pace at the moment.

[bessantj]

Turnbull off for 10, Scarlets add another 7...you’d think that was all she wrote for the blouses. Nipper comes on, hopefully we’ll see some exciting ‘fuck it’ rugby for the last half hour.

The Blues seem to have said 'fuck it' to rugby this afternoon.

[Ali Cadoo]

Cubby being fearless, not caring about his own well-being... by wearing a bowl cut hair do which makes him look like a cabbage patch doll.

[bessantj]

Spoke too soon there, great bit of rugby from the Blues for that try.

[The Druid]

Nice to hear Eddie Butler has lost none of his dramatic commentating capabilities.

[bessantj]

Oh, Blues actually woken up and playing some rugby!

[Ali Cadoo]

I thought Nipper had kicked that ahead!

[Ali Cadoo]

Well, that was better than having no rugby. Well played Scarlets, think you just disheartened the blues out of wanting to try and win it.

[bessantj]

Well, that was better than having no rugby. Well played Scarlets, think you just disheartened the blues out of wanting to try and win it.

Yeah, good BP with for the Scarlets.

Bring on victory for the Dragons tomorrow.

[TB63]

Happy with that result, weird though, can see the ground 1/2 mile away and eerily quiet...

[penguin]

That could have been seriously nasty. Had to be red...

[penguin]

LEON!!!! You big beautiful bastard... What a line...

[C69]

LEON!!!! You big beautiful bastard... What a line...

Can he scrummage yet?

[penguin]

LEON!!!! You big beautiful bastard... What a line...

Can he scrummage yet?

Getting better generally but couple of wobbles today.

[penguin]

Dragons killing ourselves with little mistakes.

[C69]

What channel?

[penguin]

What channel?

I'm watching on premier 1

[bessantj]

Mostly missed the match because of my night shift but sounds like a good time to start listening.

[Not Frankie]

Usual crowd for the Ospreys to see. Arse twitcher this. 20-20 draw, I'll take that.

[bessantj]

And... bollocks. So close.

[penguin]

Knew he'd miss the kick... It was just that kind of day. So many chances, so many mistakes... Intensely frustrating.

[bessantj]

Still 3 tries to 2 so moral victory for the Dragons

[Not Frankie]

Still 3 tries to 2 so moral victory for the Dragons

And with our second string side out.

[penguin]

If we'd had the likes of Roberts, Jordan Williams and any of dyer, rosser or holmes on the wing I think we'd have been a different proposition. Owen Jenkins can go back to being squad filler... Howells was ok but not as good as the other options.

Not sure taking off basham was the call. With the new laws he was dangerous. Should have been fry who went off. Overall, some really bad handling killed what could have been a bonus point victory.

[penguin]

And some of the penalties hibbs have away. Daft bastard, must have forgotten the laws of the game during the break...ffs

[Not Frankie]

I think Ryan is using these games simply as a fact finder. Might be some players coming back need a half to get going. I didn't see the match unfortunately, did North's Red Card make a huge difference? Did the Ospreys adopt a different approach and go defensive, or were they comfortable?? The match reports indicate a dull second half with the Ospreys looking good for it the first 40.

[bessantj]

Overall, some really bad handling killed what could have been a bonus point victory.

Yes, even only catching the last ten minutes it really seemed like handling let the Dragons down.

[penguin]

Ospreys looked pretty good. Pack was strong, scrum started well, difficult at the breakdown with tipuric being the most obvious problem for us. Kieran Williams was good value for man of the match. They should have probably tried to play just a bit more second half. They kicked a lot but hurt us ball in hand.

First half we looked good when Hewitt or Tompkins were on the ball, but second half there were not that many chances for them individually. Bring in a few of the other first teamers and they will shine. Still need another good luck though.

[bessantj]

Ospreys looked pretty good. Pack was strong, scrum started well, difficult at the breakdown with tipuric being the most obvious problem for us. Kieran Williams was good value for man of the match. They should have probably tried to play just a bit more second half. They kicked a lot but hurt us ball in hand.

