|
||||||||
|
||||||||
United Rugby Championship | ||||||||
Att.: 11480 |
|
|||||
WINS | |||||
26 |
|
17 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
17 |
|
26 | |||
DRAWS | |||||
2 |
|
2 |
Fourteen-man Scarlets battled hard, but went down to a 34-14 derby day defeat to the Ospreys in Swansea.
Back-rower Tomas Lezana was shown red for a ‘head on head’ challenge in the fifth minute, which left the West Walians up against it for the remainder of the Boxing Day contest.
Scarlets had been forced into a reshuffle prior to kick-off. Sam Lousi was withdrawn following the birth of his second child so Sione Kalamafoni moved to second row, Tomas Lezana came in at openside and Josh Macleod switched across the back row to No. 8.
After a breathless opening four minutes came the defining decision of the game.
The officials spotted a clash of heads between Rhys Davies and Lezana and following replays referee Evans showed the Argentinean flanker a straight red.
That led to a concerted period of home pressure and the one-man advantage eventually brought its rewards when wing Alex Cuthbert pounced on 15 minutes. Ospreys added a second eight minutes later with left wing Luke Morgan sliding in at the corner after smart work from Owen Williams, who added the extras.
It needed a superb cover tackle from Vaea Fifita to deny Morgan a second, then it was Owen Williams who saw yellow for a high challenge on Sam Costelow, which saw the fly-half replaced by Rhys Patchell.
That provided the spark the Scarlets needed and from a short-range line-out attack, Kalamafoni showed his power to barge his way through the Ospreys defensive wall for the try.
Patchell converted to reduce the arrears to just five points, but it was the home side who had the final word of the half when scrum-half Rhys Webb spotted space around the ruck and raced to the posts for a fine solo score, which he also converted.
The Scarlets started the second period brightly with Kalamafoni held up over the line from an attacking scrum.
They were right back in it on 49 minutes with full-back Johnny McNicholl intercepting a pass from Webb around the halfway mark before showing superb pace to glide around Michael Collins for the try.
Rhys Patchell - on as a permanent replacement for Costelow - converted and it was the Scarlets voices in the crowd you could hear.
But it was the Ospreys who finished the stronger with an Owen Williams penalty extending the lead before tries from replacement hooker Sam Parry and centre Kieran Williams put a gloss on the final scoreline.
Ospreys | Scarlets | |||||||||
PEN | DG | CON | TRY | PLAYER | POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nicky Smith | 1 | Kemsley Mathias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Baldwin | 2 | Ryan Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tomas Francis | 3 | WillGriff John | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rhys Davies | 4 | Vaea Fifita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Adam Beard | 5 | Sione Kalamafoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jac Morgan | 6 | Aaron Shingler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Justin Tipuric | 7 | Tomas Lezana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Morgan Morris | 8 | Josh Macleod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Rhys Webb | 9 | Dane Blacker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Owen Williams | 10 | Sam Costelow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Luke Morgan | 11 | Ryan Conbeer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Keiran Williams | 12 | Jonathan Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michael Collins | 13 | Ioan Nicholas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Alex Cuthbert | 14 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Max Nagy | 15 | Johnny McNicholl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Sam Parry | 16 | Ken Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gareth Thomas | 17 | Steffan Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Botha | 18 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alun Wyn Jones | 19 | Tom Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Huw Sutton | 20 | Carwyn Tuipulotu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Reuben Morgan-Williams | 21 | Kieran Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Walsh | 22 | Rhys Patchell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joseph Hawkins | 23 | Scott Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
4' | Red Card | Tomas Lezana has been given a Red card | |
5' | Replacement On | Replacement on Alun Wyn Jones | |
5' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rhys Davies | |
14' | Try | Alex Cuthbert has scored a try | |
15' | Missed Conversion | Owen Williams has missed the conversion | |
16' | Replacement On | Replacement off Rhys Davies | |
16' | Replacement Off | Replacement on Alun Wyn Jones | |
21' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tom Price | |
21' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Steffan Evans | |
