HEC: Benetton Treviso - Ospreys (19-11-2011, 14:30)

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso (19-11-2011, 14:30)

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[Cofi]

Tommy Bowe playing well, crossing the gain lain but Biggar's kicking thus far has been disappointing- two missed penalties. And Tommy Bowe gets the first try as I type!

Biggar misses a drop goal from right in front of the sticks! Shane's playing well, a couple of really good runs. Both teams playing at real pace.

Damn it. Treviso's pack driving forward and Rizzo goes over for a try. 16-10 to the Italian team.

Two tries in 8 mins. De Jeager goes through a huge hole in defence and scores. 21-13 to Treviso. They deserve to be winning at this point.

Gift of a try to Ryan Jones. 21-20 to Treviso. Ospreys got to switch on mentally if they're to win this game.

Ospreys half asleep - try to Treviso, good try too by Botes, great passing pulling the Ospreys out of position. C'mon Ospreys, get going!

 

[Seaton]

Treviso score another try, don't convert.

Ospreys not doing to well, could well lose after taking hold for a few minutes

 

[dullonien]

Yellow for a treviso player for yet another tip tackle. He was kinda lucky that Bishop half held Shane Williams up to stop him coming down on his head, but the Treviso player didn't try to drive Shane into the ground, and tried to bring him down carefully, so yellow was the correct call.

 

[Cofi]

Mathew Morgan what a kick! A draw!

 

[SelimNiai]

Well the 'Sprays got out of jail with that one.

 

[Seaton]

Another exciting end to the game, however I didn't think that the Ospreys player released in the tackle to earn that last penalty.

 

[Cofi]

Well the 'Sprays got out of jail with that one.

Absolutely. I'm glad Morgan was on the pitch because I'm not sure whether Biggar would've kicked it. The Ospreys should be going to places like Treviso and winning well not scraping a draw. It was all about attitude and lack of it for me...

 

[dullonien]

I thought their attitude was pretty decent. They tried to play alot of rugby. They just let themselves down in defense far to often, missing one up tackles and allowing Treviso to score some pretty simple tries. Even the likes of Bowe were guilty, as he missed a simple tackle in the run-up to Benvenuti's try (I think it was him).

The Ospreys were unlucky not to score a few more try's aswell, they final pass just wasn't going their way. It was far from the Ospreys worst performance, but it still wasn't good enough. As you say, they should be winning easily against Treviso, despite how much progress they have made. Plenty of teams have lost, or struggled away to Treviso over the past year and a half, they're not a guaranteed 5 points like they used to be. I think a couple of the other teams will struggle against them in the HC aswell.

 

[TPenn]

I thought their attitude was pretty decent. They tried to play alot of rugby. They just let themselves down in defense far to often, missing one up tackles and allowing Treviso to score some pretty simple tries. Even the likes of Bowe were guilty, as he missed a simple tackle in the run-up to Benvenuti's try (I think it was him).

The Ospreys were unlucky not to score a few more try's aswell, they final pass just wasn't going their way. It was far from the Ospreys worst performance, but it still wasn't good enough. As you say, they should be winning easily against Treviso, despite how much progress they have made. Plenty of teams have lost, or struggled away to Treviso over the past year and a half, they're not a guaranteed 5 points like they used to be. I think a couple of the other teams will struggle against them in the HC aswell.

Was the first time for ahwile that all of the back 3 have looked dangerous with the ball in hand which was nice to see. A few really good breaks that just didn't quite go the right way. It was just a shame that the likes of Bowe and Bishop really let themselves down defensively with some really poor missed tackles.

 

[coonor]

I thought their attitude was pretty decent. They tried to play alot of rugby. They just let themselves down in defense far to often, missing one up tackles and allowing Treviso to score some pretty simple tries. Even the likes of Bowe were guilty, as he missed a simple tackle in the run-up to Benvenuti's try (I think it was him).

The Ospreys were unlucky not to score a few more try's aswell, they final pass just wasn't going their way. It was far from the Ospreys worst performance, but it still wasn't good enough. As you say, they should be winning easily against Treviso, despite how much progress they have made. Plenty of teams have lost, or struggled away to Treviso over the past year and a half, they're not a guaranteed 5 points like they used to be. I think a couple of the other teams will struggle against them in the HC aswell.

It wasn't Bowe's fault it was the player inside him who should have been covering across as Bowe had a outside player to watch. Unfortunately the inside player missed the tackle forcing Bowe to turn in on the back foot. I however think it was the defencive shape that cost them there. One player I can't see who it was (one if the centres I believe) shot up out the line and slipped causing a huge dog legged defence and from there it was always going to be dangerous.

 

[dullonien]

It wasn't Bowe's fault it was the player inside him who should have been covering across as Bowe had a outside player to watch. Unfortunately the inside player missed the tackle forcing Bowe to turn in on the back foot. I however think it was the defencive shape that cost them there. One player I can't see who it was (one if the centres I believe) shot up out the line and slipped causing a huge dog legged defence and from there it was always going to be dangerous.

Might be right. Bowe should have still made the tackle, but he was handed off quite easily. Both of the Ospreys centres shot out of the line on occasion, and Treviso were good at getting beyond them. It must have been a tactic, but it backfired on them.

Overall, Bowe had a good game. He was at the heart of what was good with the Ospreys.

 

[danit]

As you say, they should be winning easily against Treviso, despite how much progress they have made.

it's very much relevant, no team will win easily in Treviso and it will be more and more tougher if they will be able to cure their defensive weakness (which was worse than the Osprey's)

I think a couple of the other teams will struggle against them in the HC aswell.

Treviso has the ability to beat both Biarritz and the Saracens at home, and to provoke a strong headache to the basques (probably the weakest BO in the latest 10 years) on their homeground