41 minsMatthew SouthcombeSecond half kicks off! Gareth Anscombe gets us moving. HTMatthew SouthcombeHalf Time: Scarlets 6-13 OspreysThe Ospreys have controlled most of that game but perhaps feel like they haven't got their rewards. Scarlets living off scraps. Decent contest. 40 minsMatthew SouthcombePenalty Scarlets! 6-13Chaos at the end of the first half. Referee Adam Jones blows up and the players head to the tunnel. But suddenly the TMO intervenes and players stop at the touchline. We're going back to check foul play earlier in the final passage. It's a late hit from Justin Tipuric after Johnny McNicholl kicks the ball away.
That's two lineouts so far for the hosts, both of them resulting in turnovers. Ospreys win a penalty at the scrum. Could be a theme of the afternoon, that. 1 minMatthew SouthcombeKick off! There has been a period of silence to pay respects to Queen Elizabeth the second, followed by applause for Eddie Butler, D.
48 minsMatthew SouthcombePenalty Ospreys! 9-16Ospreys scrum wins another penalty after Kalamafoni drops the kick off. Anscombe clips it over. 45 minsMatthew SouthcombePenalty Scarlets! 9-13Justin Tipuric chops down a Scarlet and Jac Morgan gets in over the ball. That looks absolutely text book. Referee Adam Jones pings Morgan for not releasing before going in for the jackal but I wouldn't say he was part of it. Interesting call. Either way, Costelow bangs it over.
Ken Jones and the great Phil Bennet, who have all sadly left us. Now it's time for the game to get underway. Sam Costelow gets us going. 16:58Matthew SouthcombeTasty clash at lockShould be very tasty in the boilerhouse this evening. The Scarlets have picked a formidable pair of Sam Lousi and new signing Vaea Fifita, who has been hugely impressive since arriving by all accounts. They're going up against a very experienced Test pairing of Adam Beard and Alun Wyn Jones in the Ospreys ranks.
But there was still time for more drama. Penalties put the Ospreys into the Scarlets 22 and then Kalamafoni was shown a yellow card for a deliberate knock on. The Ospreys crossed out wide through replacement Rhys Davies and up stepped summer signing Jack Walsh, on his competitive debut, to nail a tying conversion with the last kick off the game. Scarlets 23 Tries: Johnny Williams (55), Sam Costelow (66) Cons: Sam Costelow (56, 67) Pens: Sam Costelow (15, 40, 45) Yellow Card: Sam Costelow (24), Sione Kalamafoni (80) Ospreys 23 Tries: Gareth Anscombe (7), Rhys Davies (80) Cons: Gareth Anscombe (8), Jack Walsh (80) Pens: Gareth Anscombe (10, 17, 48) Yellow Card: Keelan Giles (51) Attendance: 9, 582FTMatthew SouthcombeFull Time: Scarlets 23-23 OspreysWhat a contest that was. Plenty of talking points! I'm off for a lie down. 80 minsMatthew SouthcombeTry Ospreys! 23-23The maul trundles towards the line but is stopped and the Ospreys have to play.
My take on that is it's a carbon copy of what Jac Morgan was just penalised for. Anyway, the ball squirts loose and Scarlets look to attack p this near touchline. Keelan Giles is a little isolated and he tips the ball up in the air, failing to regather. He was never in position to intercept that. Yellow card.
General consensus would deem it a little harsh but referee Adam Jones had made up his mind. Toby Booth’s side went on to control most of the half with the Scarlets living off the scraps of their kicking game. The visitors had scrum after scrum in the hosts’ 22 but could not break down a stubborn defence. Chaos ensued at the end of an entertaining half.
55 minsMatthew SouthcombeTry Scarlets! 16-16Scarlets make the extra man pay straight away. They go to the far side of the field, stretching the Ospreys defence. Then it comes quickly back to the near side and Johnny Williams dances around Nicky Smith before shrugging off Scott Baldwin to score. Costelow converts and the Scarlets are level. 51 minsMatthew SouthcombeYellow card Ospreys! 9-16Look out. Josh Macleod goes in over the ball and Scarlets fans want a turnover penalty.