24' | Try | Luke Morgan has scored a try | |
25' | Conversion | Owen Williams has kicked the conversion | |
26' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
26' | Replacement Off | Replacement off WillGriff John | |
28' | Yellow Card | Keiran Williams has been given a Yellow card | |
29' | Replacement On | Replacement on Rhys Patchell | |
29' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Sam Costelow | |
30' | Try | Sione Kalamafoni has scored a try | |
30' | Try | Sione Kalamafoni has scored a try | |
31' | Conversion | Rhys Patchell has kicked the conversion | |
33' | Try | Rhys Webb has scored a try | |
35' | Conversion | Rhys Webb has kicked the conversion | |
46' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Kemsley Mathias | |
46' | Replacement On | Replacement on Steffan Thomas | |
46' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Elias | |
46' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ken Owens | |
49' | Try | Johnny McNicholl has scored a try | |
50' | Conversion | Rhys Patchell has kicked the conversion | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Nicky Smith | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tom Botha | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Gareth Thomas | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Scott Baldwin | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Sam Parry | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tomas Francis | |
52' | Penalty | Owen Williams has kicked the penalty goal | |
54' | Replacement On | Replacement on Alun Wyn Jones | |
54' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rhys Davies | |
56' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jonathan Davies | |
56' | Replacement On | Replacement on Scott Williams | |
65' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dane Blacker | |
65' | Replacement On | Replacement on Kieran Hardy | |
67' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Luke Morgan | |
67' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rhys Webb | |
67' | Try | Sam Parry has scored a try | |
67' | Replacement On | Replacement on Reuben Morgan-Williams | |
67' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jack Walsh | |
69' | Conversion | Owen Williams has kicked the conversion | |
70' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Sione Kalamafoni | |
70' | Replacement On | Replacement on Carwyn Tuipulotu | |
79' | Replacement On | Replacement on Huw Sutton | |
79' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Owen Williams | |
79' | Replacement On | Replacement on Joseph Hawkins | |
79' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Adam Beard | |
80+' | Missed Conversion | Jack Walsh has missed the conversion | |
80+' | Try | Keiran Williams has scored a try |
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
United Rugby Championship | ||||||||
Att.: 11480 |
Ospreys | Scarlets | |
Rhys Webb Sam Parry Luke Morgan Alex Cuthbert Keiran Williams |
TRY |
Sione Kalamafoni Johnny McNicholl Josh Macleod |
Rhys Webb Owen Williams(2) |
CON |
Rhys Patchell(2) |
Owen Williams |
PEN | - |
- | DG | - |
Keiran Williams |
YC | - |
- | YC |
Tomas Lezana |
|
|||||
WINS | |||||
26 |
|
17 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
17 |
|
26 | |||
DRAWS | |||||
2 |
|
2 |
Ospreys | Scarlets | |
Rhys Webb Sam Parry Luke Morgan Alex Cuthbert Keiran Williams |
TRY |
Sione Kalamafoni Johnny McNicholl Josh Macleod |
Rhys Webb Owen Williams(2) |
CON |
Rhys Patchell(2) |
Owen Williams |
PEN | - |
- | DG | - |
Keiran Williams |
YC | - |
- | YC |
Tomas Lezana |
Fourteen-man Scarlets battled hard, but went down to a 34-14 derby day defeat to the Ospreys in Swansea.
Back-rower Tomas Lezana was shown red for a ‘head on head’ challenge in the fifth minute, which left the West Walians up against it for the remainder of the Boxing Day contest.
Scarlets had been forced into a reshuffle prior to kick-off. Sam Lousi was withdrawn following the birth of his second child so Sione Kalamafoni moved to second row, Tomas Lezana came in at openside and Josh Macleod switched across the back row to No. 8.
After a breathless opening four minutes came the defining decision of the game.
The officials spotted a clash of heads between Rhys Davies and Lezana and following replays referee Evans showed the Argentinean flanker a straight red.
That led to a concerted period of home pressure and the one-man advantage eventually brought its rewards when wing Alex Cuthbert pounced on 15 minutes. Ospreys added a second eight minutes later with left wing Luke Morgan sliding in at the corner after smart work from Owen Williams, who added the extras.
It needed a superb cover tackle from Vaea Fifita to deny Morgan a second, then it was Owen Williams who saw yellow for a high challenge on Sam Costelow, which saw the fly-half replaced by Rhys Patchell.
That provided the spark the Scarlets needed and from a short-range line-out attack, Kalamafoni showed his power to barge his way through the Ospreys defensive wall for the try.
