Just watching the womens world cup, wondered what they wore under their shorts and just found out, as one of the English forwards hadd them pulled down in a maul and it appears they wear Black thongs under them. Changed my view on Womens rugby.
Start of another season, but still injuries aplenty Dmitri Arhip Dmitri suffered a setback on his return to playing against Bath and is currently undergoing further rehab on his right shoulder Sam Davies Returned from Wales’ summer tour with a groin problem and has been undergoing rehabilitation, returning to full training this week with a view to being available selection against Zebre Hanno Dirksen Continuing his rehab from a knee injury as scheduled and is expected to be available for selection during October Dafydd Howells Continues to rehab following shoulder surgery and is looking at returning to action in October Brendon Leonard Suffered foot ligament damage in the Bath game and is currently undergoing intensive rehabilitation. Good early progress means he is looking at a return to play date of 4-6 weeks from the date of injury Luke Price Luke also sustained a foot ligament injury against Bath and faces an anticipated 6-8 week lay-off.
The Ospreys team to play Zebre tomorrow is as follows: 15 Dan Evans 14 Keelan Giles 13 Ben John 12 Cory Allen 11 Jeff Hassler 10 James Hook 9 Tom Habberfield (Capt) 1 Paul James 2 Sam Parry 3 Ma’afu Fia 4 Bradley Davies 5 Rory Thornton 6 Olly Cracknell 7 Justin Tipuric 8 Dan Baker REPLACEMENTS 16 Scott Otten 17 Nicky Smith 18 Rhodri Jones 19 Lloyd Ashley 20 James King 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams 22 Sam Davies 23 Kieron Fonotia Paul James makes his 223rd Ospreys appearance, equaling Duncan Jones at the top of the appearance list for the region Cory Allen makes his competitive Ospreys debut Reuben Morgan-Williams will make his senior Ospreys debut if he comes off the bench
Cheers Taff Team looks good enough to beat Zebre but we've been poor so far in pre-season friendlies you ever know, certainly not a game to be taken lightly. We have to get our injuries back playing ASAP to bulk up our squad and ramp up the competition for places. We need Dmitri Arhip, Sam Davies, Hanno Dirksen, in particular back ASAP imo. Any news on Owen Watkins? and what's happened to the Scott Gibbs looky-likey Kieran Williams?
Dmitri's right shoulder continues to cause him problems. For the other 2 see my earlier post in the thread. Big things are expected of Owen. I'll investigate Kieran. Great to see Reuben on the bench - I was in school with his father.
Biggar off to Saints Very matter of fact joint statement from Ospreys & WRU http://www.ospreysrugby.com/News/Article/49924