Listen to BBC Radio Wales and follow live text commentary as Ospreys face Sale in the European Challenge Cup.
Find out moreFirst European tie held in Bridgend for 20 yearsIt's an old-fashioned tap and go. First Creevy and then Bamber.Ospreys number eight Morris looked to have covered but the sheer power of the Sharks forwards literally drove the Osprey off the ball and Sale have a penalty five metres out.Very good play from the Ospreys to get that penalty. Tipuric sniffed that gap and in he went.Owen Williams is short with a long kick at goal. He fancied his chances with the breeze but not quite.
"Funnily enough, I was shown a picture of one of the boys, he was attending a Wales game which I played in, he was 10 years old. That felt weird."It was hammering down a while ago but it is drying up now. There is a howling wind driving down the pitch that will affect the game.Ospreys head coach Toby Booth insists they have not moved the game to disrupt Sale."It's more to do with the experiences we have had with the group. There could be an argument it suits them more.
"Part of me is apprehensive, those feelings you get before you step into an unknown, not for me but the boys, because it's different down there in Bridgend. Ospreys beat Cardiff 27-21 at the 8,000-capacity Bridgend ground in the URC on 1 January in horrendous conditions. Elite England players are limited to playing a maximum amount of minutes in a season under an agreement between the Rugby Football Union , Premiership Rugby and the Rugby Players' Association with fly-half Ford being left out of this game.
Lock Rhys Davies and Sam Parry are the notable injury absentee for Ospreys as they join fellow Wales internationals Jac Morgan, Dewi Lake, George North and Alex Cuthbert on the sidelines.
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