Match report Worcester 29 - 38 Ospreys, 19/12/2020 - Challenge Cup

Date : Saturday, December 19, 2020 Kick Off : 21:00 Venue : Sixways Tournament : Challenge Cup Round : pool stage
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Pre-match Overview

Match between Worcester and Ospreys was played at Sixways as of round #2 of Challenge Cup . Before kick-off Worcester was in 11th position and Ospreys 1st

Lineups

Game sheet Worcester vs Ospreys
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty
				THOMAS	1	THOMAS
				MILLER	2	PARRY	38'
33'				PALFRAMAN	3	FIA
				MERRICK	4	BEARD
				CLEGG	5	DAVIES
			56'	HILL	6	GRIFFITHS
				MAMA	7	TIPURIC
				DU PREEZ	8	LYDIATE
				SIMPSON	9	MORGAN-WILLIAMS
	48'	17' 52' 57'		SHILLCOCK	10	MYLER		67' 74'	3' 12' 77' 79'
				DAVID	11	PROTHEROE
				BECK	12	WILLIAMS
			16'	LAWRENCE	13	WATKIN
				HUMPHREYS	14	NORTH	73'
			27'	NANAI	15	EVANS
				ANNETT	16	PHILLIPS
59'				WALLER	17	SMITH
				VERDEN	18	BOTHA
				KITCHENER	19	ASHLEY
				BATLEY	20	CRACKNELL
				HOUGAARD	21	MORRIS	67'
			51'	SEARLE	22	VENTER
				MORRIS	23	THOMAS-WHEELER
						Essai de Pénalité	33'
Replacements
DU PREEZ for VERDEN, 34'						25', WATKIN for THOMAS-WHEELER
VERDEN for DU PREEZ, 44'						45', PARRY for PHILLIPS
MILLER for ANNETT, 44'						51', FIA for BOTHA
THOMAS for WALLER, 44'						51', THOMAS for SMITH
MERRICK for KITCHENER, 44'						54', PROTHEROE for VENTER
NANAI for SEARLE, 51'						59', GRIFFITHS for CRACKNELL
SIMPSON for HOUGAARD, 59'						62', LYDIATE for MORRIS
DU PREEZ for BATLEY, 68'						68', BEARD for ASHLEY

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Worcester	VS	Ospreys
909 kg (113.63 kg)	Pack weight (average)	917 kg (114.63 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	27 ans
25 ans	Backwards average age	27 ans
207 cm	Tallest player	203 cm
England : 53% (8/15) Wales : 13% (2/15) South Africa : 13% (2/15) Scotland : 7% (1/15) Zimbabwe : 7% (1/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Wales : 87% (13/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) England : 7% (1/15)
England : 61% (14/23) South Africa : 13% (3/23) Wales : 9% (2/23) Scotland : 4% (1/23) Zimbabwe : 4% (1/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) Ireland : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Wales : 83% (19/23) South Africa : 9% (2/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) England : 4% (1/23)

(1) Calculations based on data in the database, which may be incomplete.

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 3, 0 - 6, 5 - 6, 7 - 6, 12 - 6, 12 - 11, 12 - 16, 15 - 16, 20 - 16, 22 - 16, 27 - 16, 29 - 16, 29 - 18, 29 - 23, 29 - 28, 29 - 30, 29 - 33, 29 - 36
Gap : 0, -3, -6, -1, +1, +6, +6, +1, -4, -1, +4, +6, +11, +13, +13, +11, +6, +1, -1, -4, -7

Standings before and after

Before

Challenge Cup - Pool 1 Round 1		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	London Irish	5	1	1	0	0	26	1
2	Leicester	5	1	1	0	0	22	1
3	Ospreys	5	1	1	0	0	24	1
4	Benetton	5	1	1	0	0	24	1
5	Cardiff	4	1	1	0	0	13	0
6	Pau	4	1	1	0	0	4	0
7	Bayonne	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
8	Zebre	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
9	Worcester	1	1	0	0	1	-4	1
10	Agen	0	1	0	0	1	-26	0
11	Brive	0	1	0	0	1	-22	0
12	Castres	0	1	0	0	1	-24	0
13	Newcastle	0	1	0	0	1	-13	0
14	Paris	0	1	0	0	1	-24	0

After

Challenge Cup - Pool 1 Round 2		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Ospreys	10	2	2	0	0	33	2
2	London Irish	10	2	2	0	0	35	2
3	Cardiff	9	2	2	0	0	41	1
4	Leicester	9	2	2	0	0	30	1
5	Zebre	6	2	1	1	0	2	0
6	Agen	5	2	1	0	1	2	1
7	Benetton	5	2	1	0	1	-4	1
8	Newcastle	4	2	1	0	1	-4	0
9	Pau	4	2	1	0	1	-5	0
10	Bayonne	2	2	0	1	1	-8	0
11	Worcester	2	2	0	0	2	-13	2
12	Brive	1	2	0	0	2	-24	1
13	Castres	0	2	0	0	2	-33	0
14	Paris	0	2	0	0	2	-52	0

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