Patchell converted to reduce the arrears to just five points, but it was the home side who had the final word of the half when scrum-half Rhys Webb spotted space around the ruck and raced to the posts for a fine solo score, which he also converted.
The Scarlets started the second period brightly with Kalamafoni held up over the line from an attacking scrum.
They were right back in it on 49 minutes with full-back Johnny McNicholl intercepting a pass from Webb around the halfway mark before showing superb pace to glide around Michael Collins for the try.
Rhys Patchell - on as a permanent replacement for Costelow - converted and it was the Scarlets voices in the crowd you could hear.
But it was the Ospreys who finished the stronger with an Owen Williams penalty extending the lead before tries from replacement hooker Sam Parry and centre Kieran Williams put a gloss on the final scoreline.
Ospreys | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Nicky Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Scott Baldwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Tomas Francis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Rhys Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Adam Beard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Jac Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Justin Tipuric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Morgan Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Rhys Webb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Owen Williams | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Luke Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Keiran Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Michael Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Alex Cuthbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Max Nagy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Sam Parry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Gareth Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Tom Botha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Alun Wyn Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Huw Sutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Reuben Morgan-Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Jack Walsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Joseph Hawkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scarlets | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Kemsley Mathias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Ryan Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | WillGriff John | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Vaea Fifita | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Sione Kalamafoni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Aaron Shingler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Tomas Lezana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Josh Macleod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Dane Blacker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Sam Costelow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Ryan Conbeer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Jonathan Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Ioan Nicholas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Johnny McNicholl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Ken Owens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Steffan Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Tom Price | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Carwyn Tuipulotu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Kieran Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Rhys Patchell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Scott Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
4' | Red Card | Tomas Lezana has been given a Red card | |
5' | Replacement On | Replacement on Alun Wyn Jones | |
5' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rhys Davies | |
14' | Try | Alex Cuthbert has scored a try | |
15' | Missed Conversion | Owen Williams has missed the conversion | |
16' | Replacement On | Replacement off Rhys Davies | |
16' | Replacement Off | Replacement on Alun Wyn Jones | |
21' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tom Price | |
21' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Steffan Evans | |
24' | Try | Luke Morgan has scored a try | |
25' | Conversion | Owen Williams has kicked the conversion | |
26' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
26' | Replacement Off | Replacement off WillGriff John | |
28' | Yellow Card | Keiran Williams has been given a Yellow card | |
29' | Replacement On | Replacement on Rhys Patchell | |
29' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Sam Costelow | |
30' | Try | Sione Kalamafoni has scored a try | |
30' | Try | Sione Kalamafoni has scored a try | |
31' | Conversion | Rhys Patchell has kicked the conversion | |
33' | Try | Rhys Webb has scored a try | |
35' | Conversion | Rhys Webb has kicked the conversion | |
46' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Kemsley Mathias | |
46' | Replacement On | Replacement on Steffan Thomas | |
46' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Elias | |
46' | Replacement On | Replacement on Ken Owens | |
49' | Try | Johnny McNicholl has scored a try | |
50' | Conversion | Rhys Patchell has kicked the conversion | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Nicky Smith | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Tom Botha | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Gareth Thomas | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Scott Baldwin | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Sam Parry | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tomas Francis | |
52' | Penalty | Owen Williams has kicked the penalty goal | |
54' | Replacement On | Replacement on Alun Wyn Jones | |
54' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rhys Davies | |
56' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jonathan Davies | |
56' | Replacement On | Replacement on Scott Williams | |
65' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dane Blacker | |
65' | Replacement On | Replacement on Kieran Hardy | |
67' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Luke Morgan | |
67' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Rhys Webb | |
67' | Try | Sam Parry has scored a try | |
67' | Replacement On | Replacement on Reuben Morgan-Williams | |
67' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jack Walsh | |
69' | Conversion | Owen Williams has kicked the conversion | |
70' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Sione Kalamafoni | |
70' | Replacement On | Replacement on Carwyn Tuipulotu | |
79' | Replacement On | Replacement on Huw Sutton | |
79' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Owen Williams | |
79' | Replacement On | Replacement on Joseph Hawkins | |
79' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Adam Beard | |
80+' | Missed Conversion | Jack Walsh has missed the conversion | |
80+' | Try | Keiran Williams has scored a try |