Scarlets and Ospreys draw 23-23 after rip-roaring Welsh derbyScarlets and Ospreys kicked off their United Rugby Championship seasons with an action-packed 23-23 draw in Llanelli on Saturday evening. The visitors asserted themselves early and scored the first try shortly after George North snuffed out an early probing kick from Sam Costelow, that was chased heartily by Johnny McNicholl. There was nothing too flash about the Ospreys but the simple things were done well. Hugely exciting prospect Joe Hawkins crashed up the middle in the seventh minute and Jac Morgan carried around the corner.
Eventually Dewi Lake gets in over the ball to win a turnover with Sam Costelow inches from the line. 66 minsMatthew SouthcombeTry Scarlets! 23-16It's all happening! Owen Watkin loses possession after being hit hard by Vaea Fifita. The Scarlets spring into action and the Ospreys are at sixes and sevens. Sam Costelow makes a searing break and dives under the sticks. Parc y Scarlets goes nuts as Costelow converts his own effort.
5 minsMatthew SouthcombeGood pace from NorthScarlets regather a kick around halfway and Gareth Davies probes before sending Costelow through the gap. The fly-half kicks in behind and McNicholl is after it at full pelt. North shows great pace, though, the get back and smother the danger. Sharp work from the winger. The Ospreys gather themselves on their own line before Rhys Webb clears to touch. Scarlets are pinged for not straight at the lineout.
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Scott Baldwin felt the full force of Sione Kalamafoni and Vaea Fifita had a dabble at Rhys Webb too. Tasty stuff. The home crowd gets going but Nicky Smith is penalised for going off his feet as he tries to secure a turnover. Costelow doesn't miss for a second time. 12 minsMatthew SouthcombeCostelow misses penaltyJustin Tipuric is penalised for not rolling away on his own 10 metre line but Costelow misses the attempt from an angle.
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Score remains 0-10. 10 minsMatthew SouthcombePenalty Ospreys! 0-10McNicholl gets caught trying to counter-attack around his own 10 metre line. Penalty Ospreys. Anscombe steps up. He doesn't miss those. 7 minsMatthew SouthcombeTry Ospreys! 0-7Ospreys hit it up twice from a lineout around the midfield. There's nothing particularly special about it but suddenly Keelan Giles finds himself on the outside of Tom Rogers and a man with his gas is always going to take that opportunity. He feeds inside to Gareth Anscombe after drawing the last man and it's an easy run in. Anscombe converts his own score.
Mr Jones blew his whistle and both sets of players ran towards the tunnel but were stopped by the fourth official on the touchline. The referee was being sent to the big screen to check potential foul play that had taken place earlier in the final passage. Tipuric was penalised for a late hit on McNicholl after much deliberation, with Scarlets fans baying for a card that never came. Three more points did, though, from Costelow’s boot and the score was 13-6 at half time. Early in the second half, Morgan was pinged for what appeared to be a textbook turnover, leading to another three points for Costelow. But the Ospreys hit back immediately when Sione Kalamafoni dropped the kick off and a dominant scrum got the call from the referee.
North goes close. Lake goes close. Rhys Davies is over and Jack Walsh has a conversion to tie it. Scarlets fans are booing but the replacement fly-half keeps his nerve to nail it and we have a draw! What a game! 80 minsMatthew SouthcombeScarlets yellow card! Ospreys have a lineout in the Scarlets' 22 and the maul begins to creep forward before being repelled and Lake brekas off it. Good defence from the hosts, who are dominating the collisions at the moment. Ospreys look to get intricate but Sione Kalamfoni gets his hand in the way. Kalamafoni gets a yellow card. Ospreys kick to the corner. 76 minsMatthew SouthcombeDesperate defence from the OspreysScarlets have been campeed inside the Ospreys 22 for a good seven or eight minutes now. They're battering away but the Ospreys defence appears to be standing firm.
23 minsMatthew SouthcombeScarlets ruling the skiesScarlets' aerial game is keeping them in this. They're regathering pretty much everything in the air. Gareth Davies goes to the box kick on the Ospreys 10 metre line and Michael Collins knocks it on just outside his own 22. Great opportunity for the hosts. 17 minsMatthew SouthcombePenalty Ospreys! 3-13McNicholl dithers on the ball and is just gobbled up by Owen Watkin, leading to a turnover. Ospreys look to attack and North looked like he would have been in had the referee not got in the way. A few phases later, the Scarlets are penalised for offside. 15 minsMatthew SouthcombePenalty Scarlets! 3-10Some big carries in there.
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