First half we looked good when Hewitt or Tompkins were on the ball, but second half there were not that many chances for them individually. Bring in a few of the other first teamers and they will shine. Still need another good luck though.

Did the Dragons look match rusty and needing conditioning?

[penguin]

Ospreys looked pretty good. Pack was strong, scrum started well, difficult at the breakdown with tipuric being the most obvious problem for us. Kieran Williams was good value for man of the match. They should have probably tried to play just a bit more second half. They kicked a lot but hurt us ball in hand.

First half we looked good when Hewitt or Tompkins were on the ball, but second half there were not that many chances for them individually. Bring in a few of the other first teamers and they will shine. Still need another good luck though.

Did the Dragons look match rusty and needing conditioning?

Part rusty... But some like Owen Jenkins and Dixon kept making bad decisions. We looked better with Baldwin at 9... But so much was about little drives from the forwards with no support so giving easy turnovers, passes that were either forced or hands let us down. Bad kicks, missed kicks at goal. Lineout issues, timing issues at the scrum. Players taking all the space with a run rather than drawing defenders when the opposition had 14. Stupid and rusty.

[bessantj]

Ospreys looked pretty good. Pack was strong, scrum started well, difficult at the breakdown with tipuric being the most obvious problem for us. Kieran Williams was good value for man of the match. They should have probably tried to play just a bit more second half. They kicked a lot but hurt us ball in hand.

First half we looked good when Hewitt or Tompkins were on the ball, but second half there were not that many chances for them individually. Bring in a few of the other first teamers and they will shine. Still need another good luck though.

Did the Dragons look match rusty and needing conditioning?

Part rusty... But some like Owen Jenkins and Dixon kept making bad decisions. We looked better with Baldwin at 9... But so much was about little drives from the forwards with no support so giving easy turnovers, passes that were either forced or hands let us down. Bad kicks, missed kicks at goal. Lineout issues, timing issues at the scrum. Players taking all the space with a run rather than drawing defenders when the opposition had 14. Stupid and rusty.

Forced passes are such a fucking killer. The Dragons really need to learn when to pass and when to just take the tackle and, of course, support.

[penguin]

And we also need to learn to put a fucking ball down...daf Howells.

There were a lot of glaring errors but I think some of the issues with a lack of continuity and the turnovers at the breakdown might still revolve around the locks. Still crossing my fingers about Rowlands....

[bessantj]

And we also need to learn to put a fucking ball down...daf Howells.

There were a lot of glaring errors but I think some of the issues with a lack of continuity and the turnovers at the breakdown might still revolve around the locks. Still crossing my fingers about Rowlands....

Hope that Dean Ryan can turn some of that around in the coming season. Still knock out game to come as well.

[penguin]

And we also need to learn to put a fucking ball down...daf Howells.

There were a lot of glaring errors but I think some of the issues with a lack of continuity and the turnovers at the breakdown might still revolve around the locks. Still crossing my fingers about Rowlands....

Hope that Dean Ryan can turn some of that around in the coming season. Still knock out game to come as well.

Long way to go from today to knocking over Bristol away. Need to go up several gears. Still, players to come back in who can do that so not completely disheartened.

[bessantj]

And we also need to learn to put a fucking ball down...daf Howells.

There were a lot of glaring errors but I think some of the issues with a lack of continuity and the turnovers at the breakdown might still revolve around the locks. Still crossing my fingers about Rowlands....

Hope that Dean Ryan can turn some of that around in the coming season. Still knock out game to come as well.

Long way to go from today to knocking over Bristol away. Need to go up several gears. Still, players to come back in who can do that so not completely disheartened.

Sometimes it's just nice to be in the conversation.

[penguin]

We're not as eloquent as Bristol right now... Conversationally we might need to knock their pint over, call them a cunt and hope we can put them off their stride.

[bessantj]

We're not as eloquent as Bristol right now... Conversationally we might need to knock their pint over, call them a cunt and hope we can put them off their stride.

Calling cider sub par, dropping a sbd and pissing all over the seats in the toilet it is.

[frodder]

So was North's red deserved?